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How High-Net-Worth Families Can Start Investing in AI
High-net-worth families have long understood the value of alternative investments. Now there's a growing sense that the artificial intelligence (AI) revolution is the next big opportunity, even as it comes with major risks. Many just don't kn...
It's Time to Re-Imagine the Performance Review
Performance reviews have an image problem. Currently, "performance review" is right up there with "root canal" and "tax audit" as things that people dread. But with a little bit of retooling, managers can turn performance reviews into...
Change Is Good, But Don't Ignore Your Company's DNA
The best CEOs know that stagnation is death. That's why a company's ability to adapt and change is key. But just as important is respecting company culture. Both need to be in sync for long-term success.
Failure to walk this fine...
Business Owners Need Tax Planning Strategies More Than Ever
The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear a landmark tax law case this fall, highlighting again the ever-changing extreme complexity of federal tax law. The case underscores an unfortunate reality: Businesspeople need a tax mitigation plan just a...
Five Ways Companies Can Boost Charitable Giving by Employees
In a post-pandemic world of uncertainty, we can be sure of one thing: There is no shortage of people in need - and the numbers keep rising.
But nonprofits across the nation are facing serious funding shortfalls that threaten their a...
How doctors can treat American health care's $1 trillion administrative headache
Doctors are mired in administrative tasks.
One of every five dollars of U.S. gross domestic product, or $4 trillion, ends up in the health-care industry. And a quarter of that is spent on administration, with half of the $1 trillion d...
How Tech Leaders Should Approach Layoffs - and How to Build Trust With Remaining Employees
The layoff wave that rocked the tech industry has begun to recede, but with tech capital markets still locked down, layoffs, shutdowns and other tough changes are still in the offing for many companies.
Senior and middle managers gene...
The Threat of Generative AI Running Afoul of Data Protection Laws
The headlong rush into generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) comes with an undeniable threat of privacy intrusion that threatens to upend the public's embrace of this powerful productivity tool.
Failing to vigorously address priva...
A Policy Overhaul That Could Aid Commercial Real Estate
Workers are coming back to the office - at least some of them. But the American office building is undergoing a dramatic change. And figuring out what to do with the resulting glut of excess office space will be one of the most creative challen...
Commercial Real Estate Storm Sets Up Once-In-a-Generation Investment Opportunity
Artificial intelligence and commercial real estate are probably the two most-discussed industries in America right now - and the loudest talk about both tends to be apocalyptic. But in commercial real estate, the current storm of uncertainty an...
It's Time To Junk Traditional Executive Recruiting Methods
In the past, recruiting practices for top executives simply required the right skills, experience and cultural fit. However, with the vastly changing tech world and the introduction of AI, a far more nuanced approach is needed. It's incum...
Commercial Real Estate Troubles Call for 80s, S&L Style Solution
An upcoming commercial real estate crisis could negatively affect the US economy in a way not seen since the real estate collapse of 2008. Workers aren't returning to their offices at anywhere near pre-pandemic levels, leaving building owners a...
Using a Severance Package to Launch Your Own Business? Here's What You Need to Know.
Laid-off workers are using their severance packages to fund new businesses. That can be a smart move in a bumpy economy - with the right skills and a deliberate approach.
Some 4.4 million new businesses are started each year. A reco...
Crucial Questions CEOs Must Be Asking Pre-Earnings Season
Many CEOs have once again spent earnings season focused on the past - and often on the defensive.
Yet the best CEOs use moments like these to go on the offensive. They see them as opportunities to change the discussion from the pas...
Tumultuous Times Are The Ideal Moments To Push Forward With New Business Initiatives
Executives at the helm of companies today are driving on noticeably rougher roads than in recent years.
An increasingly tense geopolitical environment means the stability required for global trade and commerce is no longer a given. Do...
Small Businesses Unprepared For Wallop Of 2017 Tax Cut Expiration
Many small and medium-sized companies are about to get hit with a new series of brutal financial shocks starting this year as key elements of the Trump-era Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 start to expire.
Having been written into law a...
Your Home Office Is Harming Your Quality of Life - Here's How to Fix That
With the onset of the pandemic and the ensuing lockdown, we suddenly had to adapt our living spaces to create makeshift home offices. Today, 30% of Americans<...
These 3 Approaches Are Key For Businesses To Avoid Being Eaten By AI
Given the deafening buzz in the six months since the public debut of ChatGPT, it can feel like we've entered an AI bubble. It's pretty much all my clients and contacts want to talk about.
A normal business instinct when a frenzied...
What Inspires Your Employees and Customers? That's the Key to Retention
Most blame the pandemic for America's waning commitment to work. In reality, it was just an accelerant.
People began leaving their jobs in greater numbers more than a decade ago. The average monthly quit rate increased by a tenth of...
Collectible Vintage Photos Emerge as Investable Asset Class
With global financial markets sliding sideways, visionary investors are on the lookout for new asset classes. One tangible subclass you can actually see with your eyes is worth checking out: vintage photos.
Fine art pieces have long b...