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Top Five Qualities of an A **e

Leadership Freak

at the Great Place to Work Annual Conference 2013) I was impressed with Beth’s candor. Baird manages nearly $97 billion in client assets at more than 100 locations scattered around the globe. “We have a no a **e policy at Baird.” Beth Kavelaris, Director of Culture & Integration, Robert W. Baird & Co.

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Self-Care for Coaches

Ed Batista

Manage Your Assets (and Say No More Often) When wearing my CEO hat I have to be mindful that my small business has two (and only two) assets: my time and my reputation. I'm the sole steward of those assets--if my time is wasted or my reputation suffers, no one pays a price but me. Get Outside (Jessica Stillman, Inc.

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How to Ensure Your Organization’s Digital Transformation Succeeds

Michael McKinney

In 2013, Nokia’s mobile phone business was sold to Microsoft. The driving force behind digital transformations is adopting and implementing digital technologies to processes, products, and assets to improve efficiency, enhance customer value, manage risk, and uncover new monetization opportunities. Nokia just couldn’t keep up.

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Talking About Promotions (with Very Ambitious People)

Ed Batista

But note that the ability to successfully level an adequate employee who's not an elite performer is a tremendous managerial asset, and you won't learn how to do it if you never try. 2] For more on social comparison, see the following: Social: Why Our Brains Are Wired to Connect , pages 33-34 (Matthew Lieberman, 2013).

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Beyond HR KPIs: Strategic Metrics for Organizational Development

AIHR

In this environment, the main driver for developing their capabilities probably is the workforce ( Gamerschlag & Moeller, 2011 ; Gamerschlag, 2013 ). In fact, different recommendations and directions have been developed from the institutional arena ( Directive 2013/34/EU ; Directive 2014/95/EU ). Clearly not.

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Investing Responsibly: ESG and the Well-Intentioned Investor

UVA Darden

supported global network of signatory institutions, which currently represent over $120 trillion in assets under management. Securities and Exchange Commission fined firms such as BNY Mellon and Goldman Sachs Asset Management for various ESG-related misstatements. 1 These factors include a firm’s environmental impact (e.g.,

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Very Cheap, Then Very Expensive (On Job Titles)

Ed Batista

7] Cash itself--and any other medium of exchange--is nothing but a collective narrative, and when the story changes, so does the value of the asset in question. 13] For more on the importance of status, see the following: Social: Why Our Brains Are Wired to Connect , pages 33-34 (Matthew Lieberman, 2013). So what else can be done?