The current environment presents us with new challenges and opportunities at an ever accelerating pace making uncertainty one of the toughest issues to manage. Jim Citrin discusses managing in turbulent times in his 19 August 2008 Yahoo!Finance column.
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Determine how well suited your learning style and lifestyle are to the Executive MBA (EMBA) program.
The motivation for those doing an executive MBA often differs from that of those doing a traditional or part-time MBA. This article identifies three common personality types of EMBA students and describes their motivations.
The executive MBA allows experienced professionals to earn the degree in two years while working full time. It offers rigorous, accredited education; schedules suited to working professionals; small classes; networking opportunities; and practical training. For the employer, the rewards are immediate.
Business coaches offer executives a sounding board and the opportunity for career and self development.
Lack of understanding and appreciation of the executive MBA among companies means many may be missing out on the benefits this practical form of graduate business education provides.
The executive MBA is a demanding two-year program for working professionals with at least eight years employment. Balancing work, school and family can make it even tougher. This article looks at how technology helps students meet the challenge.
If business travel is part of your job or you want it to be, consider an advanced education with an international focus. Rather than dropping out of the work force to study, however, an international executive MBA will allow you to combine full-time work with business school.
During our fifty year history, we have refined our techniques for conducting successful searches by focusing on understanding what candidates are able and ready to bring to a specific position. In this article we share some of our insights to help raise the quality of interviewing, and enhance your organisation’s ability to increase the value of its human capital.
It's one thing to analyze success stories after the fact but another to delve into an unfolding situation where the outcome is uncertain, and the protagonist is neither rich nor famous and faces limited resources. Jim Citrin's column (Yahoo! Finance 23 January 2008) looks at the lessons that can be learnt from these situations.
Jim Citrin speaks to Alicia Mandel about Olympic University, and how the principles of the Olympics can be applied by non-Olympians in business and other capacities. (Yahoo!Finance, 19 Feb 2008)
When you're at a critical turning point in your career a small group of professional and personal relationships to serve as your sounding board is vital. (Jim Citrin's Yahoo!Finance, 4 March 2008)
In his 15 April 2008 column for Yahoo! Finance, Jim Citrin looks at non profit organization Echoing Green.
In his Yahoo!Finance column (14 July 2008) Jim Citrin examines the work of author David D'Alessandro and his ideas on career management.
Training is essential before you venture in front of journalists.
Getting yourself known in the upper ranks of a large company can be as important for your career as being keynote speaker at an industry gathering.
What's your company's gearing or its return on investment? Managers stand no chance in business today if they don't speak the lingo.
Do I need an MBA to be successful in the media business?
Gaining experience in the not-for-profit sector could give you the edge in the hunt for a new job.
Hugh Thorneycroft dragged his family round the globe to study at the IMD, the famously tough Swiss business school. Was it worth it?