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Career Opportunities After Pursuing an MBA

Strategy Driven

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. These can include policy analyst, operations manager, and finance director positions.

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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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Why the South Will Lead in the Global Tilt

Harvard Business Review

They are fiercely focused on operations, because they know that's how money is made or lost. By innovating, operating efficiently, and exploiting market niches, Zhang has confronted well-established manufacturers of the North on their own territory and used his success there as leverage to win in the global game. They learn fast.

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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. But Anderson, who had served as an independent director on the company’s board for several years, did this through having “tremendous relationships and credibility with the operating executives.”

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Why the South Will Lead in the Global Tilt

Harvard Business Review

They are fiercely focused on operations, because they know that's how money is made or lost. By innovating, operating efficiently, and exploiting market niches, Zhang has confronted well-established manufacturers of the North on their own territory and used his success there as leverage to win in the global game. They learn fast.

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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. Having experienced, expert inside lawyers inside is the best way of controlling outside legal costs.

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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. The Big Four are: The Chief Executive Officer: your inner Dreamer. The Chief Financial Officer: your inner Thinker.