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The Future of Executive Search: Blending AI with Emotional Intelligence

N2Growth Blog

The Ever-Present Value of the Human Element Beyond Skills: Aligning Visions and Values Despite the advent of AI, the core of executive search remains deeply human. High-level recruitment isn’t just about matching skills to job specifications; it’s about aligning visions, values, and cultures.

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How Developing Countries Can Benefit From Green Technologies

The Horizons Tracker

trillion by 2030, which is four times greater than their current value. Electric vehicle revenues may rise by five times, reaching $824 billion in 2030 from their present value of $163 billion. The index evaluates 166 nations based on indicators such as ICT, skills, research and development, industrial capacity, and finance.

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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. The Refresher: Net Present Value. Make improving your financial skills “ a survival issue ,” says Knight. Overlook the impact of financial skills on your career. Related Video.

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July's Leadership Carnival

Michael Lee Stallard

Miki Saxon presents How to Improve Your Management Skill at MAPping Company Success. Managers can’t let fear rule their decision making – Sharlyn Lauby presents Handling Workplace Retaliation posted at HR Bartender. Grossman presents Valuing meaningful work always plays better to the bottom line.

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4 Assumptions About Risk You Shouldn’t Be Making

Harvard Business Review

Most executives know that the present value of an investment comes from projecting its cash flows and discounting those numbers into today’s dollars. The general rule is projects with positive net present values should get funded, and those with negative ones shouldn’t. In many cases, failure is bad.

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The Secrets to Building a Lucky Network

Harvard Business Review

He claims he won the "ovarian lottery" by being born at the right time and in a country where his skill set allowed him to amass great wealth. After all, if he were on a desert island without a capital market, the value of his skill goes nearly to zero. Warren Buffett has famously credited most of his success to Luck.

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Beware of Short-term Management, Not the Short-term Investor

Harvard Business Review

A firm's long-term value should correspond to the present value of future expected cash flows. During the last few years, I have interviewed numerous managers and often asked them why they failed to invest in projects that — at least in their assessment — would have created long-term value.