My work computer is my home computer is my work computer. But even if your work computer and your home computer aren’t the same one, maybe you use Facebook at work? Or you might order something online at lunch? Possibly you do a little work every once in a while over the weekend or during an evening? [Read more…]
At the mere mention of the term Return On Investment (ROI), some people start to shudder. You may ask yourself, Why would I want to create data driven parameters for myself that could potentially set me up for failure? What possible good could come from setting goals?
You may be afraid that if you do this, your organization could become so data driven, your manager will become obsessed with whether or not you’re meeting these new goals. But if you let fears like that get the best of you, you could be missing an opportunity to demonstrate your amazing value to your organization. [Read more…]
You can’t miss the negative red number taunting you over the allotted characters. So I combine words into contractions and remove a hashtag. Ok, that took care of 5 characters, but I still need to get from -43 to 0. [Read more…]
Bette Davis as Margo Channing in “All About Eve.” Her famous line, “Fasten your seat belts. It’s going to be a bumpy night.” Painting by Trevor Heath. Source
Just when, exactly, did the “fasten seatbelt” sign turn on? 2016 has been an unexpectedly bumpy ride so far and we should prepare for ongoing turbulence. You might think we data junkies would be harder to spook after acclimating to the never-ending squawk of the 24-hour news cycle, but the constant stream of real-time information provided by social media continues to simultaneously help and hinder our ability to decipher signal from noise. [Read more…]
It’s here! The 20th anniversary Capgemini World Wealth Report is now available to be downloaded and discussed.
As in previous years, the Report’s high-beam focus has been on global high net worth individuals (HNWIs); their distribution geographically as well as the distribution of their assets, the world markets and how performance has affected portfolios in the past year, and what HNWIs need from their investment managers. [Read more…]
Thinking about a new job? Maybe it’s the advent of summer that makes us think about stretching our legs and trying something new. Since we’re hiring here at HBG, it made me think about the search process – what I hope to see from candidates, and how they can get our attention.
Let’s say that you’ve found an interesting career opportunity. You know that you’re qualified, but how can you stand out above all of the other candidates in the eyes of your potential employer? [Read more…]
It used to be that it wasn’t all that often that a bombshell like the Panama Papers dropped during your professional lifetime. The practice of accidentally or purposefully sharing sensitive, confidential, or downright incendiary information is becoming lots more commonplace lately.
Meanwhile, there are people and companies and governments struggling worldwide with questions of how to maintain the privacy of individuals’ personal data, and just who should have access to it. There’s the desire by some to be erased entirely from the internet (sorry, but good luck with that). Cross-border information-sharing agreements, like Safe Harbor and its next-gen, the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield, hold little consumer confidence. [Read more…]
You know that the Sunday Times Rich List came out this past weekend, right?
The list is a tremendous feat completed annually by Philip Beresford and Robert Watts (who will take over for Beresford later this year). For me it’s like someone showed up at my door handing me keys to a snappy convertible, a box of Lake Champlain chocolates, and a leash with a wee sleepy puppy at the end of it. 
Yes, I’m self-aware about my tendency toward hyperbole, but seriously, I’m pretty sure I heard angels weeping on Sunday.
Wonderfully, the ST list of the top 1,000 wealthiest isn’t just one list, it’s actually 28 glorious lists. There’s some overlap, of course, but Beresford and Watts don’t just rehash and reorder the 1,000 – there are many more names to be found in the separate, searchable, lists. [Read more…]
It’s early April, and you’re trying to get in touch with your New York-based board member to schedule a meeting. If you guessed that he’s in Georgia (at the Masters), you’re probably right. Want to know more about where he’ll likely be in May and June?
Well, here you go: global real estate experts Knight Frank teamed up with NetJets and WINGX Advance to track worldwide private jet migration patterns for the wealthy worldwide. The information they found is illustrated in a cool global event calendar on page 35 of the 2016 Knight Frank Wealth Report. [Read more…]
This month I’m delighted to welcome as guest blogger HBG team member Heather Willis (who took this picture from her “back yard”)! A skilled ranch hand herself, Heather is our resident expert on all things farming and ranching, and in this article she shares her knowledge on researching major gift prospects who bought the farm.Have you come across prospects every now and then who own a farm or ranch? Valuing these assets can vary widely depending on what part of the country they are located. Often we are left with more questions than answers as to how to use the information to estimate wealth.
Having lived in the West most of my life, currently in Montana, I am gaining an understanding of which ‘types’ of farmers and ranchers are the better prospects. There are so many variables to consider that I think it might be more helpful to look at farmers and ranchers in terms of characteristics, like a modeling project, in which you evaluate which ones indicate more wealth than others. [Read more…]
