An Executive's Handbook for Mastering Financial Acumen
Description
It is essential that every business executive be conversant in the principles of finance. This is a handbook for developing your financial acumen to give you a stronger voice inside the executive boardroom. From accounting to finance, from risk management to capital allocation - no stone is left unturned. This is a one-stop reference source to guide any executive through the most important decisions and conversations that go on in the executive boardrooms of every organization.
Stories of failed executives illustrate the importance of financial acumen and provide a launching point for discussing finance principles in practical scenarios. Whether you are running your own company or an executive in a larger organization, you will become an impressive financial practitioner without getting mired in the details and theoretical complexities contained in most financial textbooks.
Learn what matters and how to use it to your advantage to:
¿ Analyze financial information with ease;
¿ Make smarter business decisions;
¿ Develop strategy and allocate capital with a financial return in mind;
¿ Hire and manage financial people better, and;
¿ Avoid financial disasters that can ruin your company.
