BCG

JULY 28, 2016

Article Thursday, July 28, 2016 The debate in Germany about how to shift more women into leadership positions in the workplace has gone on for years, but progress has been stagnant. Middle management is often the end of the road for women, and most of those with children never return to full-time work at all.

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Organizational Talent Consulting

JULY 10, 2023

Whether you're the CEO or a frontline leader, financial performance is a measure of effectiveness. But how do you improve bottom-line performance amid economic uncertainty, a persistent talent crisis, and the reality that only 3 in 10 employees are engaged? One key is self-awareness.

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Harvard Business

APRIL 4, 2017

” The notion of moonshots is a hugely appealing idea, whether you are an enterprise working on a market innovation, a nonprofit organization tackling societal problems, or a government trying to govern better. . And how can your company get it right if even Google can’t seem to make its moonshot factory work?

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Harvard Business

JUNE 8, 2018

Impact investors over the past decade largely focused on proving that impact investments could achieve a “market rate” or above return profile. Often, however, the elements that make something profitable work counter to those that maximize positive social impact. Erik Dreyer/Getty Images. In 2010, J.P

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MishTalk

JANUARY 4, 2014

Philadelphia Fed President Charles Plosser said in a speech he is skeptical of so-called "optimal control" approaches to monetary policy in which mathematical models are used to predict when things like unemployment and economic growth will return to more normal levels. workers A dovish U.S. Plosser at Odds with Yellen''s Approach Yahoo!Finance

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Harvard Business

JANUARY 24, 2018

Some people even talk about a world of superabundance where work will be about pursuing your passion, on your own terms. So, there’s a great deal at stake in the debate over productivity and jobs. Leaders must understand the debate and be prepared to address tough questions: What kind of new skills do we need?

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Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 1, 2016

Whether to localize global-brand marketing programs remains one of the most contentious debates in multinational organizations. The head office, meanwhile, takes the position that achieving scale justifies losing some local customers in return for global efficiencies.

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Nash Consulting

MARCH 27, 2023

The ability to effectively navigate (and even embrace) conflict is critical to forming meaningful relationships and succeeding at complex and interdependent tasks, whether it’s implementing a new technology at work, managing a team, cohabiting a household, or raising a child. How does it feel to be in conflict?

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Tom Spencer

DECEMBER 8, 2013

” “A good leader can engage in a debate frankly and thoroughly, knowing that at the end he and the other side must be closer, and thus emerge stronger. What can we learn from the life of such a man? NELSON Mandela passed away last Thursday at the age of 95. What can we learn from Madiba ? For one thing, he is a symbol of hope.

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IMC USA

MAY 22, 2012

Business owners continue to debate whether organizing an advisory board -- a group of outside professional advisors -- to help run a family business is worth the time and cost. During the past several years, small/family businesses increasingly have used advisory boards, but with mixed results. The Basic Idea. Understand the Minuses.

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 25, 2018

The debate about superstar firms and superstar effects has been intensifying, partly in response to the rapid growth of global US tech companies. To do this, we take the firm’s returns, deduct the cost of capital, and multiply by the firm’s total invested capital.) Apexphotos/Getty Images. Wider dynamics may be at play.

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Harvard Business

APRIL 5, 2017

Getting the measurement right is central to providing convincing evidence on the debate over short-termism. Getting the measurement right is central to providing convincing evidence on the debate over short-termism. FCLT and McKinsey rely on readily available and machine-readable accounting data to measure myopia.

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MishTalk

JUNE 9, 2015

Yet few states include information about these long-term spending obligations in the budgets that governors propose and state legislatures debate. The Volcker Alliance, founded by former Fed chairman Paul Volcker has sounded an alarm over budget gimmicks. The alliance seeks Truth and Integrity in State Budgeting.

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Peter Stark

NOVEMBER 2, 2017

Inviting only certain employees to happy hours or other gatherings outside of work. The following 6 tips will help you do the right thing and increase your reputation as a fair leader: Be friendly, be caring…but don’t be friends with your direct reports: This is a point that many of our clients like to debate. I’d beg to differ.

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Tom Spencer

JULY 22, 2017

One of the most important things to remember about a digital currency is that it is just a way of transferring ownership and assets electronically. In fact, for those who are scrambling to understand both cryptocurrency and blockchain, this idea is the first, and unfortunately all too often, the only port of call.

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Harvard Business

JULY 19, 2016

The enormity of the challenges confronting pension funds — including substantial deficits, a tumultuous global economy, and a low-return environment — means that they need to be able to focus on maximizing investment returns without distraction.

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Tom Spencer

DECEMBER 8, 2013

” “A good leader can engage in a debate frankly and thoroughly, knowing that at the end he and the other side must be closer, and thus emerge stronger. What can we learn from the life of such a man? NELSON Mandela passed away last Thursday at the age of 95. What can we learn from Madiba ? For one thing, he is a symbol of hope.

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Harvard Business

APRIL 26, 2017

We add to this debate with our new research, which indicates that downsizing may actually increase the likelihood of bankruptcy. As the debate continues, high-profile firms continue to downsize, as demonstrated by recent announcements or actions by Victoria’s Secret , Lowe’s , and PepsiCo. based corporations.

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Harvard Business

JULY 8, 2016

Experts continue to debate whether Chinese businesses are truly disruptive. For some industries in the West, this question appears a bit ridiculous. The American textile and apparel industries, for example, will tell you that the evidence can be found in the blood on the floor — their blood, on what used to be their floor.

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 22, 2018

Franklin had finally returned to profitability, but she and Cameron Koren, a turnaround specialist who’d been brought in as CEO five years earlier to right the ship, were still working hard to keep the business on track. Illustration by James Yang. The flight attendant had to ask her twice, “Anything to drink, ma’am?”

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Harvard Business

JULY 31, 2017

Business in the 21st century is being redefined by a data-driven revolution. Take the MIT Media Lab’s experiment to see whether it could estimate retail sales performance on “Black Friday,” the day following the US Thanksgiving holiday. This is just one example. One area so far relatively untouched is change management.

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MishTalk

MARCH 30, 2015

In this note, we go a step deeper, arguing that gold is a call on excess returns in the US economy, the policy response and finally the impact on that policy on international US$ liquidity. The key issues facing gold; excess returns in the US are under pressure as the strong US$ and falling energy squeezes cashflow.

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Management Consulted

OCTOBER 3, 2012

Last week we held an MC exclusive subscriber giveaway contest – entrants told us in 200 words or less how they became interested in consulting. The prize for best answer was a FREE Consulting Case Bank and The Consulting Bible 3rd edition – a HUGE giveaway – so we weren’t surprised when we heard from so many of you.

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MishTalk

MARCH 29, 2015

And in December 1997, more than 100 people were killed when a Boeing 737 flying from Indonesia to Singapore crashed; the pilot, who was said to be suffering from “multiple work-related difficulties”, was suspected of switching off the flight recorders and intentionally putting the plane into a dive. Experts said death would have been instant.

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Harvard Business

JULY 6, 2016

Critical and innovative thinking, as well as societal expectations for individuals to work hard in return for their grades and wages, are not yet widely taught in schools or universities. Saudi Arabia is in the middle of a major economic transformation, one whose scope and intensity may merit the label “unprecedented.”

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MishTalk

JANUARY 21, 2014

Keynes Is Dead I have argued for many years that this round of globalization has fundamentally changed how an economy works, even for a large one like the United States. I agree with nearly all his viewpoints but one. Please consider Breaking Out Is Hard by Andie Xie. The global economy is unlikely to accelerate in 2014.

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Management Consulted

JANUARY 10, 2016

Although these salaries are inevitably less than what one would receive in banking (the consulting vs investment banking debate continues), and if you’re in it for the short-term money, go to banking already – a great number of our interview prep clients have happily accepted offers at these consulting firms this year.

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 31, 2018

A recent study of VC firms found that more-diverse teams had higher financial returns than their homogenous counterparts. A recent study of VC firms found that more-diverse teams had higher financial returns than their homogenous counterparts. Jorg Greuel/Getty Images. Women of color are a force in the U.S.

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Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

As your startup grows, what your customers expect from you will change and the volume of their requests will change. You’ll shift from the reactive mode of supporting requests as they happen to the proactive mode of fixing issues before they ever become a problem. Your #1 focus at this stage is product-market fit. What to do. What not to do.

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Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 3, 2018

Don’t underestimate the power of women connecting and supporting each other at work. Having Work Friends Can Be Tricky, but It’s Worth It. Work Friends Make Us More Productive (Except When They Stress Us Out). alice mollon/Getty Images. You and I are not going to be friends.” You and Your Team Series.

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MishTalk

SEPTEMBER 15, 2015

Ben Bernanke the Comedian Of the debates I would most like to see, John Hussman vs. Ben Bernanke would be right near the top of the list. Let's kick off this hypothetical debate with a statement made by Ben Bernanke: " The problem with QE is it works in practice, but it doesn’t work in theory." The evidence is in.

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Harvard Business

MAY 6, 2016

Hardly anyone, except here is the rub: Performance plans require performance targets, and in most companies, planning works in three-year cycles. To hear long-term investors tell it, company executives have embraced short-term thinking like never before. How could anyone object to such an effort?

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 22, 2017

The book was one of the rare instances where an economist was able to capture public imagination and focus debate on big-picture economic issues. What I found was not some laughable tome but a well-argued, if somewhat polemic, work. What I found was not some laughable tome but a well-argued, if somewhat polemic, work.

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MishTalk

AUGUST 11, 2015

percent in the first quarter, while hours worked were little changed, up 1.5 There is widespread debate among economists about the causes of weak productivity. Economists expected bounce in productivity, and got one, but it was a bit weaker than than the Bloomberg Consensus Estimate of 1.6%. percent vs a revised decline of 1.1

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MishTalk

MARCH 23, 2014

Let''s return to the first question: Was Russia''s annexation of Crimea illegal? He has been following the situation in Ukraine closely and spoke to Truthout about the long history of the crisis, the influence of the mainstream media (in which he worked for decades) and the dangerous provocations of Western leaders.

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 11, 2018

Politicians debate endlessly who should pay for what, and how much of the burden of health care should be borne by individuals and their families versus state governments or the federal government. America spends $3.3 trillion on health care , or more than $10,000 per person, which is twice as much as any other industrialized country.

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MishTalk

JANUARY 5, 2015

I received an email a few weeks ago stating "Hussman has been so wrong I should stop quoting him." Nonetheless here I go again, because I think Hussman has something important to say. Please consider a few admittedly lengthy snips from his post today Pills for Cognitive Dissonance in a Speculative Bubble. Junk bond issuance is also at a record high.

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