Skip Prichard

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

and is an expert on risk, strategy, and finance. In response to the accelerating disruption and change of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, a chorus of advice to leaders is urging them to make their organizations more nimble, adaptable, flex­ible, dynamic and, yes, agile. In emergency management, Hurricane Sandy stands out.

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Agility How To Decentralization Morale 86

Marshall Goldsmith

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

Thinkers50 – World’s Most Influential Management Thinkers. Called ‘The Academy Awards of Leadership’ by the Economist, Thinkers50 is the world’s most reliable resource for identifying, ranking and sharing the leading management ideas of our age. World authority on project management. Co-author: Predictable Magic.

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Executive Coaching CEO Magazine Banking 70

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 18, 2019

One has to be razor-sharp and ever ready to learn in this dynamic sector. While important, a business degree is not enough to truly flourish in this industry. You can be an entrepreneur, in business communication, accounting and finance or more, and still reap the benefit of this course.

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Skills Sharpe Trends Course 13

Strategy Driven

APRIL 3, 2014

Crafting and writing a branded healthcare executive resume, that differs from the traditional medical resume, can make a significant difference in your executive job search results and improve the opportunities to land that next-level position in pharmaceutical, biotech and medical device industries. About the Author.

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Tactics Execution Pharmaceuticals Human Capital 51

Women on Business

JANUARY 24, 2011

What promotional vehicles are most successful in your industry? Being sharp means being succinct. For example, as a designer/writer, my skills are not well applied to bookkeeping or financial management. If you rely on searches for your background research, so will those you work with (if they are sharp).

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Press Release Discount Sharpe Advertising 100

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 14, 2017

For industries that depend on innovation, sustaining it is a constant challenge. Year-on-year price increases for existing therapies have allowed the industry to maintain profitability, but those short-term fixes have come at a heavy cost: decreased public satisfaction with the industry and increased political scrutiny.

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Innovation Company Incentives Industry 9

Harvard Business Review

MAY 29, 2017

and European elections, to management of the Syrian War, it’s clear that relations between the West and Russia have become increasingly hostile. For example, in 2014, at the onset of the sharp deterioration in U.S.-Russian This has been beneficial for some Russian industries but has reduced market access for foreign firms.

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Policies Supply Chain Politics Operations 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 15, 2013

Let nature take its course, bailout without bankruptcy, and managed bankruptcy. They each had strong arguments in their favor: The consideration for nature taking its course was that the companies had been very badly managed for many years, and people needed to take responsibility for failure. How do you trade those things off?

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Process Uncertainty Analysis Industry 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 2, 2012

An example was a discussion session of tired-looking European finance ministers, defensive and elusive about the speed of acting on the Euro crisis. Rather, their biggest barrier by far (about 85% of the time) relates to the internal complexity of their organizations and the management of their energy against that.

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Competitive Advantage Porter Goleman Emotional Intelligence 14

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 22, 2012

As business managers know, tariffs and quotas take time to shift sales from foreign to domestic sources—time they don't have during financial crises, as the credit needed to make payroll and to pay for parts and components dries up. So managers shouldn't make assumptions that foreign governments choose their favorites in the same way.

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Crisis Policies Globalization Analysis 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 20, 2014

That operating cash flow is much higher than net income at a company that has been investing huge amounts of money as it strives for global retail domination isn’t a big surprise, although the sheer size of the difference, and the sharp upward trajectory of the cash flow line, is still staggering. Finance Internet Retail'

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Retail Finance Parcell Depreciation 20

Harvard Business Review

MAY 14, 2018

I think each would agree that leading in the intelligence community is a daily exercise in crisis management, whether at the helm of CIA with its global analytic and operational responsibilities, or at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence with its oversight responsibilities for the entire intelligence community.

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Objective Safe Harbor Policies Analysis 12

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 20, 2015

Until a few years ago Steve Cronce’s Raphael Industries did $1 million dollars a year of specialized industrial painting for customers within driving distance of their plant in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Manage culture by setting expectations appropriately. Manage the arduously long sales cycle.

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Supply Chain Collins Golden Handcuff Pharmaceuticals 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 6, 2016

Every February, businesses in India wait with bated breath for the country’s finance minister to announce the Union Budget. For example, China dumping steel in India puts the entire industry in stress, leading to a large problem on loan defaults to government-owned public sector banks. Will taxes go up or down?

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Budgeting Cost Globalization Sharpe 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 19, 2017

subscribers in 2017, and the industry as a whole has been growing at 200% annually since 2011. While the industry is growing rapidly, it is also highly volatile. Moving from “top-down” valuation to “bottom-up” The default valuation method for finance professionals is “top-down” in nature.

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IPO How To Metrics Bottom-up 8

Rajesh Setty

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

Once the $1 million revenue milestone is crossed, entrepreneurs find it easier to find additional customers, manage working capital, and access funding, whether it is credit or equity. This, of course, doesn’t mean that we discourage entrepreneurs to seek financing. This is where numerous ventures fail.

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Entrepreneur Stage-Gate Finance Incubator 54