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Even though every person is different, and every manager has a unique management style, when looking at many of the successful startup CEOs, one finds interesting similarities. These similarities related to their management characteristics can be categorized into five main attributes: They are leaders, not managers When you are a...

The virtual world has become a favorite hangout place for students, academicians, ​CEOs, CFOs, CIOs, senior management executives, business leaders, and high net worth individuals worldwide. They have become a part of a massive discourse that is happening on platforms called blogs. Blogs are shorter articles that summarize a point...

There is no question that the foundation of which a company or team holds its standards to will greatly define and influence its success.  No matter the field, whether it be a sports team or a major company, a strong culture and great leadership stands incredibly vital to its performance....

The Digital Age, with the convergence of several advancing technologies, will fundamentally change how we live and how we work. Automation will significantly reduce the number of human employees, because human beings will be needed only to do the tasks that technology can’t do well. At least for the near...

A single procedure suffices, just one and the same algorithm, both to elaborate various AC_DC calculations (AC: Absorption Costing or full costing. DC: Direct Costing or marginal costing or differential costing) and to perform breakeven analysis to the fullest extent. Breakeven analysis, under the assumption 'production volume is equal to...

You can spend piles of money on leadership development workshops and seminars and still end up with leaders who have more knowledge than wisdom. But wisdom is what it takes to build the trust that strong leadership requires, and that trust comes from building relationships on the job, day by...

In (business) economics one often has to deal with amounts of money at different points in time. One cannot say much about main economical issues without proper money calculus. Using PPR (Period Percentage Rate, any period, any rate) i.e. Discrete Compound Interest to rank investments is often deceptive. Financial tools...

Many of us feel like we are working under the constant pressure of urgent issues and deadlines. We feel like we have little control over our time and our priorities, and that we must work reactively to stay in the game. But if we stop and examine what is really...

Monday morning strikes fear (or at least a flat mood) into the minds of many. If you are suffering from a case of Monday-itis, browsing employment websites might be overtaking the time spent doing your actual job. But here’s the good news: research conducted by the University of New South...

Anil Chaturvedi is an experienced banker who has over four decades of experience in investment, private, and commercial banking with leading international banks. He has worked as a Branch Manager at the State Bank of India, a Manager at S.B.I. Capital Markets Ltd, Bombay, a Business Development Manager at the...