Investors Can Shine a Light on Corporate Lobbying Practices
The 2016 U.S. presidential election campaign is set to be the most expensive yet, with some sources suggesting a whopping $10 billion in total costs. The huge price tag of the campaigns have put issues...
View ArticleThe 2 Percent Problem and What I'm Doing About It
Today's world revolves around the innovation and advances made in the technology and telecommunications industries. Yet, these industries continue to lag far behind when it comes to the participation...
View ArticleThe 15 Basic Marketing Tools You Will Want to Use - Part 2
NOTE: Hear an audio version of this blog about the 15 Basic Marketing Tools on our radio show: The Marketing Checklisthttp://www.starworldwidenetworks.com/index.php/Audio/marketing_checklist#2 I am...
View ArticleEverything For Everyone: Impact Investing Is The Present
Investment can usually sound like a dry topic, at least to laypeople like this writer, who has no formal background in economics. The operative word here is "formal" -- as someone who had graduated...
View ArticleHow to Create Instagram Posts So Good That Celebrities Share Them
When it comes to Instagram the most important metric you need to focus on is your followers. But you don't want to have just any kind of follower, anyone can buy a bot and get over a million followers...
View ArticleGetting Our Story Straight: Essential Ingredients for a Successful...
By Kirsten Foster, Executive Director of Strategy, EMEA, LandorIt's been a busy few months in merger circles. Last month's news that data giant Markit and IHS are to tie the knot followed announcements...
View Article6 Reasons You Should Invest in Health and Safety Training for Your Staff
Credit Training employees in Health and Safety matters in the workplace has often been seen as a costly, disruption to operations and business activities. Many start-ups consider it an expense that...
View ArticleThe I.M.F. vs. Greece - Lessons from Indonesia?
The recently leaked conference call among International Monetary Fund (I.M.F.) officials on Greece's bailout review has Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras firing on all cylinders. In a letter of complaint...
View ArticleCore Competencies: The Difference Between Exceptional & Mediocre
Last week we talked about vision. Vision is your beginning, middle and end all at once but it's the 10,000 mile view. At ground level, vision gives way to the day-to-day decisions that are necessary in...
View ArticleHard to Disagree With the Power of Three
You have certainly heard the expression "blood, sweat and tears," allegedly from a speech Winston Churchill delivered in 1940 at the dawn of war. What he actually said, however, was "I have nothing to...
View Article5 Money-Wasters Your Startup Does Not Need
If you have ever ordered the steak and lobster special at a dinner that your startup was paying for, go slap yourself. And then do it again, just so you remember that feeling. It will actually be a...
View ArticleCan Working Women Achieve a Work-Life Balance?
From real estate to entrepreneurship, one of the constant discussions since women have entered the workplace in large numbers has been how women can achieve a work-life balance. From tech giants...
View ArticleWhile the SEC Ignores Climate Change Risks, Others Step Up
In 2010, the Securities and Exchange Commission took one giant step towards acknowledging climate change as a financial risk and opportunity for markets, and not simply the major environmental threat...
View Article15 Best Places to Live If You're Trying to Save Money (and 15 Worst)
By Cameron Huddleston, Columnist Some cities offer higher-paying jobs, but if the cost of living is also higher, a big paycheck still might not go that far. The best combination for your budget would...
View ArticlePanama Papers: Global Immorality Must Be Tackled
The so-called Panama Papers scandal this week couldn't have come at a worse time as everyone files their tax returns. It's particularly galling since the tax rate for high-income earners is now a...
View ArticleLet's Celebrate National Retirement Planning Week 2016!
WorldatWork, along with many financial industry, educational, and advocacy organizations, is part of The National Retirement Planning Coalition (NRPC), led by the Insured Retirement Institute. The...
View ArticleClinton Should Ask Obama to Withdraw the TPP
Hillary Clinton has a credibility problem when it comes to our country's trade policies and the resulting enormous, humongous trade deficits that measure job loss -- especially with regard to the...
View ArticleHow I Failed as a Professional
My name's Philippa, and I'm a statistic. I only lasted two and three-quarter years in the teaching profession. I'm one of those often-quoted teachers who didn't last five years in the job, in fact, I...
View ArticleBecome More Effective by Eliminating Your Options
"A confused mind always says 'no.'" I'm not sure where that quote originated, but I've heard it often in the context of sales and marketing. The idea is that if you confuse your audience with multiple...
View ArticleShould You Take a Reverse Mortgage Now, or Would It Be Better to Wait? (When...
One of the important ways in which reverse mortgages differ from forward mortgages is the difference in the urgency to proceed. A prospective home buyer who needs a mortgage to make the purchase is...
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