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March 21, 2017
Fearless Idea 21: Anchor Your Teams

SMITH BRAIN TRUST — Organizations need strong leaders who can build high-quality relationships with their subordinates. But the same leaders create a liability when they exit because loyal employees will often follow them out the door. The result can be “turnover contagion.”

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March 20, 2017
Fearless Idea 20: Think Long-Term

SMITH BRAIN TRUST — It might be the biggest but least-talked-about drag on the U.S. economy and, paradoxically, it might be why your equity portfolio looks so good, with perky stock prices, cushy buybacks and better-looking dividends. It’s called short-termism, or quarterly capitalism.

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March 19, 2017
Fearless Idea 19: Ditch Your 'Wingman'

SMITH BRAIN TRUST — If you want to meet new people, leave your “wingman” at home and go out alone. People will think you are more open-minded, curious and interested in the world and be more likely to strike up a conversation with you.

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March 18, 2017
Fearless Idea 18: Avert Financial Crises

SMITH BRAIN TRUST — Information systems professor Louiqa Raschid learned valuable lessons from her involvement in developing the Sahana Open Source system for natural disaster recovery management that was used effectively for such events as Superstorm Sandy.

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March 17, 2017
Fearless Idea 17: Advertise Smarter

SMITH BRAIN TRUST — There’s no question that internet advertising is increasingly vital for business survival. The question is: Where do you start? And how can you be sure that your advertising dollars are reaching the right audience?

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March 17, 2017
QUEST Team Wins Deloitte Case Competition

Four students in the QUEST Honors Program at the University of Maryland won the $4,000 grand prize in the annual Deloitte Consulting Undergraduate National Case Study Competition on March 11, 2017.

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March 17, 2017
Why Your Next Performance Review Might Never End

SMITH BRAIN TRUST — Those annual employee performance reviews can be pretty stressful. But what if instead of being a once-a-year thing with just your boss, they were every day, with everyone you work with? JPMorgan Chase & Co.

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March 17, 2017
Kristin LaRiviere: On the Move

Smith Undergrad Staff SpotlightKristin LaRiviere, Assistant Director of Undergraduate Programs

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March 16, 2017
Ladies First: Women Learn About Early-Stage Investing at Dingman Center

Currently, only 25 percent of angel investors in the United States are women. The Dingman Center for Entrepreneurship at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business is hoping to help change that.

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March 16, 2017
Fearless Idea 16: Crack the Earnings Puzzle

SMITH BRAIN TRUST — Wall Street responds to surprises, but not always in intuitive ways. Share prices go up at the firm level when a company issues a stronger than expected earnings report, which makes sense.

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