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What gives Charity Managers a leading edge? Balancing commercial management with a social heart

The Management Centre

Another challenge for us was that we tend to attract people during recruitment who have great values and behaviours. Chris: The programme we implemented covered commercial thinking, finance skills, and innovation. Thinking about impact, strategy and being commercial is an area we wanted to stetch people into.

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Pay your team right: A comprehensive guide to compensation

Asamby Consulting

This blog post gives you the comprehensive answer: Why compensation is important How to structure your fixed salary components What options for variable pay are there How to pick the right perks and benefits What allowances are and what to pay them for What long-term incentives are out there How strategy and finance influence compensation Let's go!

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Why consulting?

Management Consulted

” “I was working in a wine shop during my undergrad and started to realize that I was able to close more sales by being a trusted advisor to my client rather than acting like a sales rep. When I started out in the program, I quickly realized I was never cut out for finance or accounting.

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Harvard junior weighs internships in VC and Consulting

Management Consulted

So I guess for me, coming into recruiting, I always thought that consulting might be my top choice, but in reality when I got started, I didn’t know what consulting was and didn’t know what finance was. Finances won’t be what it comes down to, at least I don’t think it will.

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Diverse Teams Feel Less Comfortable — and That’s Why They Perform Better

Harvard Business

For example, a 2009 analysis of 506 companies found that firms with more racial or gender diversity had more sales revenue, more customers, and greater profits. Under increasing scrutiny, and mindful of the benefits of diversity on the bottom line, many companies are trying to recruit and retain a more diverse workforce.

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What Does an Aspiring Founder Need to Know?

Harvard Business

In later-stage ventures, important skills include recruiting specialist employees, communicating vision to new employees, and managing company culture. A founder must be able to assess their own strengths and weaknesses and know how to recruit and motivate complementary founding team members.” ” Finance is less important.