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Social Class In The C-Suite

The Horizons Tracker

The potential for social mobility was far from even across different industries, however, with sectors like finance, real estate, and insurance scoring particularly poorly. Next to the IT, engineering, health, and education sectors, upward-educated CEOs are also more likely to work for management consultancies,” the authors continue.

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Why CEOs have Liberal Arts Degrees

Mills Scofield

They are leading global airline, chemical, healthcare, pharmaceutical, and financial companies, among others. A career advisor once told me that those who pursue liberal arts majors and enter finance, consulting or technology are not the exceptions. Let's hear it from her. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~. They are the norm.

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Why CEOs have Liberal Arts Degrees

Mills Scofield

They are leading global airline, chemical, healthcare, pharmaceutical, and financial companies, among others. A career advisor once told me that those who pursue liberal arts majors and enter finance, consulting or technology are not the exceptions. Let's hear it from her. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~. They are the norm.

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Performance Measurement

Strategy Driven

Value: The Four Cornerstones of Corporate Finance by Tim Koller. While you can find numerous books focused on the topic of corporate finance, few offer the type of information managers need to help them make important decisions day in and day out. Discusses the four foundational principles of corporate finance.

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Introducing 100 Coaches: Pay It Forward Champions

Marshall Goldsmith

Formerly a leader in the automotive, retail, restaurant, media innovation and consulting industries. Darek Lenart – Senior VP HR, Finance MasterCard. Former HR director with Pepsi Central Eastern Europe, and gained HR expertise at PLIVA Pharmaceutical Company (now part of Teva Group). Former President, Dow Chemical USA.

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The Tempting of Rajat Gupta

Harvard Business Review

As anyone with the slightest interest in the consulting business knows by now, the SEC has brought civil charges against Rajat Gupta in the Galleon insider-trading case. Indeed, his lawyer says the ex-consultant lost millions on an investment with Raj Rajaratnam, the central figure in the case.) from 1994 to 2003. billion to $3.4

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Identifying the Skills That Can Help You Change Careers

Harvard Business Review

I made a career switch seven years ago, when I went from working as a reporter at the Financial Times , where I covered health care in the United States, to consulting — advising CEOs in the pharmaceutical industry on thought leadership and articulating their corporate strategies. Consider the legal field. Tap other reinventers.

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