Harvard Business

AUGUST 23, 2024

A Spencer Stuart survey of nearly 200 directors and 30 CEOs of S&P 500 companies zeroed in on where trust is built — and where it’s lost.

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Survey Company Leadership Management 252

MishTalk

AUGUST 23, 2024

New home sales were up 10.6 percent in July, and an amazing 19.8 percent factoring out a big upward revision. What will this do to GDP estimates?

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Sales 74

Harvard Business

AUGUST 23, 2024

Do consumers treat loyalty points the same way that they treat traditional money? And, how do they choose to spend one versus the other? The authors of this article present research findings from their analysis of data describing over 29,000 unique loyalty points earning and spending transactions made during two recent years by 500 airline loyalty program consumers.

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Research Airlines Analysis Financial 248

MishTalk

AUGUST 23, 2024

The market is cheering the Jerome Powell's self congratulatory and market friendly speech at Jackson Hole. "Your mileage may vary," said Powell. Indeed.

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Marketing 46

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Seth Godin Blog

AUGUST 23, 2024

It contained some of my best writing. Cogent, clear and powerful. I found it. It wasn’t nearly as good as I remembered. In fact, it was hardly useful. The opposite happens with the things we fear. When they show up, they’re likely to be a lot less fearsome than we imagined.

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MishTalk

AUGUST 23, 2024

As expected, RFK drops out of the election. The Wall Street Journal agrees with my take that this helps Trump.

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Journal 41

Effective Managers

AUGUST 23, 2024

In consulting, we often encounter organizations that are struggling with inefficiencies, missed targets, or internal conflicts. Dig a little deeper, and you’ll often find the root cause lies in a lack of clear accountability and authority. These two concepts, though straightforward, are absolutely critical to an organization’s success. Yet, in my experience, they are frequently overlooked or misunderstood.

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