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Why CEO’s Hire Consultants and Coaches: The REAL Value They Bring with Brad Rex

Consulting Matters

Brad had an unconventional start to his career after meeting his boss's boss while studying finance at college. During his twelve-and-a-half-year tenure, he worked in finance and strategic planning before taking over as leader of Epcot theme park on the week of 911, 2001.

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Thinking holistically about integrating ESG across the organization

Brimstone Consulting

Critical is connecting the dots between sustainability risks and opportunities, investor demands, government regulations, finance, and business operations to think holistically about integrating ESG into every company function. Download Case Study Building a Sustainability Business Framework. This is where we come in.

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Driving Sustainable Growth at an Inflection Point

Brimstone Consulting

Brimstone worked side-by-side with an early-stage consumer goods organization to pursue its vision, build a strategic plan, develop roles and operating mechanisms, and to drive sustainable growth at a challenging inflection point. Revenue increased by 34 times. During the engagement, the organization increased revenue by 34 times.

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What High Performing HR Business Partners Do Differently

LSA Global

Lack of Business Acumen In order to add business value, HR Business Partners need to understand how their business operates, competes, and makes money. High performing HR Business Partners understand business drivers and tend to come from functional roles like sales, operations, finance, or engineering.

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Outsourcing Matrix

Tom Spencer

To what extent do the activities contribute to operational performance? If the activity has a low contribution to operational performance it can be eliminated, and if it has a high contribution to operational performance it should be outsourced. Operations. Partner with distribution companies (e.g. China/India/other).

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Consulting or Banking

Tom Spencer

Within an investment bank, the work is split into many roles including investment banking, sales and trading, equity research, risk management, operations, and technology. People in the “investment banking” or “corporate finance” division typically help large organisations undertake merges and acquisitions.

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The Importance of Business Acumen for High Performance

LSA Global

It is not just the purview of finance to interpret the numbers that govern profit and loss; it behooves every employee to understand how and why the company makes money, spends money, and measures financial performance. Operating income. Operating Expenses. A Lack of Business Acumen Exists. Cash flow. Study the Balance Sheet.