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Alaska, Bad Weather and Building an Oil Pipeline

Great Results Team Building

Another incentive may have been a common joke that in northern Alaska, " there is a woman behind every tree. ” Bill Parcells is famous for sharing a similar message with his football teams. But Parcells’ point is that we need to focus on the pipeline. See, most of Alaska is so far north that there are no trees at all.

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Chasing Away the Monday Blues

HR Digest

From the euphoria of a Friday ending the workweek to the inevitable Monday blues after a weekend are part and parcel of work life. Making Mondays exciting, mindful, fun, and engaging is an excellent way to chase the bad mood off and is a good incentive for people to look forward to coming to the office after a break.

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Interns to the Rescue! :: Women on Business

Women on Business

By Susan Gunelius Guest post by Abby Marks Beale (learn more about Abby at the end of this post) As a solo entrepreneur, I have learned to spend my time on those things I major in (activities I am good at and like to do) while parceling out the things I minor in (tasks I am not good at or don’t enjoy) to those who have the expertise (and interest!).

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No Jab, No Job: Major companies take a hard line on mandated vaccinations

HR Digest

It is also the first health insurer to offer financial incentives to employees for getting inoculated. UPS: United Parcel Service will require employees in certain U.S. Anthem: The healthcare insurance company is requiring employees to get vaccinated to enter its headquarters or other open offices. 25 from September.

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How the Insurance Industry Can Push Us to Prepare for Climate Change

Harvard Business Review

If it’s expensive to insure a house on the coast, individuals will have an incentive to live elsewhere. If insurers offer a discount for climate-proofing homes, homeowners will likewise have an incentive to make that investment. Hayek , economists have emphasized the central role that price signals play in markets.

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Guidance is Good, Overpriced Shares a Disaster

Harvard Business Review

BL: A misconception: Dealing with funds providers is part and parcel of running the company. The situation improved recently with the accounting recognition of a stock option expense, which clarified to directors that options are not costless, and with the general lengthening of the options' vesting period (incenting long-term orientation).

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

Harvard Business Review

Asset owners and investors thus have clear information about the strong incentive to adapt to this emerging risk. Companies such as Coastal Risk Consulting are developing flood risk statistical models at the parcel level. Real estate investors will have strong incentives to respond to these forecasts.