Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 6, 2017

Recent research emphasizes that the power of connections can help us be creative, resilient, even live longer. But we can easily overlook the importance of these bonds. ” Alex discovered that Ming-Jer was struggling with a chronic illness that was straining his finances and his relationships.

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Bond Creativity Open-book Brainstorming 9

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 11, 2016

In traditional financing models, it’s just not possible for investors to see their way to a financial return based on some abstract added value of the integrated whole. This is where a new financial product, social impact bonds (also known as pay-for-success contracts), can play a role. Insight Center. Innovation in Cities.

Finance 8

Finance Innovation Bond Incentives 8

Women on Business

JANUARY 11, 2011

Besides tax-deferral, consider planning strategies that provide you with tax-free income in retirement, such as municipal bonds or Roth IRAs. Categories : Finance , Guest Posts 1 Comments 1 Tweets that mention A Couple Reasons to Smile About :: Women on Business -- Topsy.com January 11th, 2011 at 10:45 pm [.]

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Press Release Discount Insurance PR 178

N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 2, 2010

Leaders need to understand that compassion humanizes them, allows them to build stronger trust bonds, and engenders confidence and loyalty from peers and subordinates alike. It is emphathy that enables leaders to understand both their teams and their customers, and foster an atmosphere of greater creativity and problem-solving.

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Blog Leadership Brand Reputation 419

Ron Edmondson

FEBRUARY 15, 2014

Every marriage bond can slip if the couple doesn’t recognize the signs of stress in the marriage and address them. That could be about finances or health, the children, our marriage, or some future hope and dream. For those with unique situations, I admit you’ll have to be even more creative.

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Stress Learning-by-Doing Bond Banking 83

Your Voice of Encouragement

JUNE 22, 2015

GPA in college and spent Saturday nights at the library with my “Principles of Corporate Finance” book, playing dumb blonde would be really tough. There was more laughing and relaxing and that is when creativity emerged. If you need to be more daring, embrace your inner James Bond 007. Here’s how it worked.

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Situational Leadership Leadership Executive Coaching Class 40

N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 22, 2010

When you develop the skill to transform negative conflict into creative tension is when you will begin to earn and hold the respect of even those individuals who don’t agree with your positions. Accepting a person where they are, creates an bond of trust. The Importance Factor : Not every difference needs to be resolved.

Blog 419

Blog Gordon Follow-up Open-book 419

N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 12, 2010

However CEOs that implement a well thought out and clearly articulated vision, create a sense of stability and a bond of trust amongst the ranks. Yet, I have noticed some of the most creative people I know are poor spellers and therefore might not make the top grade in an MBA.

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Consensus Team Building Blog Team 388

N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 24, 2010

Phill Barufkin Same applies to creativity. When a bond of trust is established across the enterprise it makes achieving alignment between the values & vision and the strategy & tactics easier to achieve. To the extent that the culture is not changed in alignment with the strategy, the strategy can be undermined.

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Blog Strategy Brand Bottom-up 366

Harvard Business Review

JULY 21, 2011

You could even argue that there's a bit of a haircut going on since longer-dated, lower-interest bonds are presumably worth less than shorter-dated bonds with higher rates. Greece's big problem is that it has such a huge debt-to-finance ratio that it can't really invest in growth.

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Proposal Bond Banking Restructuring 12

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

A survey from The Creative Group found that only 9 % of executives think productivity would decrease significantly if employees used more vacation time. Job benefits that don’t directly impact an individual’s lifestyle and finances were the least coveted by survey respondents, such as in-office freebies like food and coffee.

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Insurance Policies Survey Bond 15

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 23, 2016

Particularly in business schools, various Finance and Accounting professors have argued for including more long-term incentives, and for replacing variable pay packages that largely consist of stock options with a mix of bonds and stocks. On routine tasks where learning is not necessary, highlighting performance goals works great.

Execution 8

Execution Incentives Short-term Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 2, 2015

This is not a surreal scene painted by Salvador Dali, but rather a workshop convened by The Finance Innovation Lab (which Rachel co-founded). Another example is the Finance Innovation Lab, which hosted the meeting of unusual suspects mentioned above. The purpose? They host “uncomfortable alliances” amongst friends and foes.

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System Incubator Supply Chain NGO 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 9, 2015

No creative visualizations of the whos, hows, and whats associated with the whens and wheres. But barely a handful broke the bonds of a calendar format to map time and effort. A couple of finance people converted Excel spreadsheets into calendars that let them chart time spent and deadlines in genuinely intriguing ways.

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Self-aware Review Drucker Comparison 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 4, 2012

We all know that Joseph Schumpeter talked about creative destruction decades ago. To make such requests, you're going to need to have built a hell of a personal bond. There's nothing new here. Depending on where you're working and what you're selling, you may be asking for their courage. They are the whole point of business."

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Innovation Definition Entrepreneur Resistance 15

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 20, 2014

In 1993, Apple distributed $273 million in buybacks and $56 million in dividends, even as profits plunged from $530 million to $87 million, compelling the company to do a $297 million long-term bond issue in 1994. The next year Microsoft released Windows 95, eliminating the Mac’s longstanding GUI advantage. I disagree with this priority.

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Innovation EPS Incentives Supply Chain 10

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 5, 2014

This diversity reflects not only a deepening understanding of the connection between growth and customer satisfaction, but a much greater awareness of what marketing can do to help forge that bond. That bonding role extends to other aspects of the business as well, such as delivering on products and services.

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P&L Banking Marketing Call Center 10

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 1, 2017

Bankers have largely dodged the sort of creative destruction that, while messy, is critical to economic vitality and progress. The unstoppable force of blockchain technology is barreling down on the infrastructure of modern finance. Third, it’s exclusionary, denying billions of people access to basic financial tools.

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Finance IPO Banking Venture Capitalist 8