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Why CEOs Can’t Dance Redux

Rick Conlow

Local executives gave presentations to him on a stage in an auditorium setting. All lights were off except a spotlight on the presenting manager and the CEO’s reading light. A finance executive said this of the decades-old corporate attitude, “We are GM. He entered the building protected by multiple bodyguards.

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Why Getting Your MBA Gives You Confidence

Tom Spencer

Presentations and team work are a big part of what you learn (or learn how to do better) – and there is no better way to learn than to try and fail. It certainly allows you to use different benchmarks. One thing I do know after a very hard year and as I head into delivering my final presentation.

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Case Competition Tips & Tricks

Tom Spencer

Rather, a strong team will have competencies in diverse fields such as finance, strategic planning (SWOT, PEST, 5-Ps), public speaking, graphic design (creating a beautiful slide deck), and Excel (modeling things like valuations, sensitivity analysis, and graphs). Present well. Be confident when you’re presenting.

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Lessons Learned from a German EMBA

Tom Spencer

In the fall of 2015, after spending two years in a small town in the Ruhr Valley starting to learn German (I will appreciate Mark Twain’s perspective on the sprache so much better going forward), I moved to Frankfurt to begin my Executive MBA at the Frankfurt School of Finance and Management. Image Source: WallpaperUp ).

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Project Management Maturity Models: A Basis for Reaching Your Organization’s Business Success

Epicflow

Assessment presents methods, processes, and procedures that a company can use to self-assess its maturity. . The first dimension present the 10 Knowledge Areas defined in the PMBOK Guide. Improvement outlines the way from a company’s current maturity level to a more sophisticated one. .

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Management Consulting versus Investment Banking

Management Consulted

The cons of investment banking – the long hours, the repetitive and unengaging nature of the work, the lack of non-finance exit opportunities – mattered far more to me than a 6-figure salary. This expertise may be as broad as “operations turnaround” and as specific as “benchmarking for insurance companies.”

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The cost of hiring a consultant for small business in 2023

Asamby Consulting

Finance Consultants Finance consultants for small business help you analyze the numbers your business is producing. They identify potential to improve results by looking at your numbers and comparing it to benchmarks. A glossy PowerPoint presentation with recommendations alone doesn't do the trick.