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You Can’t Pizza Party Your Way to a Great Corporate Culture

Harmonious Workplaces

Pizza parties (with dietary alternatives), happy hours, and office games like ping pong or video games can foster team bonding and employee engagement (Müceldili & Erdil, 2016). The personal feelings workers have for their managers and for the executive leadership of their workplace can impact organizational commitment and performance.

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Why Life Insurers and Asset Managers Must Join Forces to Win

BCG

Article Thursday, December 15, 2016 Life insurers are feeling the squeeze. How do we manage capital consumption and the volatility of our assets? Many internal asset managers have become caught in the headlights of this rising scrutiny. Can we cut costs to boost overall profit?

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Profit Leakage Calculator: Diagnose How Much Profit a Business is Losing

ConsultX

They are seeing first hand how many opportunities are being missed to improve profitability and cash flow just from existing operations alone. In 2016, ConsultX launched a Business Consulting Software, with a specific portion of the application dedicated to calculating Profit Leakage.

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2016 ECS Value Creators Report: Building Endurance

BCG

Report Wednesday, October 26, 2016. Japanese companies’ average annual TSR of 14% in the five-year period from 2011 through 2015 is generated by extremely strong margin increases and cash flows. Companies will need to achieve the right mix of projects with respect to size, regions, skills, and cash profile.

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How Incentives for Long-Term Management Backfire

Harvard Business

This is a classic story of unintended consequences — inadvertently short-circuiting long-term management — to the detriment of companies, investors, and the economy. Another company, in the agricultural technology sector, chose free cash flow as the primary long-term incentive measure.

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How U.S. Hospitals and Health Systems Can Reverse Their Sliding Financial Performance

Harvard Business

Since the beginning of 2016, the financial performance of hospitals and health systems in the United States has significantly worsened. MD Anderson Cancer Center lost $266 million on operations in FY 2016 and another $170 million in the first months of FY 2017. The following areas deserve special management attention.

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Strong Economy – Strong Buy-Sell Market

Martinka Consulting

More businesses sold after being advertised on bizbuysell.com than any other year, and 2017 was 25% higher than 2016. We have a few articles in our “writing folder” (articles I’ve saved to write about) on bad management, how technology is replacing people, and employee unhappiness. Record number of small business sales in 2018!