HR Digest

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

Before the employer consults with an accountant or a tax advisor, it is essential to understand the basic kinds of retirement benefit plans. Top-hat plans: This is a non-funded plan which is maintained by an employer to provide any deferred compensation to a specific group of management or highly compensated employees.

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Strategy Driven

MARCH 11, 2011

None of the limbs and twigs on each branch (staff-consultants) provide all nourishment required to breed a healthy tree (company). These keep the branches, limbs and twigs (divisions, consultants and vendors) on a growth curve. I would have asked too many tough questions, and that was not what they wanted consultants for.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 14, 2012

The group was diverse: I spoke with a 39-year-old managing director of a large investment bank, a failing self-employed photographer, a millionaire entrepreneur, and a Fortune 500 CEO. Another consultant said, "I'd love to leave the stress behind, but I don't think I'd be good at anything else." I wish I had quit earlier.

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