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Tina Fordham, Citi’s Political Analyst, Courtesy Citigroup Tina Fordham is a true trailblazer. She has the distinction of being the first person to hold the title of Managing Director, Chief Global Political Analyst at Citi Research Citigroup. Until she persuaded Citi that they needed to create such a role and slot her in it, there wasn’t anyone providing real-time analysis on the impact that global political events can have on financial markets.

Given the right circumstances, good people can get caught up in some bad things. More often than not, psychology is to blame. When it comes to sketchy behavior, good people don’t tend to go right off the deep end like Bernie Madoff or Kenneth Lay. Rather, the mind plays tricks on them, pushing them down the slippery slope of questionable behavior. “Integrity is doing the right thing, even when no one is watching.” –C. S.

President-elect Donald Trump is beefing uphis cadre of CEO-advisors: the incoming commander-in-chief said Wednesday that he is adding three more of America’s most prominent chief executives toan economic forum dedicated to job creation and productivity.

It’s that time of year again, when many managers work through the ritual of company-required employee performance appraisals and then will meet individually with each employee in January to discuss their 2016 accomplishments. But if your budget hasn’t been increased for 2017, what can you do to motivate those on your team (and stay motivated yourself)? Try these six tips. Shutterstock Help employees develop their careers.

Katrin Zimmermann When Katrin Zimmermann worked her way up from a flight attendant to an executive assistant at Lufthansa, one thing became painfully obvious: the airline was dependent on outside vendors for all its digital innovation strategy. “No one was really getting at it from inside the organization.

Image courtesy of Student Loan Hero Whether you owe money for credit cards, personal loans, or student loans, making it a priority to pay off debt can save you big bucks. In fact, paying debt off early can save thousands of dollars. As we move into a new year, it’s the perfect time to get your debt under control and paid off as quickly as possible. Here are five ways to kick your debt to the curb in 2017. 1.

Shutterstock ‘Tis the season for the public relations exercise known as “here’s what we think (or hope) will happen in the tech sector next year,” flooding my inbox with predictions for 2017. No one knows what will happen tomorrow, let alone over the next 12 months, but the exercise yields interesting insights into what’s hot (and what’s not) in technology today.

Shutterstock Dear Liz, I got transferred along with my department into a new group several months ago. We do the same work we always did, but we report into a new cost center now. We have a new manager. Part of my job is to approve expense reports for our department. I don’t travel or have any business expenses myself, but several of my teammates do. Here’s the bad part. My new boss is stealing money through his expense reports.