Special Trends & News In Insurance/Reinsurance
- Presentation: The “New Normal” of Business and Insurance ( S. Weisbart, PhD - Insurance Information Institute, 8/2009)
- Presentation: Workers’ Comp & The Economy (R. Hartwig, PhD - Insurance Information Institute, 7/2009)
- Low Systemic Risk Of The P&C Industry In Comparision With Other Financial Services
- J.D. Power - J.D. Power Survey: Good Agent Relations Make Insurers Money
- Comprehensive Explaination & Example of Insurance Cycles (Advisen Forecasts End Of Soft Market In Commercial Insurance Premiums Followed By A Gradual And Prolonged Hard Market)
- “Price is an Issue in the Absence of Value”
- Scouting Emerging Market Trends - Recruiters
For Clients/Hiring Managers: Recruiter Tips & Tools
- The Performance and Potential Matrix (9 Box Grid) – an Update
- Hiring With Your Gut Is The Worst Thing You Can Possibly Do - Business Insider - Karlee Weinmann
- In Search of…..Excellent Leaders - Ken Nowack - Envisia - 11/20/2011
- The Cost Of CEO Failure (The Chief Executive.Net - Stoddard & Wyckoff)
- The 7 Interview Questions You Must Ask (Brian Libby, BNET.com
- The Cost of a Bad Hire: Butts in Chairs and How to Convince Hiring Managers to Avoid Them - ERE.net
- How to Prevent Hiring Disasters (Harvard Business Review)
- How Wierd Are You? [And Other Interview Questions] - NYT 1.10.2010
- Persuasion on the Job Interview (Psychology Today)
- How to Succeed With Your New Boss (Harvard Business, Working Knowledge 6/2002)
- All Aboard: Effective Onboarding Techniques and Strategies (Aberdeen Group, 1/2008)
- CEO Selection & Candidate Fit (Forbes)
- Yes, Most People Cheat. By What Degree? Ways to Mitigate (Dan Airely - Duke & MIT)).
- The 10 Commandments of Employee Onboarding (Michael Watkins via CarerBuilder)
- Organisations slow to integrate new hires (Onboarding)
- Poor Onboarding - Why New Hires Fail
- Video: Dr Brad Smart & Topgrading, 7:50 minutes
- The Cost Of Mis-Hiring (Brad Smart)
- The Cost of CEO Failure (CEO Magazine)
- CEO Recruting & Evaluation Tips (Geoff Smart & Associate)
- “Topgrading” By Brad Smart, Chapter by Chapter Book Summary
- Blog: Brad Smart, Creator & Leading Authority on “Topgrading”
- Cash or People, Are people really your most important asset? (Deloitte Debates)
- McKinsey, The War For Talent II, “Making Talent A Strategic Priority”
- How To Catch A Liar
- Behavioral Interviewing Guide (UConn School Of Business)
- First Impressions: Easily Fooled By Our Unconscious Perceptions And Snap Judgments With Lasting Polaroid Picture Effect
- Types of Questions For Interviewing
- Behavioral Interviewing: Smart hiring strategy
- Scouting Emerging Business Trends - Recruiters
Corporate Governance & Board Director Issues
- SEC Adopts Additional Compensation and Corporate Governance Disclosure for 2010 Proxy Season(12/16/09, Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP)
- Understanding Group Think & Ways To Avoid It (PBS Nightly Business Report))
- HBS study goes inside the boardroom: Examines the role of boards of directors in the recession
- Board Director Indemnification Agreements - By Industry
- CEO Succession 2008: Stability in the Storm (Booze & Company)
- Group Think, A Concise Summary (Tom Brochard, Moorhead State University via Allyn Bacon)
- Delaware Supreme Court Overturns Ryan v. Lyondell and Provides Some Comfort to Boards of Directors (Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP, May 2009)
- Executives Took, but the Directors Gave (NYT 4/4/2009)
- Chairman-CEO Split Gains Allies (WSJ 3-30-2009)
- KPMG Annual Audit Committee Issues Conference 2009 Report
- The BDO 250 2008-2009 Survey of Board Compensation Practices of 250 Mid-Market Public Companies
- Is It the End for Big Director Pay Raises? - Careers - CFO.com [Feb 2009]
- Staying One Step Ahead: The “New” Top Ten Issues in Executive Compensation (12/2008 Pearl Meyer & Partners)
- The 8 Habits of Hightly Effective Compensation Committees (7/2008)
- Website: “Corporate Governance”
- Tool Kit For Boards
- CEO succession is lacking at many big companies
- Why Doesn’t CEO Succession Work?
- Staying One Step Ahead: The “New” Top Ten Issues in Executive Compensation (12/2008 Pearl Meyer & Partners)
Leadership
- Which of These Six Leadership Styles Works Best? - WSJ.com
- How to Be a Much More Effective Manager (Nathaniel Branden, Ph.D)
- 20 Seconds to a Better Bonus (Peter Bregman, Bregman Partners)
- Giving a High Performer Productive Feedback (Harvard Publishing 12-3-2009)
- Seven Rules For Succeeding As A Brand-New Leader (M. Watkins, Forbes.com, 11-2009)
- Managing The Mood Elevator (Harvard Publishing, 11-2009(
- Managing with the Brain in Mind (David Rock, Strategy+Business, 8.27.2009)
- Management Rewired: What Can Brain Science Tell Us About Leadership Behavior? - FP Posted
- The Psychology of Change Management (McKinsey Quarterly)
- Leadership Lessons From Robert Iger, CEO Disney
- The Power Of Framing, “Leaders: Frame Your Messages for Maximum Impact” (Melissa Raffoni, Harvard Business.Org)
- Influence: Connecting With People (John Maxwell)
- Motivating Others (Eleanor Chin, MAAP)
- The Multiple Intelligences Of Leaders (R. Riggio, PhD)
- What Makes An Effective Leader (Catey Hill)
- Five Attributes of Inspirational Leaders (John Maxwell)
- Leadership Quotes
- The Four Stages Of Leadership Development (The Leadership Code: Ulrich/Smallwood/Sweetman)
- 25 Models Of Leadership - Part 1 - Models 1 - 5 (Steve Arneson)
- The High Road Principle (John Maxwell)
- “A Leader’s Job” - Summary of Comments Spoken By Bill George, Former CEO Medtronic While Presenting at Stamford Faculty Club
- Evaluate Your Leadership SKills - 22 Questions
- Five Questions To Ask When Forming A Leader’s Inner Circle (Maxwell)
- Problems [Make Leaders] - John Maxwell
- Leader’s Social & Emotional Intelligence
- Innovative Minds Don’t Think Alike
- When Mentors Fail To Go The Distance
- Lessons from Basketball’s Greatest Coach
- The Path To Extraordinary Leadership
- Leadership Quotes
