Rod Burkert

JULY 29, 2020

On to this week: Considering I have an MBA with a concentration in Finance, a CPA license, and a CVA designation, I have never felt like I was much of a numbers guy. What are the metrics you faithfully track? The goal is to spend as much work time as possible as focus days. Time spent doing admin, CPE, etc.—though 5 – Free days.

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Case Interview Metrics Finance Education 52

Tom Spencer

MAY 2, 2020

Recently, an economist by the name of Steve Keen was interviewed on Youtube. If Keen is sincere in his belief that gold is not money, then he should find it truly baffling that the US holds more than 8,000 metric tons of gold in reserve. Economies can and should save.

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Balance Sheet Government System Finance 88

Harvard Business

JUNE 8, 2018

Since then, we interviewed several chief financial officers (CFOs) of leading technology companies and senior analysts of investment banks who follow technology companies. This notion, that risk is a desirable feature, can seem like sacrilege to anyone who’s taken an introductory finance course.

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Financial Report Cash Flow Metrics 29

Tom Spencer

JULY 16, 2015

Relevant performance metrics might include profit margins, net income, and return on investment. For more information on consulting interviews, please download “ The HUB’s Guide to Consulting Interviews “ ]. What are the revenues and market shares of major competitors? Performance. Industry Lifecycle.

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Case Interview Industry Productivity Interviews 60

Martinka Consulting

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

The most powerful message came from Brian Quint with Aqua Quip, who sold to Leslie’s Pools a couple years ago (hear more from Brian on his podcast interview with me). It requires having the right processes, metrics, documentation, and culture. Do you have a team in place?” The larger the deal, the more the buyer will want a team.

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Financial Banking Sales Case Interview 40

Harvard Business

AUGUST 17, 2017

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. About the Interviews I wanted to select a diverse group of CEOs from a range of companies that varied by size and industry.

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Case Interview Talent Interviews Leadership 28

Harvard Business

JULY 11, 2017

When we recently interviewed top M&A executives in Europe about their experience, fully three-quarters of them said that digital disruption has had a relatively large impact or even requires a complete overhaul of their M&A strategy. Let’s start with financing the deal. Sponsored by DXC Technology.

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Harvard Business

MARCH 10, 2017

One business-to-business supplier dealt with similar questions by combining metrics from Workplace Analytics with other sources that measured factors that, we hypothesized, might improve sales performance, such as cross-selling new product categories. We learned that top performers did a few things differently.

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 3, 2018

In a follow up HBR article , we interviewed several chief financial officers (CFOs) of leading technology companies and senior analysts of investment banks and distilled seven key insights from those discussions. The level and trend of a company’s top-line metric is an advance indicator of the success of its business model.

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Financial Report Company Metrics 28

CaseInterview.com

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

LEK is a very selective firm — it was named one of the Top 25 Hardest Companies to Interview For by Fortune. It is known for strategy, corporate development, and corporate finance consulting in areas including automotive, capital goods, and energy. Its total consulting revenue exceeds $500 million annually. Compensation Outlook.

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Oliver Wyman Boston Consulting Group Consulting Bain 81

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 5, 2018

Chief among them were behavioral-interview methods to uncover candidates’ intrinsic motivations and biases. We also invested significant leadership time in performing final interviews for all roles — from medical assistants to physician leaders — to ensure that each team member would strengthen the team’s dedication.

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 31, 2018

Sixteen women were interviewed and seven others participated in a focus group. They were employed in midlevel to upper-midlevel management positions in strategy, finance, marketing, legal, operations, and technology functions.

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Management Leadership Culture Development 46

Harvard Business

JUNE 26, 2018

To start, innovation must be recognized as a permanent function of a successful company, just like other business functions such as accounting, operations, sales, and finance. Companies need to institutionalize innovation rather than expect it to simply flow forth from intrapreneurs operating within existing structures.

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Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

The challenge, she said, was that these managers were highly proficient in their own disciplines such as finance, marketing, research, clinical care, and insurance reimbursement — and had demonstrated that they could manage people in these areas — but she needed them to be “bigger” leaders.

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Leadership Handbook Healthcare Emotional Intelligence 49