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Are College Degree Still Valuable?

The Horizons Tracker

Boosting earnings In simple terms, this means that going to college is likely to boost your earnings by around 9 to 10% each year throughout your career. A modest decline Despite the generally strong rates of return observed from 2009 to 2021, the study noted a modest decline over the period.

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Self-awareness (plus action) Translates to the Bottom-line

Great Leadership By Dan

Here’s more from a June 15, 2015 press release: An analysis by Korn Ferry (NYSE:KFY), the preeminent authority on leadership and talent, shows that public companies with a higher rate of return (ROR) also employ professionals who exhibit higher levels of self-awareness.

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SELF-AWARENESS & FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE

Coaching Tip

An analysis by Korn Ferry (NYSE:KFY) shows that public companies with a higher rate of return (ROR) also employ professionals who exhibit higher levels of self-awareness. . Managing a Successful Career. A collective focus on personal improvement leads to improvements in the organization.”. Related articles.

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Volatile, Uncertain, Complex and Ambiguous (VUCA) Business

Coaching Tip

When Doing It All Won''t Do: A Self-Coaching Guide for Career Women--Workbook Edition--Paperback . Access the full report here, The Global Leadership Forecast (GLF) 2014 | 2015, Ready-Now Leaders: Meeting Tomorrow’s Business Challenges. Can''t Get Enough Leadership. Develop Leadership Skills: A Mobile Reference Guide. Ask the Coach .

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Do You Want to Be a Millionaire?

Frank Sonnenberg Online

This assumes an 8% rate of return.) If the Penny Plan can address a multi-trillion-dollar budget deficit, just think what it can do for you at home. Financial freedom. Save for your retirement. If you save $25 dollars each week, you’ll become a millionaire in 53 years.* Just think how much you can save in 20 or 25 years.

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Venture Capitalists Get Paid Well to Lose Money

Harvard Business Review

There are, of course, individual firms that succeed in generating venture rates of return. But they are too small in size and too few in number to make up for the vast majority of funds that fail to generate attractive returns (or any returns) for investors.

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Failure Isn't Enough

Harvard Business Review

Had Capecchi failed and wasted that money, his career would have been shattered. That is, allowing more failure should increase the overall rate of return. Capecchi proved everyone wrong and we all reaped the rewards in terms of a sea change in cancer research.