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Why We Need to Update Financial Reporting for the Digital Era

Harvard Business

Since then, we interviewed several chief financial officers (CFOs) of leading technology companies and senior analysts of investment banks who follow technology companies. They believe that they can always raise financial capital to meet their funding shortfall or use company stock or options to pay for acquisitions and employee wages.

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How to Make a Great First Impression

Harvard Business

The saying “You only have one chance to make a first impression” holds true in many situations, from job interviews to sales calls. Before meeting someone new — whether it’s a potential employer or a new client — do your homework. What should you actually say? And what’s the best way to follow up?

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How to Assess Entry-Level Product Manger Positions

Tom Spencer

Here are some questions to ask your recruiter, interviewer or APM coordinator: How long has the APM program been around? Here are some questions to ask your recruiter, interviewer or APM coordinator: Could you connect me to 2 or 3 potential APM managers? How many cohorts have graduated from it? How big is the average cohort?

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Prioritize Your Opportunities with This Checklist

Harvard Business

Ultimately, as I have become skilled in using this metric, it has become a calculation I am able to do in my head. Will this opportunity utilize your unique talents and abilities? In some cases, the impact reward will often carry more weight than the monetary consideration. It is outside of that zone where the magic happens.

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How HR Can Become Agile (and Why It Needs To)

Harvard Business

Instead, the manufacturing-era qualities of individual heroism, delivering product on deadline (whether proven or not), and contribution to high-level, often unaccountable business metrics were the main determinants of employee competence, success, and promotion. And this result wasn’t just about their skill sets.

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Case Study: Are Our Customer Liaisons Helping or Hurting?

Harvard Business

Exit interviews were usually handled by junior managers on the HR team, but Amrita felt that given the high rate of attrition among doctors at Krisna over the past year, it was her responsibility as head of HR to talk to Dr. Vishnu Patel, a respected cardiologist who’d just given his notice. Ben Edwards/Getty Images.

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How Boards Can Set a New CEO Up for Success

Harvard Business

In a telephone interview, edited and condensed below, Charan shared how the succession process doesn’t end the moment a new chief executive is appointed: setting your CEO up for success is as important as finding the right CEO in the first place. Then, they watch for the CEO to signal to the media about low performance metrics.