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Why Doctors Need Leadership Training

Harvard Business

Medicine involves leadership. Nearly all physicians take on significant leadership responsibilities over the course of their career, but unlike any other occupation where management skills are important, physicians are neither taught how to lead nor are they typically rewarded for good leadership. STOCK4B-RF/Getty Images.

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The Top 8 Undergrad Consulting Majors

Management Consulted

You’ll need a sexy minor, some unique leadership experience or a great summer internship to stand out. Mechanical Engineering is the most operationally focused, in contrast to say Civil Engineering, where you are more focused on ideas such as land use instead of metrics and modeling. The knock on engineering?

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What the Data Tells Us About Immigrant Executives in the U.S.

Harvard Business

Less research, however, has been done on the presence of migrant and immigrant leadership in corporate America. — for example the study of the ethnic composition of boards in corporate America by Richie Zweigenhaft — studies of immigrant leadership talent are still scarce. executive leadership. As of 2009, U.S.

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Why GE, Boeing, Lowe’s, and Walmart Are Directly Buying Health Care for Employees

Harvard Business

It is little surprise that direct employer-purchasing of bundled care is a burgeoning area of healthcare payment innovation. Purchasers of healthcare services encounter widely disparate charges across different healthcare delivery systems for equivalent surgical procedures, varying by up to 40%.

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Job Hub: Uber Jobs and Culture

Management Consulted

Today we highlight tremendous business analyst and post-consulting leadership jobs at Uber. Employees are offered unlimited paid time off, restricted stock units, and healthcare benefits that Uberites rave about. 28% of Management Consultants Pursue Finance. Check out some of the other firms that we have profiled here.

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How to Get Health Care Employees Onboard with Change

Harvard Business

In healthcare, change is even harder than in most industries. Yet, a variety of financial and operational problems impeded success and we lacked a clear strategic path toward building the kind of coordinated care delivery system healthcare desperately needs. Together we developed an agenda for change and put it into action.

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What 11 CEOs Have Learned About Championing Diversity

Harvard Business

Yet progress within organizations has been slow – there is still a lack of women and minorities in leadership positions, and certain industries like tech and finance are lacking diversity at all levels. created a program called Women and Opportunity that aims to develop women for future leadership roles at Gap.