Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 24, 2013

In Moneyball that on-base percentage is better than batting average looks like ‘OK, well, the goal is to score runs. Now, if you feel like you’re expressing yourself and getting the gist of something and you’re still not being listened to, then maybe it’s time to change careers.

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Mentor Career Uncertainty Learning-by-Doing 19

Rich Gee Group

NOVEMBER 28, 2010

He started the Khan Academy as a way to tutor his cousins remotely — while he was a hedge fund analyst in Boston, and they were students in New Orleans. It was clear there was a huge unmet need, so Sal left his hedge fund job and started Khan Academy with the mission of providing a free world-class education to anyone, anywhere.

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Frank Sonnenberg Online

APRIL 20, 2021

I’ve hired a lot of people in my career. The question that comes to mind is, should workforce diversity replace the goal of hiring the best candidate? Ray Dalio, American billionaire, hedge fund manager, and philanthropist, said, “Hire right, because the penalties of hiring wrong are huge.”.

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Strategy Driven

MAY 25, 2011

Unusually Excellent is a back-to-basics reference book that offers both seasoned and aspiring leaders a framework for understanding and a guide for applying the battle-tested fundamentals of leadership at every stage of their careers. Without trust, people respond with distraction, fear, and, at the extreme, paralysis.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

But portfolio careers aren’t only for stay-at-home parents looking to freelance a few hours a day while their kids are in school or grad students moonlighting as Uber drivers and Task Rabbits. Here are five reasons it can make a dramatic difference for your career. Hedge against uncertainty. Gary John Norman/Getty Images.

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Execution Hedge Career Industry 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 10, 2017

Which means that all of us, no matter where we are in our careers or what sort of work we do, have to reflect on the kind of workplace that works for us. These organizations are a collection of hard-driving, fiercely competitive individuals who measure their success against personal goals, and even against one another.

Health Care 14

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Strategy Driven

MAY 25, 2011

Unusually Excellent is a back-to-basics reference book that offers both seasoned and aspiring leaders a framework for understanding and a guide for applying the battle-tested fundamentals of leadership at every stage of their careers. Without trust, people respond with distraction, fear, and, at the extreme, paralysis.

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Company Venture Capitalist Film Reputation 50

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 27, 2015

When you’re under pressure, it’s easy to forget that employees are unique individuals, with varying interests, abilities, goals, and styles of learning. And when it comes to promotion, look past rigid competency models and career ladders for growth opportunities tailored to the ambitions, talents, and capacities of each person.

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Hedge Real Estate Film Motivation 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 25, 2017

As one industry insider told us, “I am in the business of making money, I don’t care who you are, as long as you can help me in that goal.” Given the general underrepresentation of women among investment professionals, especially in hedge funds, it was not surprising that only about 4.2%

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Leading Blog

APRIL 5, 2019

Should they make a big bet, hedge their position, or just wait and see? Their key performance metric became “expected goals” for and against a team, based on the quality and quantity of chances created during a match. When faced with uncertainty, how should leaders react? Let’s consider a few examples.

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Uncertainty Sports Credit Rating Learning-by-Doing 308

Harvard Business Review

MAY 8, 2013

For some, the path forward is clear: the math experts will be snapped up by hedge funds, the software engineers will have their pick of start-ups, and elite investment banks and consultancies will duke it out for the top MBAs. Grad school may or may not be worth it , depending on your individual goals and circumstances.

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Brand How To Hedge Film 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 11, 2014

Take Jim Owens, one of our interview subjects, who spent his entire career with Illinois-based Caterpillar. When pressed, Owens tried to hedge his answer, but the media portrayed him as calling the President a liar. As experts on networking will tell you, these sorts of “loose ties” are essential to the machinery that gets things done.

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Ethics Hedge Diversity CEO 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 23, 2017

To pursue this issue, I picked a new research setting where the reward system is highly constrained — and so is the career ladder. Take the heat of other short-term goals so that time spent collaborating feels like less of an opportunity cost. Harness the power of competition. Get the benefits flowing faster.

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Payback Period How To Real Estate Hedge 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 10, 2017

Bridgewater Associates, which was founded by Ray Dalio in 1975, is the largest hedge fund in the world, managing almost $160 billion. And, in fact, the more power we have, and the higher we ascend in our careers, the less self-aware we become. Its size and success are not the only interesting thing about the company.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 16, 2018

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. But they didn’t see it as an end goal. Know your psychological superchargers.

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Energy Hedge Parcell Career 14

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 25, 2015

For example, a teacher driven by purpose values or identifies with the goal of educating and empowering children. In one hedge fund, the highest performing portfolio managers had higher total motivation. The third most sensitive element is the career ladder in an organization. You work because you value the work’s impact.

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Motivation Company Airlines Learning-by-Doing 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

On a scale of one to five, how important is having a good network to your ability to accomplish your goals? Without a good network, you will also limit your own imagination about your own career prospects. Most-senior hedge fund people and competitors. There’s no other way to put it. Most-senior people in your company.

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Skip Prichard

JULY 26, 2021

3) hedge bets by building products and services on multiple platforms in order to compete on the same terms as digital giants in ways that are least likely to get regulated. Too often policy makers will use the battle against digital giants to further their political careers without taking a holistic view of the market.

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Disintermediation Cost-Benefit Analysis Short-term Long-term 130