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How Women at the Top Can Renew Their Mental Energy

Harvard Business Review

hedge fund partner, told me: “If you want balance, go be a yoga Nidra instructor.” Alexandra, the hedge fund partner, had colleagues who were obsessed with American football, but as she told me: “I never talk about sports. Know your psychological superchargers. As Alexandra, a U.S. It doesn’t interest me.”

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How Incentives for Long-Term Management Backfire

Harvard Business Review

The normal culprits for short-termism are short-term-minded hedge-fund managers and activist shareholders, as well as CEOs worried about big bet investments with uncertain paybacks. Today, four out of five S&P 500 companies use a three-year performance period in their long-term incentives.