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Asset Management – Client Segmentation (Part 3 of 4)

Tom Spencer

For passive investing, Blackrock and Vanguard are able to get costs very low due to their scale and skill in replicating a benchmark index. Robo-advisors such as Wealthfront and Betterment charge fees based on money managed – the robo-advisors automatically rebalance portfolios which are constructed with low fee ETFs.

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Consultant Ninja: Another Casualty of the Financial Crises.

Consultant Ninja

Consultant Ninja. Management Consultant | Excel Jockey | Slide Monkey | Corporate Insurgent | One-Eyed Man in the Valley of the Blind Mckinsey | Bain | BCG | Booz | Oliver Wyman. Consultant Ninja Analysis: Social Security Privatization is dead for at least 20 years. Source: CNN.com , TSP.gov , Consultant Ninja Analysis.

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11 Habits of Truly Terrific Employees

Rick Conlow

I have met hundreds of terrific employees and managers through consulting projects over the last twenty years. They offer it constructively even if it disagrees with others, including the boss. Do you want to benchmark your career with the habits of extraordinarily successful people?

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4 Mistakes That Kill Crowdsourcing Efforts

Harvard Business

PhDs and expensive consultants on the payrolls of InnoCentive and NineSigma even got involved. Precisely because they are unique, one Quirky product rarely improves another Quirky product, whereas one Uber ride helps benchmark the price and quality of another Uber ride and each Google search helps improve results of another Google search.

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7 Ways to Act Effectively on Negative Feedback

Peter Stark

points below the overall PBS Benchmark and nearly 3.0 points below the Best of the Best Benchmark. Are you able to accept constructive feedback?” His lowest competency was: Generates enthusiasm with team members in his department. On a 1 to 10 scale, this leader scored 5.93, nearly 1.5

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How to Evaluate, Accept, Reject, or Negotiate a Job Offer

Harvard Business

“Also, look at what you will be doing, what success looks like, and what benchmarks you’ll be judged against,” he says. Be well-prepared, respectful, and constructive. At the time, Jane was a consultant and counted AltaMed among her clients. Today Andrea is an independent consultant.

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