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How to analyze financial statements

How to Analyze Financial Statements: Part 2

By Aditya Dehejia / September 26, 2022 /

How to analyze financial statements and make sense of the data “Data! data! data!” he cried impatiently. “I can’t make bricks without clay.” — Sherlock Holmes in The Adventure of…

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How to Understand Financial Statements: Part 1

By Aditya Dehejia / September 19, 2022 /

How to understand financial statements. An introduction for those not trained in finance or accounting. All organizations (for-profit businesses and non-profit entities) undertake two primary activities: Raise capital from investors;…

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Low employee engagement

Employee Engagement and Retention: The Overlooked Execution Risk

By Aditya Dehejia / September 5, 2022 /

Low Employee Engagement and Retention is a Business Risk “I never worry about action, but only about inaction.” — Winston Churchill Finding and retaining good talent was always hard and…

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Covid Changes to Workplace Status

How COVID Redefined Status Markers in the Workplace

By Aditya Dehejia / August 29, 2022 /

TL; DR (The Summary) Manifesting personal status and identifying our own status relative to others is a critical element of social existence. We signal status to others through goods (things…

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Career 3.0

What is the Career 3.0 Approach to the Professional Journey?

By Aditya Dehejia / August 22, 2022 /

What is Career 3.0?   “I’ve learned that making a ‘living’ is not the same as making a ‘life’.” — Maya Angelou   Much of the career advice I read…

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How Community and Giving Back Can Multiply the Power of Your Network

By Aditya Dehejia / August 15, 2022 /

“Give and you shall receive, much more than you would have ever thought possible…No one has ever become poor from giving!” — Anne Frank   A key motivator in my…

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10 Empowering Tips to Become the Leader You’ve Always Wanted to Work For

By Aditya Dehejia / August 8, 2022 /

What does it take to become the leader you’ve always wanted to work for? “If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you…

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extend runway

How to Extend Runway in a Difficult Market Environment

By Aditya Dehejia / August 1, 2022 /

Start-Up Founders Know the Destination but Not the Path to Get There Specific Steps That Will Help Extend Runway in a Difficult Market Environment   “If current revenue growth trends…

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reduce friction

Why You Should Invest Time in Diagnosing and Reducing Friction Points

By Aditya Dehejia / July 25, 2022 /

There are two paths to achieving the growth goal — adding fuel and reducing friction.   TL: DR We all want to keep growing in life. Growth feels good. The…

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Combating Burnout

16 Practical Tips To Combat Burnout for Employees, Managers, and Employers

By Aditya Dehejia / July 18, 2022 /

Many individuals, managers, and employers are seeking ways to successfully combat burnout. After a recent Journey CxO Cohort Group session, member Nikki Katsutani sent a thoughtful list of follow-up questions,…

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Why Efficiency Based Goals Are Good For Business

By Aditya Dehejia / July 11, 2022 /

Efficiency based goals is how we tend to run our personal financial lives, and today I’ll share why I recommend them for business as well. ‘Do more with less.’ These…

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finance leadership

Characteristics of a Great Finance Leader

By Aditya Dehejia / July 4, 2022 /

Given the environment today, I thought it a good time to revisit and discuss the characteristics of a great finance leader. Revenue growth and employee growth are much less sexy…

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