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Stop Hedging – It Makes You Sound Weak

Leadership Freak

How to stop hedging? Yesterday, a leader I respect said, “I almost teared up.” Then I spoke directly, “You didn’t almost tear up. Either you did or you didn’t.”

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Skills Development Is Key If Firms Are To Make Best Use Of Alternative Data

The Horizons Tracker

Alternative data, such as social media activity or satellite imagery, has become a big deal in the trading world, with hedge funds and other asset managers striving to find new ways to gain a competitive edge over their rivals. The researchers developed a model to chart the interactions between data sellers and buyers.

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Developing A Winning Strategy For Real Estate Entrepreneurs

Strategy Driven

In addition, real estate offers a hedge against inflation as the value of properties has historically outperformed inflation rates. Develop a Business Plan Before you take the plunge into real estate business ownership, it is vital to have a well-defined business plan.

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Burn the Boats: Toss Plan B Overboard and Unleash Your Full Potential

Leading Blog

You throw away your backup plans and you push forward, no longer bogged down by the infinite ways in which we hedge our own success. Leaning into your differences—those things that make you unique—will help you to not hedge your bets. To accomplish something great, you have to give yourself no escape route, no chance to turn back.

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Want Better Influence at Work? Avoid These Communication Mistakes

Let's Grow Leaders

Back in my early HR days at Verizon, I (Karin) was really excited about a new mentoring program we had developed, but I had to convince the operations leadership that the time was right. When I think of “hedging words,” I think of the scarecrow from the Wizard of Oz. Can you please walk us through how you got to that?”

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Winning Teams Know to Trust Their Team Members

Leading Blog

Supply planners shouldn’t be forced to guess which of the demand mix, volume, or timing in the plan is going to come true, and which are hedges against possible poor performance from the manufacturing organization. The manufacturing organization is rarely an open bar, so to speak.

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Use a 360-Degree Approach to Get Feedback on Leading Change

Lead Change Blog

I use the LQ360 from RightPath Resources , which groups feedback by leadership competencies like delivering results, building relationships, developing others, and emotional intelligence. In a popular Harvard Business Review article, Kristi Hedges suggests the following approac. Development Plans.