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How to Improve Your Finance Skills (Even If You Hate Numbers)

Harvard Business Review

But having a grasp of terms like EBITDA and net present value are important no matter where you sit on the org chart. ” 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.”

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The INs and OUTs of Business Literacy

HR Digest

To reassess projections about future performance. Joe Knight, Principal Owner and Senior Consultant with the Business Literacy Institute. Joe Knight | Principal Owner and Senior Consultant with the Business Literacy Institute. Managers use financial statements for two primary reasons: 1.)

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Hiring Veterans Is Good Business. So Why Don't We Do It More Often?

Harvard Business Review

But consider this equally inscrutable language: The value is multiples of EBITDA, assuming the back-office cost synergy targets are achievable. Where I was unable to spell my own name or barely speak in 2008, I am now projecting revenue growth and cash flows in 2013." he explains. "So

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