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How Future-Proof Are Your Leadership Skills?

Organizational Talent Consulting

No leader sets out to become obsolete, and developing leadership habits is a competitive advantage. Here are two timeless leadership skills and four low-cost, high-impact leadership development ideas to keep you growing and bring out your best in the new year. Why develop future-proof leadership skills?

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Top 10 Consulting Firms In New York

Management Consulted

In the New York office, the industries McKinsey caters to are financial services, health care services, advanced electronics, aerospace and defense, and TMT (technology, media and telecommunications). A few dozen consultants working in technology for the financial service industry are based at the Broadway office.

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Why Financial Statements Don’t Work for Digital Companies

Harvard Business

Similarly, Microsoft paid $26 billion for loss-making LinkedIn in 2016, and Facebook paid $19 billion for WhatsApp in 2014 when it had no revenues or profits. Any significant, value-relevant development must be immediately disclosed rather than waiting for the annual report. For the next four years, it continued to report losses.

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How Mayo Clinic Is Simplifying Prenatal Care for Low-Risk Patients

Harvard Business

The approach that we developed, called OB Nest, allows women experiencing low-risk pregnancies to reduce their number of in-person visits from the standard 12–14 to eight. In 2016 it was added as a standard care option at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. Patients are trained in how to use this equipment.

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The H-1B Visa Debate, Explained

Harvard Business

The order is the latest development in a long-running debate over how companies use the H-1B program and how it affects American workers. There were approximately 180,000 new H-1B visas issued in 2016, according to State Department data. Who gets H-1Bs? There is other evidence of a strong demand for workers with tech skills.