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Strategic insight through stress-testing: How to connect the 'engine room' to the boardroom

McKinsey

The report suggests ways that banks can use stress tests and their component parts to connect strategic thinking at Baord and senior management level to meaningful actions across their organizations. This report offers an overview of stress testing as a management and regulatory tool in banking.

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How to Become a Product Manager and Bring Value to Your Customers

Harvard Professional Development

They oversee the production of a product from first idea to launch, and think strategically and creatively about ways that product can solve a customer’s problems. This may include teams in engineering, finance, legal, marketing, sales, customer support, and design.

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The Urgent Need for Leadership Development in the Construction Industry

Crestcom

The 2024 Engineering and Construction Industry Outlook by Deloitte found a significant labor shortage across the industry. This includes skills in time management, strategic thinking, and delegation. More challenging still is the data showing that many job openings are due to voluntary departures. Crestcom L.E.A.D.R.

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7 Management Mistakes That Can Hamper Employee Productivity

Vantage Circle

But strategic thinking about productivity may become a lost art in the eCommerce world that works in a hyper-paced loop of promotions and product launches. Productivity is all about getting more work done in fewer hours without losing quality. When it comes to expanding your eCommerce business, boosting efficiency is a powerful tool.

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A Brief History of Strategy Consulting: 100 years from Frederick Taylor to the “Next New Normal”

StrategyU

Starting as an engineering-focused discipline in manufacturing plants, the consulting industry has reinvented itself many times and played many different roles while always being shrouded in secrecy. So in the last 1800s, Frederick Taylor and several others in the US started exploring new ways to think about running a business.