"Getting an MBA takes time and money, making it inaccessible to many people who want to take charge in the business world. Now "The 12-Week MBA" offers an alternative way to learn business essentials, focusing on the skills and knowledge required to succeed as a manager and business leader. "The 12-Week MBA"'s unique premise is that there is a core set of business skills that entrepreneurs and future leaders of organizations can learn and will need regardless of their industry, function, or level. Those core skills-value creation, people skills, and decision-making-can be learned in less time and at lower cost than in a traditional two-year MBA, where the typical content becomes obsolete by the time students have graduated. Authors Bjorn Billhardt and Nathan Kracklauer, leaders of Abilitie, a leadership development provider, have customized and honed their virtual 12-week MBA course over the last 20 years. Now they bring you the key lessons from this curriculum in an accessible, engaging guide"--
Record details
ISBN:0306832372
ISBN:9780306832376
ISBN:0306832364
ISBN:9780306832369
Physical Description:xxix, 320 pages : charts ; 24 cm print
Edition:First edition.
Publisher:New York : Hachette Go, 2024.
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-303) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
The numbers. Value -- Profitability -- Growth -- Risk -- The balance sheet -- Cash flow basics -- Cash flow and working capital -- Cost structures -- Valuation foundations -- Creating value -- The people. Joy and frustration -- Trust and expectations -- Adventures in feedback -- Engagement and motivation -- Leadership -- Collective action and decision-making -- Defining the decision -- Deliberating and executing -- The power of dissent -- Conclusion. Embracing responsibility.
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