First Friday Book Synopsis

MARCH 25, 2011

Here is an excerpt from a profile of Augusta Sanfilippo (Managing Director, Cash Securities Operations IT, Citi) written by Melissa J. Anderson for The Glass Hammer, an online community designed for women executives in financial services, law and business.

Hammer 85

Hammer Operations Career Planning 85

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 14, 2015

One of those conclusions was that stress actually made people feel more bonded to their organizations. And those bonds might just keep people in an organization, even where they’re probably getting paid less than in the private sector and might even be less safe. It takes a careful mix of mission, management, and culture.

Bond 8

Bond Stress Team Hammer 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 14, 2015

Concerned about the company’s lack of focus, Wall Street hammered the Starbucks stock, resulting in a drop in share price of 28% in one day – a $2 billion loss in the company’s market capitalization. Think of the equity of a brand in terms of a bank account. Google is wise to learn from these two brand histories.

Brand 8

Brand Banking Apparel Strategy 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

With something like the Riker’s Island social impact bond (which finances behavioral therapy for 16-to-18-year-old jail inmates in New York), the fact that Bloomberg Philanthropies provides a guarantee to that bond is very, very smart because it does two things. So here’s the money management industry. We don’t want to go there.

Insurance 8

Insurance Bond Hedge Bottom-up 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 25, 2015

Under manager Joe Girardi , the New York Yankees baseball team won their 27th World Series championship title. Girardi has won more than 500 games as a manager. ” And it’s the same whether you are managing rookies or stars. I came to see observation as a critical part of my management skills.

Sports 8

Sports Parcell How To Hammer 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 23, 2017

He instructed employees to take hammers in hand — not to fix the flaws but to destroy the imperfect products. Certain aspects of the process are inherently uncontrollable; once you start trying to stage-manage incidents for employees’ benefit, you’re drifting into tricky, manipulative territory.

Stage-Gate 8

Stage-Gate CEO Insurance Hammer 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 2, 2014

Others, most notably money managers and former Fama students Cliff Asness and John Liew in an epic Institutional Investor article , have done a lot recent to clarify how Fama’s ideas and Shiller’s can at least co-exist peacefully. [A It seems like the clearest practical lessons from this academic work have been in asset management.

CAPM 8

CAPM Discount Price Finance 8