Below you will find feedback from participants who joined Apollos-perspective Finance Academy to make financial analysis a practical part of their leadership work – not a separate technical topic.
Most feedback mentions a shift from “I hope it’s okay” to “Here is what the numbers are telling us this month.”
Click on a category to highlight reviews from leaders with similar priorities. The content below will not change, but this helps you scan what matters most for you.
“Before the academy I felt I was guessing when looking at cash flow. Now I know which three lines to track every week and how to explain them to my team without jargon.”
Focus: cash visibility, sharing financial context with team
“Our monthly reports have not changed dramatically. What changed is how we walk through them. Meetings are calmer and more structured because we now read the story, not just the numbers.”
Focus: using existing reports better, meeting structure
“I used to silently skip financial slides. After the academy I ask questions with confidence, because I understand how hiring plans and salaries show up in margin and cash.”
Focus: connecting HR decisions with financial impact
“We used to react late to payment delays. Now we have a simple dashboard that highlights early signals and triggers a conversation before it becomes a crisis.”
Focus: early warning signals, payment behaviour
“I appreciated that the facilitators respected our reality. They did not push a generic model, but helped us make sense of our own P&L and stock structure.”
Focus: adapting concepts to a specific business model
“For the first time, our sales team understands why payment terms and discount decisions matter so much. It changed the way we negotiate with key clients.”
Focus: aligning commercial and finance decisions
Feedback rarely talks about formulas. It talks about decisions, meetings and confidence. Here is a simplified view of how many participants describe their “before” and “after”.
Each company starts from a different point. We do not promise miracles – we focus on building clear habits around financial information.
Transparency is important for us. Reviews on this page are based on real experiences from leaders in Italy and, in some cases, from international teams working with Italian entities.
We regularly ask participants what changed in their daily work after the academy – not only how they felt during the sessions.
We may shorten long comments and remove sensitive information, but we keep the meaning intact. When requested, we anonymise the company name or role description while preserving context.
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If you have completed a program or workshop with Apollos-perspective Finance Academy, we would be grateful for a short reflection. It helps us improve and gives other leaders a realistic picture of what to expect.