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Salespeople have questions. Jeffrey has answers.

Strategy Driven

I was solicited by their sales team twice. Jeffrey, I’m an independent commercial real estate lender and commercial real estate mortgage broker. ” All the people you’re talking to in the real estate business only want to get a deal done. The second time I was in the market to buy.

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Rising Sea Levels Won’t Doom U.S. Coastal Cities

Harvard Business Review

In the summer of 2013, Rolling Stone published a long article titled “Goodbye, Miami,” which claimed that climate change will submerge much of the titular city. Real estate investors will have strong incentives to respond to these forecasts. But long before the city is completely underwater, chaos will begin.”

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Universities Are Missing Out on an Explosive Growth Sector: Their Own

Harvard Business Review

Still, most colleges are lucky if they can afford even a small team charged with developing new lines of business and new business models. The National Association of College and University Business Officers Study on Endowments reveals that endowments are performing enviably — with returns of near 12% in 2013. a better place to be.

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What Amazing Bosses Do Differently

Harvard Business Review

If you supervise others, make sure you do the following: Manage individuals, not teams. Articulate a clear purpose that fires your team up, set expectations high, and convey to the group that you think they’re capable of virtually anything. A 2013 Society for Human Resource Management survey of managers in the U.S.

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How Microsoft Used an Office Move to Boost Collaboration

Harvard Business Review

” On the other hand is research about people’s preferences, like this 2013 study in the Journal of Environmental Psychology that, according to its authors, “categorically contradict[s] the industry-accepted wisdom that open-plan layout enhances communication between colleagues and improves occupants.”

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The Innovation Mindset in Action: Jerry Buss

Harvard Business Review

Our research indicates that whether they are CEOs, senior executives, sports team owners, or film directors, game changers who stand head and shoulders above the rest share a common set of qualities that we call the innovation mindset. Buss launched his career in real estate with $1,000 in 1959—a venture that proved lucrative.

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Employees Perform Better When They Can Control Their Space

Harvard Business Review

An emerging suite of literature and research—including our 2013 Workplace Survey — clearly points to the power of choice and autonomy to drive not only employee happiness, but also motivation and performance. We wanted to take a deeper look at some of the more abstract aspects of workplace design that can impact employee performance.