Hints and tips:
...Democrats have always been more measured in their assessment of the former national security adviser, even if their presidents, including Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton, Barack Obama and Biden, sometimes sought...
...Broad skills, such as business acumen and calmness under pressure, can be just as important in cyber security roles as technical skills, which candidates can be taught....
...There probably wasn’t the financial and operational acumen there to really understand what would happen if things went wrong.”...
...EY’s assessment, disclosed in a prospectus this month as Vista raised a new $500mn unsecured bond, echoed questions from some industry rivals about Flohr’s rapid expansion....
...“Lack of exposure” is her simple assessment of why she is and remains a rarity in the industry....
...Grant money can make up a first-loss layer, Acumen says, boosting the interest of mainstream investors by cutting their risk....
...“I always take risks in a consumer-facing way but not in a financial way,” she says of her business acumen....
...“Boards that levy assessments are not popular boards,” she added. “People don’t want to pay huge assessments . . . And politics are politics, whether they’re national or on a tiny little board.”...
...But the way they had implemented it meant that, without further action, the trust “would carry a future risk of a large estate tax assessment”....
...Business acumen aside, there are myriad ways that M&A lawyers can help clients get better value....
...The online services also potentially threaten to make advisers’ own professional services and acumen obsolete....
...Many executives in Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial centre, broadly agree with his blunt assessment....
...“He’s a man with the sharpest political acumen there is. He takes risks and he wins.”...
...The course was created by Acumen, a non-profit venture fund that tackles poverty, and Erik Simanis, the course instructor....
...“We will have to dig very deep and see what went wrong,” said Jackson Mthembu, a senior ANC official, in a more honest assessment of its dismal performance....
...Mr Steinert says: “If you don’t have the data, you can’t have an objective and comprehensive basis to make . . . assessments and target the area you need to fix.”...
...For example, the rigorous assessment processes and accountability required of B Corp-certified companies can give individuals confidence they are investing in credible high-impact enterprises....
...An older and even more quintessential union of artistic taste and business acumen, between Bernard Berenson and Joseph Duveen, also has an Italian aspect....
...While it all depends on one’s assessment of Mr Bezos’s tactical acumen, such sentiments seem a touch premature....
...To succeed at assessment centres, you need to display four core competencies. ● Commercial acumen to test whether you understand your role in the organisation and how you contribute to its success....
...Everyone talks about Green’s gift for mental arithmetic, instant assessment of value, fast decision making and simplification of complex business dilemmas....
...Even when investors desire such aggressiveness, the strategy must be clearly articulated, from the fund’s pitch book to its risk assessment....
...The strategy used at Kelley starts with an assessment of students’ networking skills....
...In one area, though, the acumen of G4S managers is not in doubt. They are extremely adept contract bidders and negotiators....
...Part of their assessment will be looking at your GMAT scores....
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