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Bank Valuation: Understanding Key Ratios and Metrics

Tom Spencer

In the previous article , we looked at how banks make money and how they must meet capital requirements. Valuation Metrics Price-to-earnings (P/E) Price-to-book (P/B) 2.1 Price-to-book (P/B) The P/B ratio compares a bank’s stock price to its book value per share. We will examine each in turn.

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How and When to Raise Your Consulting Rate

Successful Independent Consulting

Third, do some market-rate benchmarking to learn what other consultants are charging, or what clients are paying. Subject: New rate policy for 2019 Dear Joe, As 2018 comes to a close, I’ve been reviewing the books and clarifying my business goals for next year. Yes, I thought the meeting went exceptionally well too!

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Now Is the Perfect Time to Raise Your Consulting Billing Rate

Successful Independent Consulting

Do some market-rate benchmarking to learn what other consultants are charging, or what clients are paying. Subject: New rate policy for 2019 or Kicking off 2021: Upcoming Changes Dear Joe, As a crazy 2020 comes to a close, I’ve been reviewing the books, client load, and bandwidth to clarify my business goals for next year.

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Five Ways to Spur Lean in the Office

Markovitz Consulting

If meeting takt time is not an issue—for example, in closing the books at the end of the month— then measure and benchmark the time it takes to perform those tasks and challenge the team to figure out how to do them faster. Do meetings ever end with ambiguity around next steps? Write your own book on lean in the office.

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Now is the Best Time to Raise Your Billing Rate

Successful Independent Consulting

Do some market-rate benchmarking to learn what other consultants are charging, or what clients are paying. Subject: New rate policy for 2022 (or) Kicking off 2022: Upcoming Changes Dear Joe, As 2021 comes to a close, I’ve been reviewing my books, client load, and bandwidth to clarify my business goals for next year. for year three.

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10 Crucial Business Lessons

Chad Barr

Identifying our goals, the people we want to meet, the personal development we wish to experience will help shape the person we want and should become. Measuring everything we do is the prime benchmark to our progress and where we might need calibration and adjustment. Identify your most recent and important business lessons.

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A Success Mindset Cultivates Achievement

Rick Conlow

For example, what if a billionaire and person barely making ends meet walk by someone lying in the street in pain? Suzy stood in front of her kindergarten class for show-and-tell and declared, “Today, I’m not here to talk about a pet, a book or a story. Furthermore, they treat others with disrespect and disdain. Who really cares?