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March 12, 2021 at 2:54 PM Shares1 If you listen to the Thinking Like A Lawyer podcast every week (and why wouldn’t you?), you heard our recent discussion of Davis Polk’s “gift bonuses.” Instead of resting on their laurels as the Biglaw firm bonus champion of 2020, DPW went the extra mile and offered associates a selection of gifts or experiences of roughly $1,500 each. It’s a great idea! Cash might always reign supreme, but big bonuses often disappear directly into student loan paymen...

OCIOs Can Improve Pension Plan Funding Plan sponsors that are considering hiring an outsourced chief investment officer should examine its track record and operational qualifications. Reported by More defined benefit (DB) plans are using outsourced chief investment officers (OCIOs) to improve their performance and funding, sources say. In fact, PLANSPONSOR’s sister publication Chief Investment Officer found in its 2020 OCIO Survey that the main reason why institutional investors hire OCIOs is...

How to Collaborate With Actors for Online Engagement Share Do you want to deepen learners’ engagement with content and each other? Here’s a tip: Bring in live actors for your courses. Highly effective for in-person events, this method is also easy to implement with online learning. Is this technique effective for learning initiatives? Actors Jason Heil and Veronica Murphy joined me at an ATD Forum roundtable during which the Forum’s senior learning professionals interacted wi...