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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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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. Related Video.

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Rising COVID cases, falling economy

Tom Spencer

The Youtube video below discusses the three stages of money and Keen’s first three claims (watch it at 2x speed). 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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Coronavirus: Analysis, Conclusions & Takeaways

CaseInterview.com

Fatality Rate % x # of Patients = Total # of Deaths Example 1: If 10% of people die x 100 patients = 10 deaths Example 2: If 1% of people die x 1 billion patients = 10 million deaths The key metric that is overlooked by a lot of people is how many patients there will be as the virus progresses. It’s known as R0 (pronounced R-nought).

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There Are Two Types of Performance — but Most Organizations Only Focus on One

Harvard Business

Every step of the process was measured, and real-time metrics were easily accessible. Three finance professors once asked more than 400 executives what they would do if their quarterly earnings targets were at risk. Metrics emphasized speed. We rebuilt performance metrics to track impact, not to apply pressure.

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Marc Faber on Investment Strategies, Government Idiocies, Gold, Safe Havens

MishTalk

Link if following video does not play: Faber on Investment Strategies and Gold. Faber on Debt Ceiling: "If they don''t agree by the 17th, I think what can happen is that the Fed will actually finance the Treasury independently so the interest payments are being met. It is a huge waste. The problem is that I don’t see a solution.".

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It’s 10 AM. Do You Know What Your Sales Reps Are Doing?

Harvard Business

Related Video. See More Videos > See More Videos > We have worked with several companies in B2B industries to use Microsoft Workplace Analytics as part of a broader effort to improve sales effectiveness. The 8 Types of Salespeople. Only three are effective.

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