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Upskilling: 3 Key Tips for Serious Executives

Strategy Driven

Pinpointing the exact skills you want in your toolkit – from knowledge in Management of Change to advanced AI prompt engineering technique – is the key to not just surviving but thriving in really any industry. Strategic Skill Acquisition You want to keep up and keeping up these days means getting smart about skill-building.

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Entrepreneurs: Do you have a People Strategist?

LDRLB

Since it is about designing behaviour of individuals to achieve business success, this requires an understanding of decision sciences (psychology, sociology, neurosciences, etc) much like a Finance professional needs to know accountancy. Performance appraisals in start ups are either awesome conversations or dreaded.

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The Big Picture of Business – Business Success Checklist

Strategy Driven

Design and re-engineering of products-services. Strategic Plan includes provisions for refinancing, equity and debt financing. Finance charges are negotiated. Performance reviews are conducted annually updated, with realistic, measurable goals. The business you’re in. Body of Knowledge.

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There Are Two Types of Performance — but Most Organizations Only Focus on One

Harvard Business Review

In Precision’s case, good tactical performance required developing rules, checklists, and standard operating procedures and then following them closely. The second type, known as adaptive performance , is how effectively your organization diverges from its strategy. This is also true of executives.

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The 3 Company Crises Boards Should Watch For

Harvard Business Review

To support a change in strategy from efficiency-driven to innovation-driven growth, the company acquired another company to be its innovation engine. Consequently, the finance group, the risk organization, and the nonexecutive directors do most of this work. The finance group scrutinizes capital requests.

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How to Become a Coach or Consultant After You Retire

Harvard Business Review

Albert DiBernardo, who is now the head of strategy and development for a major engineering firm, told his board three years ago that he’d be retiring at age 65, and in his performance review last year set a specific departure date: December 31, 2017. that your retirement and new career might entail. Do a skills analysis.