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Lead Up!


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IRS Warns About Refund E-Mail Scam


In an April 9 news release, the IRS identifies a new bogus email pretending to be from “IRS Refunds,” and containing a link that connects to a fake page where thieves try to steal personally identifiable information, such as Social … Continue reading

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Don’t Underestimate Quiet Team Members


Management often lose the benefit of valuable insights of quiet team members amid the din of input of more assertively expressive team members. Capture this input by structuring avenues to encourage and capture this quiet input. About The Author A … Continue reading

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When the Company makes your Personal Life its Business


Leaders increasingly face risks from injudicious personal sexual or or other misconduct. See , w.g. Latham Managing Partner Resigns. Use care!

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Test Your Limits!


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Leadership 2018


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Corporations As Human Bodies


People too often characterize corporation as if they are some amorphous entity disconnected from humanity. This is a mistake. Corporations by their very essence are collections of people interacting with and impacting other groups of people.. People run them. People … Continue reading

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Check Patriot Act Controls For New FinCEN Rules Targeting North Korea Connected Transactions


Banks and other financial institutions need to review their current USA PATRIOT Act procedures and safeguards in response to an alert and a new final rule relating financial institutions published by the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement … Continue reading

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Reconstruct Records After a Disaster


Are you trying to help your business or family clean up the mess and recover from a hurricane, flood, fire or other disaster? Reconstructing records to prove a loss for tax purposes, getting federal assistance, or insurance reimbursement often is … Continue reading

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Hurricane Impacted Financial Institutions Tell FinCEN If BSA Reports Delayed


FINRA Reporting by Hurricane Impacted Financial Institutions
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Training For Performance


Effective training and coaching should be key tools in every organization’s performance enhancing toolkit. Unfortunately, many training and coaching investments fail to materially impact performance because the “solution” is so generic in content, delivery or both to work. Over the … Continue reading

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Use Lessons Of Past Mistakes or Injustice To Build Better Future


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Improving Education To Better Train US Workers To Fill US Jobs


What can the US do to better train and educate our workforce to have skills to fill US jobs? Continue reading

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Leaders Find The Hidden Talents On Their Team


Leadership done right takes less management. Learn to lead better and hire and develop strong and effective leaders to succeed more reliably with less effort. About The Author Cynthia Marcotte Stamer is a Martindale-Hubble “AV-Preeminent (Top 1%) rated practicing attorney … Continue reading

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Homeland Security Issues Urgent Cyber Warning To US Businesses


U.S. agencies are warning U.S. businesses to batten down their cyber security defenses to guard against a WannaCry ransomware cybersecurity threat sweeping the Globe. Continue reading

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Millennial Management 


If you or someone else you know would like to receive future management and leadership tips, updates about developments on these and other concerns, please be sure that we have your current contact information including your preferred e-mail by creating … Continue reading

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Real Leadership Speaks For Itself


Check out this discussion from Microsoft CEO about self-proclaimed “experts” and “leaders.”    #cynthiamarcottestamer #solutionslawpreas #leadership #coaching

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PATH Act Guidance Released


The Internal Revenue Service today (April 20, 2017) released an advanced copy of guidance under the Protecting Americans for Tax Hikes Act of 2015 (PATH Act) regarding amendment to (i) expensing section 179 property, (ii) the additional first year depreciation … Continue reading

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Lead Right


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Leadership:  Actions Not Talk


​​See how real Servant-Leadership happens here.

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Leaders Make The Tough Decisions


Learn to plan and execute decisions to promote success and preserve resilience.

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Vote:  Be Counted


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CG TechNology Nailed For $12M For Bank Secrecy Act Money Laundering Violations


The $12 million FinCEN civil money penalty (CMP) imposed against CG Technology, L.P., doing business as Cantor Gaming, reminds gaming and other U.S. regulated businesses of the importance of maintaining and administering appropriate policies and practices to comply with the anti-money laundering … Continue reading

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Data Breach & Cyber Securities & Investor Risk Management


Corporations and their leaders to add reviewing prospectus and investor cyber security and data breach disclosures to their data breach and cyber security risk management and response to do lists help guard against  post event  shareholder claims and regulator investigations. … Continue reading

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Evolving Rules Mean Execs & Employers Should Review Executive Comp


New SEC executive pay transparency IRS tax rules are the latest in a series of evolving executive pay and deferred compensation rules mean employers and executives can’t afford to assume their or their consultants’ or executives’ historical executive compensation, severance, … Continue reading

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U.S. Businesses & Their Leaders Face Rising FLSA Collective Action Liabiity Risks


Business leaders should take immediate steps to tighten the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) compliance and risk management of their organizations to reduce their personal exposure, as well as their businesses’ exposure to wage and hour, overtime or other FLSA … Continue reading

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Health Plan Sponsoring Employers, Insurers & Administrators Confirm Out-Of-Pocket Limits & Practices Up-To-Date


Health plan sponsorship carries big costs and big liability risks if not properly handled. Many businesses already face potentially huge excise taxes because their health plans violated health care reform or other federal mandates. Paying these bills will be particularly … Continue reading

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Heads Up On New & Proposed IRS Partnership Rule Changes


Partners, Partnerships & Advisors, check out new final and proposed partnership tax rules about determining distributive shares when partner’s interest changes and allocable cash basis and tied partnership items. Continue reading

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Prompt Business Action Needed To Mitigate Post-King Employer Health Benefit Costs & Liabilities


With the Obama Administration construing the United States Supreme Court’s King v. Burwell decision as a green light for its full implementation and enforcement of the Patient Protection & Affordable Care Act (ACA), U.S. businesses should brace for both increases…

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Texas Employers Top Target For EEOC Charges


Texas employers lead the list of employers that should act to tighten their employment discrimination compliance and risk management to prepare for heightened  likelihood of  charges, litigation and other  enforcement. Texas employers remain the most frequent target of discrimination charges,…

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