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Research Explores How Financial Incentives Affect CEO Behavior

The Horizons Tracker

However, they didn’t have any effect on other measures, like how the company’s value compared to its book value or how its stock performed. Stock options for CEOs didn’t influence how well the company did the next year or any measures related to the stock market.

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5 Ways Women in the Private Sector Can Turn the Economy Around

Strategy Driven

Talent Value: Statistics show nearly eight million jobs have been lost by men and, for the first time in this nation’s history, women now hold a majority of the nation’s jobs. Books typically valued from $14.95 – $29.95 Book value is not guaranteed. Consumer: Women are the most influential consumers.

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Moving on from ROI to ROE, a Return on Empathy

Strategy Driven

However, innovations in the neurosciences to developments in social media have revealed that profitability should no longer be relegated to sales figures and profit margins alone. Our inability to influence the outcome of an event is deeply unsettling. Books typically valued from $14.95 – $29.95

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Three Millennial Mindsets to Embrace and Encourage

Strategy Driven

Being open to innovative solutions. Influence to give grows by what others do. Books typically valued from $14.95 - $29.95 Book value is not guaranteed. Facilitating conversations to find the common ground and build from there. Other leadership principles will be defined based on experience and core beliefs.

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StrategyDriven Editorial Perspective – Panic of 1907 vs Great Recession of 2008

Strategy Driven

“An appreciation of the parallels between recent and historical events greatly influenced how I and many of my colleagues around the world responded to the crisis,” Mr. Bernanke said. Morgan, were unable to value the trusts, and refused to ‘bail out’ Knickerbocker. Book value is not guaranteed.

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The Best Salespeople Do What the Best Brands Do

Harvard Business Review

In the past, salespeople were often the first step in a purchase process, and could significantly influence customer decision-making by controlling information about pricing, availability, competitive advantage, etc. Great salespeople don’t imitate, they innovate. Great brands ignore trends.

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The Myth of Virality and What Marketers Can Learn From Justin Bieber

Strategy Driven

Our longtime client Smule, a leading iPhone app company and frequent innovative marketer, came to us with a simple proposition: “We want a video that will do a million views and introduce our product to 13- to 17-year-old girls.” is making a business off the fact that advertisers think Influencer = Virality.