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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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London School of Economics Postgrad Talks About Life At Deloitte

Management Consulted

Peter: When I was at Warwick, it was a massive feeder school into investment banking, and finance, but slightly less into consulting. The atmosphere itself, and the interview itself was very, very different in the fact that the big four in the UK in comparison to the MBB over here really focus a lot less on the case study.

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Top 11 Must-Read Project Management Books

Epicflow

Becoming a competent and sought-after project manager is impossible without constant professional development. The essays are based on Scott Berkun’s work experience as a project manager at Microsoft, which however doesn’t mean that his guidelines will be useful for software development projects only.

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From STEM PhD to Federal Consulting: An Interview with Josh

Management Consulted

Well, I grew up in Bethesda, MD, and attended the University of Vermont in Burlington, VT for – BS (finance), MS (nutritional sciences), and PhD (cell and molecular biology). In this job I managed investigator initiated clinical trials, scientific messaging and key opinion leader development. Hi Josh, how are you doing today?

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Make Sure Your Team’s Workload Is Divided Fairly

Harvard Business

And, who needs development and in what areas?” This exercise also helps you discover any gaps in talent—“You might have 10 outfielders and no one at first base,” says Morgenstern. Case Study #1: Create a culture where team members help each other and collaborate. Who are my players?

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What Does an Aspiring Founder Need to Know?

Harvard Business

The skills most frequently mentioned as crucial during early stages include product design and development, pitching, and assembling a founding team. ” Finance is less important. Finance received the second lowest priority score of the 10 skills areas. ” An entrepreneurial mindset is essential, if hard to define. .”

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How Digital Tools and Behavioral Economics Will Save Retirement

Harvard Business

Here, I’ll outline new research and case studies that help us understand digital nudging even more deeply: Case One: The Power of Framing an Email. One project I’m very excited about is being led by the Voya Behavioral Finance Institute for Innovation, where I am Senior Academic Advisor.

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