Recently I applied for several roles advertised online by various recruiting companies Acting in Europe. From one (Austrian Vienna-based) recruiting firm (let’s call it “HRBerater”) I did not receive anything back – except a first time automated email fired to all of the rejected candidates. When I applied for other 2 positions, no other reply (email or phone). As any […]
Simplicient Controlling 7 – The CFO Profile to Fall in Love With
Back in September 2014, doitinvest.com published a researched white paper on the perfect profile of a Chief Financial Officer (in Central & Eastern Europe). It was quite well received, so I decided to revisit the topic today in this blog post, with more general notes. After browsing several articles (see bottom for sources) on the CFO job profiles, I found […]
“Good Charts” & “Good Charts Workbook” by Scott Berinato – two Harvard Business Review Books
There are many topics apparently simple but really difficult in practice – visual charting being one of my favorites. Why? Because in our professional lives a good chart can express a thousand words to very wide audiences – and thus strong charting skills can make a substantial difference between a good professional and a superb manager. “Good Charts” is branded […]
Simplicient Controlling 6 – Financial Performance Clearly Presented
How to clearly present your company’s financial performance? I am pretty sure that this question creates a lot of frustrations and discussions for various controllers, thus this short blog will offer a quick guidance on the practicalities. One of the typical controller’s tasks is to present to management the organization’s performance (financial and business wise). How does the finance manager […]
“Can You Hear Me?” By Nick Morgan – a Harvard Business Review Press Book
In today’s hectic world, digitally interconnected more than ever, “Can You Hear Me” is a valid question. Nick Morgan’s previous HBR book (“Power Cues”) has found its continuation in the online realm, where everybody pushes the message to all others but rarely manages to be heard. In this respect, “Can You Hear Me – How to Connect with People in […]
Contest – Celebrating Five Years of Cooperation between Harvard Business Review Press Books and Doitinvest.com
Doitinvest.com celebrates five years of HBR Press Books reviews with a contest for our European readers. Our common journey started in March 2013, when Harvard Business Review Press sent us the first business title for a true honest review: “Playing to Win” by A.G. Lafley and Roger L. Martin – a title that has in the meanwhile become a classical […]
“Big Data @ Work” (Th. Davenport) Revisited
4 years later after our “Big Data @ Work” HBR book review, is the topic still actual? I recently re-read Thomas Davenport’s Big Data book – and it is more actual than ever. There are several reasons why “Big Data at Work” became more topical as time went on: – big data transformed fundamentally using simpler tools – most notably […]