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How to Use Flow Metrics to See if Your Economies of Scale Offer Value, Part 3

Johanna Rothman

That's another form of centralization and what organizations refer to as economies of scale. Ignorance of the flow metrics. Luckily, the flow metrics help everyone see where the teams have value and where there is just cost. Here are the four flow metrics: WIP: the current number of work items in progress.

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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.

Finance 28
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Why CEOs Can’t Dance Redux

Rick Conlow

Dancing here refers to engaging, supporting, and communicating with employees in multiple ways. A finance executive said this of the decades-old corporate attitude, “We are GM. A global IBM study found that 33% of CEOs had engineering degrees and another 15% had finance degrees. Even today, GM has record recalls.

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Don’t Neglect Human Capital if You Want to Grow

LSA Global

In fact, if the business is not growing and making money, it is very difficult to attract, develop, engage and retain the very talent we are referring to. It is at least as important to invest wisely in your employees as it is to be smart with the way you invest your finances. Apply people metrics. People Health Also Matters.

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Is Your Business Ready to be Sold?

Martinka Consulting

For reference, my first three questions to owners are: Have you worked with a financial advisor to see how much money you need from the sale to support your next great adventure in life (and do you know what your business is worth – not just what you want for it)? It requires having the right processes, metrics, documentation, and culture.

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Official Denials Run Rampant in India; "No Question" of Economic Crisis; Rupee Plunges to Record Low; Gold Coin Imports Banned

MishTalk

There is no question of going back to 1991," Singh said in a Press Trust of India report published by the Economic Times newspaper on its website, making reference to a balance of payments crisis the country suffered that year. "At The government wants to hold bullion imports this year to "well below" last year''s figure of 845 metric tons.

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Mergers & Acquisitions: The Importance of Creating a Shared Culture

Organizational Talent Consulting

Usually, due diligence is conducted by lawyers and experts in finance or accounting rather than experts in understanding and diagnosing culture. REFERENCES Cameron, K. Also, as momentum builds, more people become involved, and it becomes more visible and harder to stop. Lack of cultural due diligence is often a problem.

Culture 52