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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. 2] Titles: The One Thing CEOs Should Delay as Long as Possible (Gokul Rajaram, Medium, 2017). [3] 8] Rajaram, 2017. [9] They become constraints in themselves.

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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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Will You Shape (or Be Shaped By) the Future of AI, Blockchain and the Metaverse?

UVA Darden

In 2017, strategy guru Michael Porter coauthored a Harvard Business Review article titled “ Why Every Organization Needs an Augmented Reality Strategy ,” which predicted AR spending would hit $60 billion by 2020. But ignoring these digital assets altogether will not be an option. McKinsey & Co reports that AI alone could add up to $4.4

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Transferring Risk Helps Relieve Leaders’ Biggest Fears

Chief Executive

Political risk insurance is a highly specialized form of insurance that protects a company’s assets, investments, or contractual rights in foreign countries from losses caused by political events happening abroad. While not confirmed, Russia is the primary suspect.

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Why HR needs to up its game in strategic people analytics

AIHR

Senior general managers (SGMs) achieve these outcomes by optimising investments across a range of competing resources including tangible assets (e.g. For example, Marler & Boudreau (2017) report that less than one third of Fortune 500 companies use people analytics to measure business outcomes.

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Don’t Fly by the Seat of Your Pants: The Good Way to Deliver Bad News

UVA Darden

Communication apprehension can actually be an asset to your performance, making you come across as human and genuine; it is only a hindrance if it “is severe or uncontrolled” and keeps you from being able to speak clearly. Experience and practice can help; almost everyone becomes less anxious the more they speak in public.

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Mind the Gap (On Leading Senior Executives)

Ed Batista

Senior executives with a sustained record of success bring a host of assets with them. 8] Uber Needs to Transition from "Pirate" to "Navy" (Reid Hoffman, LinkedIn, 2017). . Motivation. Merciful Exits (On Under-Performing Executives). [7] 7] One More Time: How Do You Motivate Employees? For Further Reading. Accountability.

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