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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. We still see that this matters, especially when it comes to the top of organizations, even though it should not.

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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. As a college student in this technological era, I’ve felt the constant burden of having to pursue a “practical” degree. Let's hear it from her. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~. My uncle pushes engineering.

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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. As a college student in this technological era, I’ve felt the constant burden of having to pursue a “practical” degree. Let's hear it from her. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~. My uncle pushes engineering.

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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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How Big Data Brings Marketing and Finance Together

Harvard Business Review

MasterCard had always been a data-driven organization. Rajamannar involved finance early. To spearhead analytic efforts, he assigned a finance person – who was already embedded in marketing – to create an ROI evaluation framework and integrated her deeper into the marketing function. His artillery: Advanced Big Data analytics.

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Introducing 100 Coaches: Pay It Forward Champions

Marshall Goldsmith

Authority on new technology and communication. World leading researcher on the impact of leadership in organizations. Antonio Nieto-Rodriguez – Author of the best-selling book: The Focused Organization, Winner of the 2017 Thinkers50 Award for ‘Ideas into Practice’. Darek Lenart – Senior VP HR, Finance MasterCard.

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Health Care Is an Investment, and the U.S. Should Start Treating It Like One

Harvard Business Review

We invest billions of dollars each year in medicines, new technologies, doctors, and hospitals—all with the goal of improving health, arguably our most prized commodity. So reducing investments in low-value care services means spending less on doctors, hospitals, and other health care technologies. rawpixel/Getty Images.