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� � � � � � A CEO who struggles socially was diagnosed with autism aged 41. It's helped her understand herself and deepen her relationships. - Insider    Growing up, Heather Florio always felt like there was something wrong with her. At 41, she received an autism diagnosis that finally allowed her to accept herself. At school, Florio seemed to constantly say the wrong thing at the wrong time, couldn't connect with her peers, and was horribly bullied for being different. Her brain seemed to work differently, too. She had an analytic, rather than emotional, approach to everything, and often found herself in the library consuming book after book on whatever subject she was into at the time. Continued here � � � � � � Don't like ads? Go ad-free with TradeBriefs Premium 'My kids can have whatever's left over': the myth of the Great Boomer Wealth Transfer - Business Insider    When my husband's grandmother turned 87, our family realized it was time for us to take over her affairs. Grandma Sue was ailing and recently widowed, so we decided that it was best for her to turn over her finances. Between retirement savings and the proceeds from the sale of her house, she had about $250,000 in assets at the time. She told my husband that he would inherit all of it. On the face of it, Grandma Sue's generosity seemed like it would be a huge financial help for our family since the money was just about enough to pay off our mortgage. But my husband wasn't banking on a windfall. Grandma Sue was able to cover the cost of assisted living with the income she was receiving from Social Security and the income on her savings. But after six years, she needed round-the-clock care and eventually was moved into a nursing home. The transition was tough and the nursing home wasn't cheap, but it was necessary to keep her comfortable. Eventually, Grandma Sue dipped into her principal to keep up with the bills, and after eight years, she had gone through the majority of her assets. At that point, she qualified for Medicaid, which covered the cost of her care. But that left my husband's inheritance at about $2,000, the maximum amount of assets you could have at the time to go on Medicaid. When she died, Grandma Sue left the most common form of inheritance, called an accidental bequest, which is simply the money left over when someone dies. An intended bequest, by contrast, is one that is dedicated to the heirs and set aside from funds used to support daily living, often through a trust account or life-insurance policy. Continued here � � � � � � How Firms Are Winning Anti-DEI Lawsuits - Inc.com    Exclusive: The Ample Hills Co-Founders Have Been Let Go--Less Than 6 Months After They Returned to the Company Since the Supreme Court ended race-conscious admissions programs and reversed affirmative action in June, right-wing activist groups nationwide have been filing complaints and lawsuits against companies, governments, and venture capitalists testing the constitutionality of their DEI programs.  However, some recipients of these lawsuits have found ways to fight back. They've revised their programs' eligibility criteria and even persuaded one conservative legal group to withdraw its discrimination lawsuit. Continued here � � � � � � Is Your Team Caught in the Solution Fixation Trap? - Harvard Business Review    In the face of escalating complexities, organizations are increasingly relying on teams to tackle these intricate issues and drive pivotal organizational decisions. To extract maximum value from team dynamics, leaders must remain mindful of potential biases that may impact team dynamics and to actively steer and fine-tune team processes. Specifically, the authors urge leaders to address a decision-making bias they call the solution fixation trap, which emerges when a team rushes into discussing possible solutions before fully understanding the problem at hand. The authors discuss the study that helped them uncover this bias, explain what the solution fixation trap looks like, and discuss what leaders can do to protect their teams from it. Have you ever found your team going back and forth to find a good solution to a problem and not making progress? Or maybe you’ve left a meeting feeling unsure about the chosen solution, wondering if your team overlooked important information. To help your team make better decisions more confidently, you need to address a decision-making bias we call the solution fixation trap. Continued here

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