Women on Business

FEBRUARY 22, 2013

housing finance system since it was created more than 40 years ago (More about Mary at the end of this post). For me, pursuing my career in financial services has always factored into my new year’s resolutions. And, that is just what I did, deciding to join the ranks of one of the most “male dominated” industries—financial services.

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Strategy Driven

JUNE 5, 2019

So far, online training and education platforms have done a great job of turning out candidates that hold the relevant industry certifications to meet the demand, but as any working project manager can tell you – a certification will only take you so far. Change Management. Business Expertise. Web Development. Putting it All Together.

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HR Digest

DECEMBER 8, 2020

The gender wage gap is pervasive in many industries, especially those still dominated by men. They handle admissions, quality assurance, data management and examinations or in a specialist department such as finance, careers, marketing or human resources. However, many are a part of a company as analysts.

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Strategy Driven

JANUARY 19, 2023

Healthcare is an ever going service industry and a business. Career pathways for healthcare leaders There is no denying that healthcare organizations demand well-rounded leaders capable of managing a diverse workforce. If you have what it takes to take up the role of a healthcare leader, check out a few career pathways.

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HR Digest

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Earning stacks of money, starting a family, and going on expensive vacations are goals that we can all probably relate to but they are not the right answer when asked about career goal examples. These allow you to work towards something specific in your career whether that’s a better job role or a project that inspires you.

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Miles Anthony Smith

DECEMBER 10, 2018

But don’t be discouraged; for many the hard work is worth it when you consider the freedom over your own time and finances. If you have no relevant work experience, it’s worth spending time gaining some in the following ways: ​ Take a part-time job in your target industry. Get some new qualifications.

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Chartered Management Institute

MAY 3, 2023

In terms of solutions, Ann emphasised the need for employers to promote women proportionately through the ranks, offer flexible working solutions for those on career breaks and create sponsorship programs that cater to women from diverse backgrounds. She discussed the issue on LBC News with Martin Stanford.

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Policies Article Skills Learning-by-Doing 121

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 31, 2017

If you’re not a numbers person, finance is daunting. ” Joe Knight, a partner and senior consultant at the Business Literacy Institute and the coauthor of Financial Intelligence , says that an absence of financial savvy is “career-limiting.” Stop avoiding finance because you’re afraid of numbers.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 4, 2015

Everyone aspires to have purpose or meaning in their career but how do you actually do that? Here are principles you can follow to find a career — and a specific job —­ you don’t just enjoy, but love. “Join industry groups, go to conferences, volunteer for a nonprofit,” advises Dillon.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 24, 2011

What promotional vehicles are most successful in your industry? Many career-enhancing activities can develop from carefully chosen volunteer-based projects. An old client became well known and rather notorious through this technique: he liked to predict the future in his industry, always outrageous.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 23, 2018

Now city and state leaders hope to use summer jobs programs to provide meaningful employment experiences that can improve teens’ job readiness and financial skills and boost their academic and career aspirations. To what degree did the program’s formal career readiness training enhance outcomes?

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 16, 2017

You’re ready to make a career move, up to a higher level or into a different industry or an entirely new field. Oversee resource allocation and budgeting. Create and improve systems to manage staff’s and students’ needs — schedules, records, facilities, personnel, and budgets.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 27, 2014

has the world’s most sophisticated system of financing radical ideas, and the results have been impressive, from Google to Facebook to Twitter. What’s more important, Germany is better at adapting inventions to industry and spreading them throughout the business sector. True, Americans do well at inventing.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 9, 2018

She had launched her career 12 years earlier with no connections — she just picked up a camera and started making small-budget films, including one she financed out of her own savings account. Eventually, though, she came to believe that she would be better off making her own films, with her own ideas and budget.

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Film Engineering Budgeting Energy 10

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 7, 2016

In our experience, it is even tougher in the social sector, where the problems are bigger but the salary budgets are often smaller. Additionally, PwC conducted a study of over 4,000 recent graduates from 75 countries, who indicated opportunities for career progression as most important when evaluating employers.

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Budgeting Report Skills Finance 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 2, 2016

In the end, whatever your industry and whatever your enterprise’s size, scaling up your distinctive capabilities is one of the most difficult and yet essential things you can do. Then came sales forces, finance departments, and R&D labs—including the original labs of Thomas Edison and Alexander Graham Bell.

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Development Supply Chain Incentives Outsourcing 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

companies spent 24% of their budget training on leadership development. or foreign-educated, and the sector and industry in which they work. universities before they launched their careers. Consumer Products and Banking and Finance are two other major concentration industries. As of 2009, U.S. university does not.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 1, 2014

Today, he is using his telecom industry expertise to help San Francisco’s Mayor Ed Lee launch the nation’s first entrepreneurship-in-residence (EIR) program for cities. As one remarked, “After eight years, I had built the foundation and expertise in markets and finance. Just think about the U.S. At over $140 billion, the U.S.

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HR Digest

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

percent increase in their total compensation budgets for 2024. Establish Benchmarks Make it a point to define industry and market benchmarks to compare your organization’s compensation practices. A competitive salary would involve exceeding the industry benchmarks but this can be done with additional benefits instead.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 29, 2018

Who wouldn’t want a meaningful career and better balance between work and home? For many of us, it’s finances that keep us from making a career change. We worry and wonder: What would a career change do to our bank accounts? But Steve, Amanda, and Brandon all left those jobs and made a mid-career transition.

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Career Budgeting Short-term Planning 9

HR Digest

MAY 6, 2024

These features streamline payroll processes, improve accuracy, and provide valuable data for workforce planning and budgeting. These features enable organizations to set goals, track progress, and evaluate employee performance, providing valuable insights for career development, succession planning, and talent management.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 8, 2013

You may have to be selfless, give up some of your budget. Certainly we know that heads of finance and HR tend to move around a lot more because the skills are very transferrable, and in fact it looks better for an HR executive or CFO to show a breadth of industry. And that one is big. So I don''t really understand that one.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 24, 2012

In any industry, selling to a C-level executive buyer is often a cause for celebration. Senior executive customers tend to have larger budgets, are less price sensitive and more focused on value. It's great career development for them.". But closing the sale is no time to relax.

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Miles Anthony Smith

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

Home-based businesses are a great way for busy people to take more control of their careers , but starting your own business can be intimidating. No matter what business you're planning on starting, you have numerous factors to consider: the economy, how that industry is performing, start-up costs, overhead, payroll and so on.

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Tips Franchising Cost Travel 95

Strategy Driven

MARCH 2, 2012

Trees with thicker bases and deeper roots will sprout greener (be profitable), shed less often (fewer corporate flaws) and live longer (dominate its industry). That’s what they have done for most of their careers. (2 These keep the branches, limbs and twigs (divisions, consultants and vendors) on a growth curve. 28 percent).

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Consultative Short-term Budgeting Strategic Planning 79

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 18, 2013

As someone who has spent her career focusing on this other part of the equation, I offer a few suggestions for John Chambers on how to make this initiative really work: 1. why not add some men to those functions and have more women in finance and strategy? That takes rael money budgeted towards it. Sell the "why."

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CEO Diversity Open-book Bottom-up 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 23, 2018

has lost what Harvard Business School’s Willy Shih calls the “ industrial commons ”: indispensable production skills and capabilities. We know from looking at strong economies around that world that a nation needs both R&D and manufacturing activities to maintain a healthy 21st Century industrial ecosystem.

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Innovation Offshoring Engineering Automotive 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 31, 2011

With each proposal she receives an informal micro-course in finance from network peers on whom has money now, how to craft the proposal to the arcane requirements of that funding source, and how to navigate their budget allocation process. Does your organization enable this sense of mission?

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 8, 2016

They’d met at university, and although Derek had gone on to graduate school and a career in banking, while Rogier had joined his family construction business and then founded Contect, they’d never lost touch. It hits our collective reputation and our finances.” Decentralization is the norm in this industry.

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Case Study Decentralization CFO Construction 8

Strategy Driven

MARCH 28, 2016

Go-To-Market Strategy planning and budgeting is just as vital to a successful launch as the product itself. You could have the best SaaS package on the planet, a must-have app, a killer API, or a smartphone that qualifies for MENSA, but if you don’t have your Go-To-Market Strategy locked-up and budgeted correctly, your launch is at risk.

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Productivity Products Marketing Strategy Budgeting 50

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

As Amar Bhide said in " Bootstrap Finance: The Art of Start-ups " (a 20-year-old HBR article that is an uncanny precursor to today's "lean startup" meme), traditional business planning processes are less relevant to bootstrappers — where resilience trumps planning and energy trumps experience. In short, the business plan is overrated.

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