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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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How to Pass the McKinsey Problem Solving Game

CaseInterview.com

In the case interview process for McKinsey, one of the early evaluations is “Solve,” McKinsey’s digital assessment game (formerly called the McKinsey Problem Solving Game). When you play these games, you want to very quickly figure out which specific metric (there will be more than one) is subject to these greater-than and less-than rules.

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4 Ways CEOs Can Conquer Short-Termism

Harvard Business

Great stories are credible, simple, consistent, and use both financial and nonfinancial metrics to link a long-term vision and firm values with a distinctive business strategy and focused operational priorities. ” Many CEOs in our interviews emphasized the importance of choosing the right metrics to support both/and decision making.

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To Grow as a Leader, Seek More Complex Assignments

Harvard Business

I’ve interviewed thousands of candidates for managerial roles and tracked the performance of those I successfully hired. against the average scores for those metrics from all the executives in our worldwide database. I led the global management appraisal practice of our own executive search firm, Egon Zehnder.

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Research: How the Best School Leaders Create Enduring Change

Harvard Business

Our study of the actions and impact of 411 leaders of UK academies found that only 62 of them managed their turnaround successfully and sustainably transformed their school. And we interviewed the leaders and their teams to understand the challenges they faced, when they occurred, and how they overcame them.