Monthly Archive:: January 2016

10 Qualities of People With High Emotional Intelligence | Inc.com
January 29, 2016
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If you want to know if you have high emotional intelligence, here are a few tips to guide you along the way. Have you ever wondered why some people seem to have an unlimited amount of success in both their personal and professional lives? It could be because they possess high emotional intelligence. According to Psychology

4 Ways To Value A Real Estate Rental Property | Investopedia
January 27, 2016
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During the first half of the 2000s, investing in real estate became more common for average Americans. With easily available financing and minimal down payment requirements many Americans made handsome profits by flipping homes. Well, as we are all aware of, this couldn’t go on forever, and the real estate bubble popped in 2007, leading

A 10-Year Study Reveals What Great Executives Know and Do
January 25, 2016
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Despite the huge impact executives can have on their organizations, failure rates remain high. Prescriptions for what to do continue to fall short. So we wondered: If we closely studied the executives who succeed in top jobs once appointed, could we identify distinguishing features that set them apart and defined their success? As part of our

The Right Way to Hold People Accountable
January 22, 2016
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John* was doing his best to be calm, but his frustration was palpable. Jeanine was explaining that there was little chance her group was going to make the numbers for this quarter. “Honestly?” she said. “The numbers weren’t realistic to begin with. It was really unlikely that we were going to make them.” That’s when

Estimate the Cost of a Meeting with This Calculator
January 20, 2016
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Stuck in an unproductive meeting — again? Everyone agrees that meetings can be a waste of time, but they’re actually a waste of money, too. How much? In a study of time budgeting at large corporations, Bain & Company found that a single weekly meeting of midlevel managers was costing one organization $15M a year! Try