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It’s Not “Time Management.” It’s Lean.

Markovitz Consulting

In the space of two weeks, the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal both ran articles on the productivity benefits of reduced work hours. Not to be outdone, NPR reported that Microsoft Japan moved to a four-day workweek this summer while increasing productivity by 40%.

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Human Resources Management – How to Get Started

Tom Spencer

Human resource teams are critical to the growth of a company since employees typically represent both the biggest operating expense and largest off-balance sheet asset for most businesses. Check to see if your organization has an internal education program that can offer free courses and certifications.

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The Importance of Business Acumen for High Performance

LSA Global

We believe that employees need to better understand the key factors that affect a company’s operations and financial strength to improve decision-making and strategy execution. How can you expect to pitch a new strategy or product if you are unable to articulate its potential revenue, costs, and return on investment? Operating income.

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How to Improve Your Finance Skills (Even If You Hate Numbers)

Harvard Business

After all, if you’re trying to sell a product or strategy, you need to be able to demonstrate that it is both practical and high margin. Of course, there are also myriad books and reference guides on the topic. See More Videos > See More Videos > Tackle the balance sheet. Play with numbers.

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Do You Know What Your Company’s Data Is Worth?

Harvard Business

Data contributes not only to brand equity, but to what constitutes product and service delivery in globally connected and hyper-competitive markets. To analyze EvD, determining the relative importance of data to an enterprise’s balance sheet, its ability to effectively compete, and its operational capabilities is a good place to start.

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China Cash Crunch Eases, For How Long? Three Things China Needs to Avoid; When can Beijing Truly move to Market-Determined Interest Rates?

MishTalk

The certificates of deposits will push banks closer to an operating environment in which rates are deregulated and are also aimed at improving the circulation of cash in the country’s interbank market. Of course this is possible, but it is highly improbable and, if it came to pass, would be truly unprecedented in modern economic history.

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7 Skills That Aren’t About to Be Automated

Harvard Business

Of course, communication must be about a particular topic. For example, the original Google car found it hard to compute the context within which it was operating. He wrote a short document titled Good Product Manager/Bad Product Manager and used it to train his team on his basic expectations. Emotional competence.

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