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I become a manager very early in my career but had no idea about habits to be a great leader. Eventually I was responsible for 5.000 persons and had learned …
The exit process consists of personal considerations, lifestyle changes, transaction preparations and executing the actual transaction. I have more than €8 billion worth of experience buying and selling companies. In …
You shall use manufacturing KPI’s for your different teams to track their progress towards their targets and goals. KPI’s are performance indicators that help your executives and teams to do …
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To build a product successfully you need to consider 5 things: Personal success characteristics to build a product. What problem do you solve when you build a product? Building a …
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