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Career Opportunities After Pursuing an MBA

Strategy Driven

An MBA holder can become a Financial Analyst, Business Consultant, Leadership Trainer, or Corporate Strategist. They can also become business consultants, offering advice and strategies to help companies grow. It can include positions such as Chief Financial Officer, Chief Executive Officer, or Operations Manager.

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Google asks all employees in North America to work from home

HR Digest

“All offices in North America are now on recommended work from home status if roles allow,” a Google spokesperson said in an email to CNBC. Our goal is to reduce the density of people in offices, which expert advice suggests may slow down the spread of COVID-19 and reduce the burden on the local community and health resources.”.

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4 Questions to Ask to Select the Best Executive Search Firm

Great Leadership By Dan

Put it this way: just because an agency placed a technical Project Manager at a software company doesn’t mean they can find the right Chief Financial Officer or Director of Marketing in the same industry. Both professions previously often used a black box approach and their advice was taken at face value.

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Here’s Why Strategy Chiefs Succeed or Fail

Harvard Business Review

So founder and CEO Tom Stemberg hired John Wilson as head of strategy and chief financial officer. the danger that the newcomer will clash for political or personality reasons with members of the leadership team). ” Wilson was exactly what the business needed.

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What If You Could Learn Design from Apple?

Harvard Business Review

The best ones are permeable membranes that transfer knowledge from the outside in: Steve Jobs recruited the Dean of Yale’s Business School to run Apple University, while Jeff Weiner recruited business coach and thought leader Fred Kofman to lead leadership development for LinkedIn. Ritz Carlton and Zappos follow a similar model.

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The Rise of the General Counsel

Harvard Business Review

The general counsel is now a core member of the top management team and offers advice not just on law and related matters but helps shape discussion and debate about business issues. Inside lawyers, in short, have forged new leadership and cooperation with firms on matters and fostered new competition and control on money.

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The Most Important Negotiation in Your Life

Harvard Business Review

The stakes of negotiating at home can feel sky-high: which medical advice to follow; how much to spend or save; how long your aging parents can live at home; whether to stay together. At the start of my leadership development programs, I ask people for examples of "negotiating with yourself." At first this sounds strange.