article thumbnail

Is Stress Killing Productivity? Here's How Leaders Improve Efficiency & Wellbeing

Organizational Talent Consulting

Why you need a workplace stress reduction strategy Managing long-term stress can lower your risk for conditions like heart disease, obesity, high blood pressure, and depression. Take the following six-question survey to determine and benchmark your likelihood of experiencing gratitude. The good news? Here is how to begin. Emmons, R.

article thumbnail

3 Steps to Cultivate an Innovation Culture

Organizational Talent Consulting

The following are three proven strategies leaders can use to help employees overcome a fear of failure: Game Theory: Game theory can be used in a safe environment without the harmful consequences of the real world to teach employees about failure as learning. Benchmarking in the process of creating a culture of innovation in hotel companies.

Culture 52
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Venture Capital Risk Taking and Cash Burn Rates Unprecedented Since 1999; 47% of Nasdaq in Bear Market

MishTalk

Curiously, it'' venture capitalist Bill Gurley who Sounds Alarm on Startup Investing in an interview with the Wall Street Journal. WSJ: Mr. Gurley, who often voices his opinions on his blog, Above the Crowd , sat down with The Wall Street Journal as part of a Journal event series called "Tech Under the Hood."

article thumbnail

Argentine Central Bank Chief Quits in Currency Dispute; Hyperinflation On the Way?

MishTalk

There was a sharp sell-off in the benchmark Merval stock index after Mr Fábrega’s departure was announced. Here''s a Black Market exchange rate chart form the Wall Street Journal as of the end of August. Another Devaluation Coming Up On September 5, the Wall Street Journal reported Argentina Moves to Limit Dollar Purchases.

Banking 69
article thumbnail

4 Self-Improvement Myths That May Be Holding You Back

Harvard Business

A recent report in the Journal of Management noted that of nearly 25,000 academic articles on performance, only a fraction include what psychologists call within person variance , which describes ranges, such as that between individuals’ top, average and worst performances. If the path is generally up, all’s good. John Coleman.

article thumbnail

"Inconceivable" Negative Interest Rates on Mortgages in Portugal and Spain, with Italy On Deck

MishTalk

The WAll Street Journal reports Tumbling Interest Rates in Europe Leaves Some Banks Owing Money on Loans to Borrowers. Bankers in Italy said they are awaiting guidance from their local banking association, because loan contracts don’t include any clause on what happens if benchmark rates go below zero. It has already happened in Spain.

article thumbnail

Ukraine PM Accuses Russia of Wanting WWIII; Kiev Forces Block Rebel Town; Russia Issues Downbeat Economic Statement

MishTalk

Ukraine forces barricade the rebel stronghold of Slavyansk Russia Issues Downbeat Economic Statement The World Politics Journal notes Russia’s central bank issues a downbeat statement on the Russian economy. On Friday, April 25th, Russia’s central bank raised its benchmark interest rate by 50 basis points to 7.5