Eric Jacobson

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

You throw away your backup plans and your push forward, no longer bogged down by the infinite ways in which we hedge our own successes.” Higgins is co-founder and CEO of private investment firm RSE Ventures and a lecturer and Executive Fellow at Harvard Business School. Question: You say you can predict CEO failure based on one thing.

How To 84

How To Commitment Hedge Resistance 84

Next Level Blog

JANUARY 7, 2011

Main | Leaders, Your Words Matter » January 07, 2011 Next Level Tips for Women Leaders Last month, I was interviewed by Kristi Hedges, executive coach and columnist for WomenEntrepeneur.com , on how women leading their own businesses can develop themselves for next level performance. 

Tips 169

Tips Hedge Executive Coaching Letter 169

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 28, 2012

Acutely aware of the competitive edges timely data offers sophisticated investors, the company's ever-entrepreneurial cofounder once proposed that Google launch a hedge fund. Then–Google CEO Eric Schmidt was appalled : "Sergey, among your many ideas, this is the worst." (The BIG DATA INSIGHT CENTER.

Hedge 15

Hedge Core Competence CFO ROI 15

Leading Blog

APRIL 5, 2019

Should they make a big bet, hedge their position, or just wait and see? Walsh is the CEO of Tomorrow, a global consultancy on designing companies for the 21 st century. * * * Like us on Instagram and Facebook for additional leadership and personal development ideas. When faced with uncertainty, how should leaders react?

Uncertainty 309

Uncertainty Sports Credit Rating Learning-by-Doing 309

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 20, 2018

Activist hedge funds have become capital market and financial media darlings. But they are utterly reviled by CEOs. Total shareholder return is what the activist hedge funds claim to enhance. activist hedge fund investments Allaire studied, the mean compound annual TSR for the activists was 12.4% akindo/Getty Images.

Hedge 8

Hedge TSR Company Sample 8

Michael Lee Stallard

MAY 30, 2010

2 Comments so far william czander on May 31st, 2010 Happiness coaches are part of the great conspiracy that began some 20 years ago when CEO’s , hedge fund managers and bankers discovered if they outsourced jobs to China and India it would increase the bottom line and they would all get rich. Remember “smile or your fired”.

Organization 186

Organization Outsourcing Leadership Hedge 186

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 16, 2018

On January 6, 2017, JANA Partners , a New York–based activist hedge fund, and the California State Teachers’ Retirement System (CalSTRS) sent a letter to Apple’s board of directors that may change the future of activist investing. Tim Ellis/Getty Images. According to US SIF , at the end of 2018 there was $8.72

Hedge 9

Hedge Long-term Short-term Letter 9

Tanveer Naseer

FEBRUARY 4, 2014

That changed when I met retired Sensormatic CEO Bob Vanourek at the Leadership Forum at Sliver Bay. Here, I use the labels of the indispensable ‘Pixar Pitch’ to summarize Salman’s story: ACT I: Once upon a time, I was an analyst at a Boston-based hedge fund. Each idea worth spreading, TED’s stated mission, presents a vision.

Storytelling 279

Storytelling Video Hedge Career 279

Coaching Tip

OCTOBER 18, 2013

Hedge-fund group SAC Capital Advisors LP and federal prosecutors have agreed in principle on a penalty exceeding $1 billion in a potential criminal settlement that would be the largest ever for an insider-trading case, according to people familiar with the matter. SAC CEO Steven A. The payment by SAC, run by star manager Steven A.

Hedge 77

Hedge Taylorism Taylor Ethics 77

CEO Blog

NOVEMBER 5, 2015

It is the story of a business person/investment banker/hedge fund guy who buys assets that Russia sold in the privatization. I just read the most fascinating book by Bill Browder - Red Notice - a True Story or High Finance, Murder, and One Man's Fight for Justice. He was wildly successful in a dangerous environment.

Hedge 100

Hedge Wilde Finance Travel 100

RapidStart Leadership

JUNE 13, 2017

A Harvard Business Review post noted that over half of CEOs feel a sense of loneliness, and 61 percent believe it hinders their performance. Being a leader can be exhilarating, challenging, rewarding and fun. But there can also be a down-side. One of those is a sense of isolation. Leader isolation is a problem. Form a Personal Board.

Collins 203

Collins Mentor Open-book Hedge 203

N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

Understanding and implementing the concept of “ actionable leadership &# is a major key to success in becoming a great CEO. It was Andy Grove the former Chairman and CEO of Intel and Time Magazine’s 1997 Man of the Year who said “You have to take action; you can’t hesitate or hedge your bets.

Blog 373

Blog Learning-by-Doing CEO Strategy 373

Joseph Lalonde

AUGUST 27, 2018

They’re fearful their business is going to go under and they hedge their bets. You’re the CEO of your company. He should be acting like the CEO of the company he was running. – Leadership lessons from Crazy Rich Asians Click To Tweet. So many leaders of organizations work the same way.

Leadership 240

Leadership Hotels Proposal Planning 240

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 14, 2016

When executives complain about activist hedge funds, it’s often under the cover of short-termism. Instead, there’s a more obvious reason why CEOs dislike activists, backed up by a new research paper by Thomas Keusch of Erasmus University in Rotterdam. Activists also tend to change CEOs’ compensation packages.

CEO 8

CEO Hedge Reputation Short-term 8

Rich Gee Group

JANUARY 13, 2011

Pretty soon, I’ll need hedge clippers from Black & Decker. For you older folk, pay attention to hair that appears in strange places (nose/ears/face/hands) — I get more scared as I get older and see my hair migrate from my head to the Twilight Zones of my face. Also, good dental hygiene is important too. Unported License.

Succession 225

Succession Sharpe Licensing Hedge 225

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.

Hedge 314

Hedge Class Video Career 314

Coaching Tip

DECEMBER 24, 2010

Hedging bets with multiple options, which reinforces complexity and raises costs. Falling into the “adjacent market trap,” i.e., expanding into markets that are seemingly related but for which the company doesn’t have the capabilities to compete effectively. Bringing on more fixed assets, instead of building market-leading capabilities.

Strategy 178

Strategy Short-term Competitive Advantage Fixed Assets 178

N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 12, 2010

If you are a CEO or entrepreneur and don’t see team building as a priority, then the text the follows is written for you. However CEOs that implement a well thought out and clearly articulated vision, create a sense of stability and a bond of trust amongst the ranks.

Consensus 374

Consensus Team Building Blog Team 374

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 11, 2014

Apple CEO Tim Cook recently said something to a shareholder that you very rarely hear: take a hike. Cook went on a tirade — or at least what passes for one from the very cool and collected CEO. Cook went on a tirade — or at least what passes for one from the very cool and collected CEO. I’m paraphrasing, but only slightly.

CEO 8

CEO ROI Environment Hedge 8

Strategy Driven

MAY 12, 2018

In Billions, he is taking on Axelrod, a (corrupt) hedge fun tycoon. Empire is a fictional drama, focused on the company ‘Empire Entertainment’ and it’s CEO, Lucious Lyon. Set in New York, it tells the story of the U.S. Attorney Chuck Rhoades, who boasts the title of never having lost an insider trading case. I Give It a Year.

Entrepreneur 51

Entrepreneur Gordon Supply Chain Advertising 51

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 18, 2016

CEOs get paid handsomely. By endorsing performance-insensitive compensation packages, broadly diversified investors are indeed incentivizing CEOs for good performance. To understand this new explanation for seemingly exorbitant CEO pay, it’s important to understand a recent, fundamental shift in the ownership of U.S.

CEO 8

CEO Asset Management Cooper Industry 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 23, 2012

Heins, the new CEO of Research in Motion (RIM), has been plucked from the company's relatively obscure COO position to fill the giant shoes of two longtime co-CEOs as they depart at the behest of angry investors. These moves require limited investment while providing critical hedges against unexpected changes in the marketplace.

Strategy 14

Strategy CEO Strategic Planning Consensus 14

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 23, 2015

Specifically, what would happen if more CEOs took a page, or even a paragraph, from Price’s book and raised their employees’ salaries? ” When Walmart announced something similar in February, its CEO positioned the move as a show of solidarity: “After all,” he wrote, “we’re all associates.”

CEO 8

CEO Power Price Merchandising 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 13, 2010

Let's start off with a pop quiz: Who is the CEO of your career? The corporate lattice is a more agile and fitting model for career CEOs (a.k.a. The only hedge is continual reinvention. If you answered with any pronoun that is not in the first person, then guess again. I was reminded (once again) of this just last week.

Career 15

Career CEO Hedge Agility 15

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 26, 2011

I'd advise CEOs to start where they can make an immediate difference: change how they communicate to and engage with their investor base. Here again, CEOs can and should manage that process actively. In our experience, the typical CEO has brief interactions with 50+ investors a year. Often they will clash, sometimes fiercely.

Long-term 8

Long-term CEO Short-term McKinsey 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 22, 2014

What’s behind rising income inequality: the pay difference between janitors and CEOs, or the gap between how well different employers pay each position? So rising inequality is less about every CEO getting paid more than it is about the top finance executives leaving their peers in the dust. Income inequality in the U.S.

Bryson 10

Bryson Hedge Company Real Estate 10

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 9, 2015

” On the other side, noted economist and hedge fund adviser Larry Summers cautions that reforming “quarterly capitalism” would risk driving us toward “Japan’s keiretsu system, which insulated corporate management from share price pressure by tying large companies together.” years in 2002 to 7.2

Hedge 8

Hedge Short-term Long-term EPS 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 11, 2015

” But the only real wins are a victory for the hedge funds, and a Pyrrhic victory for GM in that it managed to keep Wilson off its board and reduced the size of the buyback from the $8 billion the investors had been demanding. During the bailout, financial firms, including hedge funds, were nowhere to be found. Instead, U.S.

Hedge 8

Hedge Company Automotive Restructuring 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 3, 2018

Research by Cornell University Professor Dr. Alan Hedge reinforces the connection of natural light and employee wellbeing. Dr. Hedge’s recent research study found optimization of natural light in an office significantly improves health and wellness among workers.

Real Estate 14

Real Estate Call Center Hedge Survey 14

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 13, 2016

While many of these mutual funds follow passive investment strategies, “nothing could be further from the truth” than inferring that they are also passive owners, says Vanguard ’s CEO. Recently, authorities have taken on hedge funds, alleging they violated this regulation.

Banking 8

Banking Hedge Asset Management Airlines 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 10, 2018

A client (who I’ll call “Alex”) asked me to help him prepare to interview for a CEO role with a start-up. People are quick to blame themselves for failure, and companies hedge against it even if they pay lip service to the noble concept of trial and error. Caiaimage/Andy Roberts/Getty Images.

How To 14

How To Learning-by-Doing CEO Hedge 14

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 19, 2011

For CEOs, recognizing that shareholders are part of the problem also means realizing that shareholders can be part of the solution. This powerful minority is activist hedge funds. This means that hedge fund interests clash with those of long-term, diversified, prosocial investors. There are at least three useful ways to begin.

Long-term 10

Long-term Hedge Strategy Short-term 10

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 11, 2013

My father, Jaya Tan, retired three years ago as the CEO of our family''s business, the Martapura Group, relinquishing control to a nonfamily CEO to ensure that the company would regain its strength and grow. I pray that an insight will come to me as I write. He''s expecting an answer tomorrow. The situation is simple. Family Friction.

Case Study 8

Case Study CEO Chief Operating Officer Real Estate 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 12, 2013

Everybody has been piling on to hedge fund manager Bill Ackman lately. Ackman''s short-selling campaign against vitamin distributor Herbalife has blown up in his face, with the company''s stock up more than 75% since he unveiled his position last December and some of his most prominent hedge fund competitors profiting from his misery.

Hedge 8

Hedge Short-term Long-term Finance 8

Strategy Driven

MAY 25, 2011

And that response is hidden inside ‘business’ behaviors – sandbagging quotas, hedging on stretch goals, and avoiding accountability or commitment. Carl, a self-made success and CEO of a venture-backed software company, is a great example. During the presentation the CEO was polite, if noncommittal.

Company 62

Company Venture Capitalist Film Reputation 62

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 4, 2015

Last week I got a call from the founding CEO of a startup in which I am an angel investor. The founding group of managers, including the CEO, took sweat equity in the business. But of course, it’s not just hedge fund managers. He was calling to get my consent to sell the company for $31 million.

Hedge 8

Hedge Bond CEO Talent Management 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 14, 2017

As the barrier dissolves between political and commercial power structures, the book raises questions about large multinationals whose budgets are bigger than small countries’ and CEOs who have growing roles as statespeople.

Stephenson 14

Stephenson White Paper Real Estate Hedge 14