N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 22, 2010

Ultimately the best way to insure your staff has influence is to model the correct behaviors and to make sure that you mentor them in said behaviors as well. mikemyatt: RT @thinkBIG_blog: Cheap always costs you mo. Copyright/Legal Privacy Resources Sitemap N2Growth Blog © Copyright 2010 N2Growth. Our Freedom.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 1, 2010

Feed them, make them comfortable, insure that they don’t feel that their time was wasted or that they didn’t have the opportunity to be heard - have them leave looking forward to the next meeting. mikemyatt: RT @thinkBIG_blog: Cheap always costs you mo. Hopefully this piece will spare others unnecessary brain damage.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 16, 2011

While they are careful to insure that their brands are visible to the right constituencies, they simply won’t allow overexposure. mikemyatt: RT @thinkBIG_blog: Cheap always costs you mo. Copyright/Legal Privacy Resources Sitemap N2Growth Blog © Copyright 2010 N2Growth. Our Freedom. All Rights Reserved

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 21, 2011

Let’s begin by determining what it is that a CEO does…First and foremost it is the CEO’s job to provide consistent leadership by insuring that the corporate values are reflected in a clearly articulated vision which in turn translates into a well defined strategy. mikemyatt: RT @thinkBIG_blog: Cheap always costs you mo.

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Michael Lee Stallard

JUNE 18, 2010

Published by Michael Lee Stallard on June 18, 2010 09:30 am under E Pluribus Partners , Media Appearances , connection culture , employee engagement Today, The Economic Times in India published an article I wrote about Jim Goodnight and SAS Institute. Unfortunately, most leaders have a blind spot when it comes to these areas.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 21, 2010

Did the attainment of your 2010 goals lead you closer to success or significance? My challenge to you is this…set the chinning bar very high for yourself by reevaluating your goals and objectives to insure that you are on a path towards significance. mikemyatt: RT @thinkBIG_blog: Cheap always costs you mo. Our Freedom.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 10, 2010

In most cases simple can be translated as realistic, cost effective, quick to adopt, and fast to implement. I particularly like your sensible and simple "realistic, cost effective, quick to adopt, and fast to implement." mikemyatt: RT @thinkBIG_blog: Cheap always costs you mo. Our Freedom. All Rights Reserved

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 4, 2014

The industries most susceptible to disruption are those selling information-based services that can be delivered digitally – and a perfect example is the insurance industry. We estimate that up to $400 billion in insurance premiums could change hands within the industry over the next year. Google bought U.K. Germany, and France.

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Michael Lee Stallard

JANUARY 21, 2011

Recently, SAS was named number 1 on Fortune’s “100 Best Companies to Work For” list for 2010. He spoke of using parallel processing, a form of artificial intelligence, to create new solutions that address thorny risk management issues faced by financial services institutions such as banks and insurance companies.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 25, 2010

LeadsandBids.com A virtual platform offering a network of services and proposes to bring contractors, property owners, finance, insurance, real estate and other pertinent services together. mikemyatt: RT @thinkBIG_blog: Cheap always costs you mo. Copyright/Legal Privacy Resources Sitemap N2Growth Blog © Copyright 2010 N2Growth.

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The Recovering Engineer

FEBRUARY 27, 2010

Learn More… Comments 2 Responses to “Why The Health Care Reform Debate Makes Me Sick&# Brian Rush says: February 27, 2010 at 11:01 pm When people say “the system is broken,&# they mostly mean the way we pay for it, which implies the health INSURANCE system rather than the health CARE system. I would agree that it is.

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The Recovering Engineer

FEBRUARY 27, 2010

Learn More… Comments 2 Responses to “Why The Health Care Reform Debate Makes Me Sick&# Brian Rush says: February 27, 2010 at 11:01 pm When people say “the system is broken,&# they mostly mean the way we pay for it, which implies the health INSURANCE system rather than the health CARE system. I would agree that it is.

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QAspire

DECEMBER 6, 2009

Home Go to QAspire.com Guest Posts Disclaimer Monday Thoughts (Thanks to Paul Schwend) Paul Schwend is a wonderful friend who lives in Florida and is referred to as an ‘ Insurance Man’. Don’t Kill It! Working and Walking – Where Are You Going?

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 5, 2010

A generic thought, ambivalence, attempting to fly under the radar, and mediocre performance will place you squarely in my cross hairs and may cost you your job. mikemyatt: RT @thinkBIG_blog: Cheap always costs you mo. Copyright/Legal Privacy Resources Sitemap N2Growth Blog © Copyright 2010 N2Growth. What say you?

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 4, 2014

The industries most susceptible to disruption are those selling information-based services that can be delivered digitally – and a perfect example is the insurance industry. We estimate that up to $400 billion in insurance premiums could change hands within the industry over the next year. Google bought U.K. Germany, and France.

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Women's Leadership Exchange

OCTOBER 5, 2010

The Small Business Jobs Act temporarily puts in place for the rest of 2010 a provision called for by the President – elimination of all capital gains taxes on these investments if held for five years. This provision is estimated to provide over $1.9 billion in tax cuts for these entrepreneurs.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 25, 2015

Life insurance is – or should be – a central element in most households’ financial planning. Yet life insurance sales have been on a steady decline for years. According to LIMRA , the life insurance industry trade association, the number of individual holders of life insurance in the U.S. million to 9.7

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Coaching Tip

NOVEMBER 29, 2011

Parents of the Baby Boomer generation encouraged their children to choose college majors that would insure them economic success during their adult life. The middle class has traditionally believed that higher education was crucial for climbing the success ladder and making money. Can only the Wealthy Can Afford College Today?

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

26, many thousands of people around the world will download Warren Buffett's 2010 shareholder letter. To help you see what is different in his 2010 letter — I offer a partial list of Buffett principles from last year's letter. He favors insurance dynamics. This Saturday, Feb. He annually reports on his own mistakes.

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 27, 2010

By no later than 2014, states will have to set up Small Business Health Options Programs, or “SHOP Exchanges,” where small businesses will be able to pool together to buy insurance. Health insurance costs for small businesses increased from 1999 to 2007. Unfortunately, few expect a change in the 9.6 I agree,Great job !

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 26, 2014

And yet cash does carry costs. My colleague Benjamin Mazzotta and I have been studying the costs of cash across a wide range of countries: U.S., The use of cash involves several social costs to individuals — especially the poor — as well as business and the government. Mexico, Egypt and India. Much like the U.S.,

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CO2

JUNE 29, 2010

Evolutionary psychology hypothesizes that people follow because the benefits of doing so outweigh the costs of going it alone or fighting to become the leader of a group. Followers who were happy with the costs and benefits of membership stayed with the group; those who were not either left to join other groups or battled for the top spots.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 1, 2015

years in 2010, a disparity remains — largely from blacks’ higher death rates at younger ages from heart disease, diabetes, and cancer, as well as higher risks for HIV infection, homicide, and infant mortality. Measuring Costs and Outcomes in Healthcare. years in 1970 to 3.8 Promote a diverse health care workforce.

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Building Personal Strength

AUGUST 14, 2010

I towed the car to the dealership, where they told me it would cost $5,000 to replace the engine. Copyright 2010. The good news is, this happened on the way to getting an oil change. So I was standing next to a mechanic when I learned about the problem. The car is 10 years old and not worth the repair. And oh yeah, I almost forgot.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 5, 2017

The recent announcement of CVS’s $69 billion deal to acquire Aetna brings an insurer together with a large network of primary care providers: CVS has built more than 1,100 Minute Clinic locations inside its pharmacy stores in 33 states and the District of Columbia. The cost structures of hospitals are a big part of the problem.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 11, 2018

If the Affordable Care Act unravels in the near term, the number of insured could creep back up to 50 million, the level in 2009. These numbers exclude the millions more who are under insured — people with high deductibles, high copays, and benefit caps that leave them very exposed if they fall seriously ill and are hospitalized.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 30, 2017

Seeing the potential to improve health with simple primary-care strategies, some of the biggest incumbent players are inviting new entrants focused on empowering consumers into their highly regulated ecosystems, bringing down costs. These astronomical costs are largely due to the way competition works in American health care.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 30, 2014

Supreme Court today ruled that the government cannot force “closely held” corporations to offer insurance coverage that provides birth control to employees, a stipulation of the Affordable Care Act passed by Congress in 2010. supported all benefits except contraception — the Hobby Lobby position.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 19, 2011

In 2010, we conducted the first evaluation of how the program is working for the state's employers and workers, six years after it began operation. California's paid family leave (PFL) program is structured as an insurance scheme, similar to unemployment insurance. Our research has yielded three major findings.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 15, 2015

About 35-45% of health systems’ total costs stem from practices that don’t benefit and may even hurt patients — such as questionable or unjustified treatments, unproven variation in treatment delivery, redundant or otherwise unnecessary testing, and reimbursement for services that result from bad health outcomes.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 21, 2013

we fret that our health care system costs too much. But, given the structure of health insurance, the question should not be “Why are prices so high?” ” Patients are protected by insurance from most of the costs of the care they select and have no reason to shop for the best price. Here in the U.S.,

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 31, 2012

But one key factor is the legal requirement to have auto insurance if you drive a car (vs. Requiring gun insurance is the second opportunity. Again, cars provide a useful analogy: if you drive, you are required by law to have insurance to protect yourself, your car, and anyone else directly affected by an accident.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

Geico has done a particularly remarkable job at grabbing attention for their insurance products. shipping and processing charge, they were able to appeal to their target market: cost-conscious small businesses. In the first quarter of 2010 alone, they acquired 1.4 There has never been a better time to be different.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 7, 2012

Research published by Rosalind Bergemann in 2010 among workers who voluntarily chose to become independent reveals that 74% of respondents cited a lack of employer engagement as their principal reason for leaving. Often, contingent workers say that their full-time employment experience that convince them to strike out on their own.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 18, 2017

For example, an insurer could take a business process such as claims processing and automate it entirely, using speech and vision understanding. Allstate car insurance already allows users to take photos of auto damage and settle their claims on a mobile app. The implication is that there is no need for firms to frontload their hiring.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 27, 2012

Robert Cyran and Reynolds Holding in Reuters asking why, in a country that has mandatory car insurance, we don't have mandatory gun insurance? Bloomberg's Henry Goldman looks at the research to try and figure out how much gun violence costs the US economy. One estimate put the damage in dollars at $174 billion in 2010 alone.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 7, 2013

Moreover, not fixing the problem is quite likely to cost considerably more than addressing it. Munich Re reports that natural disasters in 2011 caused insurance companies to substantially spend down cash reserves, with payouts exceeding premiums in the US by 16%.

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