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Why Doctors Need Leadership Training

Harvard Business

Even though medical institutions have designated “leadership” as a core medical competency , leadership skills are rarely taught and reinforced across the continuum of medical training. In medicine, physicians not only begin managing and directing teams early in their careers, but they rise through the ranks uniformly.

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

Harvard Business

If you’re not a numbers person, finance is daunting. Stop avoiding finance because you’re afraid of numbers. Think of it this way, “Finance is the way businesses keep score. “Finance and accounting are very simple. .” “Finance and accounting are very simple. Overcome your fears.

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I'm Back

The Nonprofit Consultant

When I arrived, the Cafe had only been operating for about one year, and was only open three days each week, and serving four meals. In 2015, there were only had about 50 members who were actually participating in their Recovery Circles regularly. In 2015, the Cafe had a handful of Circles, and a few drop-in activities.

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Cybersecurity 101: How to defend against cyber-attacks

Tom Spencer

Cybersecurity Ventures, a US research firm, predicts that cyber-attacks “will cost the world $6 trillion annually by 2021, up from $3 trillion in 2015” ( PwC, 2018 ). When developers discover a bug in a software program or operating system, cybercriminals have a window of opportunity to exploit the vulnerability before it is fixed.

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Top 10 Consulting Firms In New York

Management Consulted

Some of the major practice areas that the NYC region focuses on are corporate development, corporate finance, digital economy, globalization, growth, information technology, marketing & sales operations, people and organization, post merger integration, risk management, strategy, sustainability, and transformation.

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Research: Business School Really Does Influence How Students Make Decisions Later On

Harvard Business

The overarching goal of most business schools is to train future leaders to lead. corporations from 1985 to 2015. Despite the general trend across schools toward becoming more finance-oriented, there could have been considerable variation in what’s taught. Andy Roberts/Getty Images.

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Towers Watson Consulting Interviews and Culture

Management Consulted

Note: To continue the merger and consolidation excitement, Willis Group (a large insurance provider interested largely in the actuarial practice of Towers Watson) and Towers Watson announced on June 30, 2015 that they had agreed to a $18B merger. Corporate Risk Management and Risk Financing. with over 54 offices in operation.