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Analysts and Insiders: Are They Working in Harmony or Silos?

The Horizons Tracker

The authors find that these two camps of experts often act in decidedly opposite ways, motivated by seemingly direct, yet one-way interactions. Using a dataset covering thousands of firms from 1994 to 2016, the authors examined the relationship between analyst recommendations and insider transactions, as reported in SEC filings.

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Leaders need to Lead

Great Leadership By Dan

He used to bemoan senior managers that knew a lot about finance, labor negotiations and “leadership” but couldn’t tell a crank shaft from a piston rod. They motivate a team to accomplish things that others believed impossible and lead them to victory. Martin’s Press; August 30, 2016). Develop real domain expertise,” he told me.

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To Go Digital, Leaders Have to Change Some Core Beliefs

Harvard Business Review

Jeffrey Immelt, CEO of GE, started off 2016 by saying : “We can’t be an industrial company anymore. Uncover the core beliefs that motivate these behaviors. We need to be more like Oracle. We need to be more like Microsoft.” ” In order to get there, he plans to “evolve our business model accordingly.”

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How Investors React When Companies Announce They’re Moving to a SaaS Business Model

Harvard Business Review

Yet by April 2016 Adobe’s stock price had nearly tripled from its value four years earlier. For example, Adobe’s finance team estimated that the cost of running both models side by side would cost them twice as much as simply offering one of the models. On April 23, 2012, Adobe Inc.

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Could HR be the most data driven function?

HR Digest

If you analyze functions like finance, IT, and marketing you will find common drivers of success. According to Deloitte’s Global Human Capital Trends 2016 , “As technology makes data-driven HR decision-making a possibility, 77 percent of executives now rate people analytics as a key priority, up slightly from last year. Adaptability.

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Holidays Can Be Stressful. They Don’t Have to Stress Out Your Team.

Harvard Business Review

” Almost half the respondents cited finances as the main culprit for their tension, while being over-scheduled, choosing the right gifts, and remaining healthy also contributed to people’s holiday woes. Reasons for reductions in output included a combination of exhaustion, lack of motivation, and even hangovers.

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What 11 CEOs Have Learned About Championing Diversity

Harvard Business Review

Yet progress within organizations has been slow – there is still a lack of women and minorities in leadership positions, and certain industries like tech and finance are lacking diversity at all levels. In 2016, 50% of the Executive Medical Directors group were women and 29% of the Health Plan Organization’s C-Suite were women.