Next Level Blog

JANUARY 7, 2011

  It's a perfect time of year for it as lots of folks are still mapping out their development game plan for 2011. .    It's a perfect time of year for it as lots of folks are still mapping out their development game plan for 2011.

Tips 169

Tips Hedge Executive Coaching Letter 169

Tanveer Naseer

FEBRUARY 4, 2014

The vast majority of leaders who thrive develop calm-under-fire. In his TED Talk, Salman Khan shared the story of how Khan Academy came into being. 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.

Storytelling 278

Storytelling Video Hedge Career 278

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. Google may not have a hedge fund, but it's unlikely that high IQ hedge funds aren't using Google's data to better manage their own situational awareness and risk.

Hedge 15

Hedge Core Competence CFO ROI 15

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. ” Thus, the issue isn’t one of time frames per se.

Hedge 9

Hedge Long-term Short-term Letter 9

Leading Blog

NOVEMBER 26, 2014

A particularly fascinating and eye-opening chapter is on Ray Dalio’s Bridgewater Associates, the largest hedge fund in the world. and second, How does none build a better team or organization that continuous learns better and faster than the competition? Being smart is really about knowing how to learn.

Open-book 281

Open-book Learning-by-Doing Hedge Case Study 281

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

The name of hedge fund billionaire Raymond Dalio triggers emotions of adoration, admiration, and even dislike. Real leaders know how to choose the members of their team. He also capitalized on the mistake to develop new methods that can be used to achieve desired goals. That’s the effect success has on people. Be open-minded.

Hedge 50

Hedge Leadership Learning-by-Doing Micromanagement 50

HR Digest

DECEMBER 3, 2020

Businesses and companies now need to rethink how to manage post-covid work trends like their remote workforce, hiring policies, skills, and experience needs. It’s critical for business leaders to understand that large-scale shifts are changing how people work and how business gets done,” says Brian Kropp, vice president, Gartner.

Trends 105

Trends Chief Operating Officer Supply Chain Crisis 105

CO2

DECEMBER 1, 2014

He is a Minnesota hedge fund manager and an off-road racer who won the 2013 Dakar Challenge by posting the fastest adjusted time combined from two major desert races—the Tecate SCORE Baja 500 and the Eldorado HDRA Reno 500. They still have a lot of driving to do.

Leadership 120

Leadership Hedge Sharpe Executive Coaching 120

Coaching Tip

DECEMBER 24, 2010

Winners, on the other hand, define the fundamental identity of the company by developing a clear idea of what they do best and how they create value for customers. Many successful companies, like Procter & Gamble and The Coca-Cola Company, develop a clearly defined… . How coherent is your company?

Strategy 178

Strategy Short-term Competitive Advantage Fixed Assets 178

CO2

DECEMBER 1, 2014

He is a Minnesota hedge fund manager and an off-road racer who won the 2013 Dakar Challenge by posting the fastest adjusted time combined from two major desert races—the Tecate SCORE Baja 500 and the Eldorado HDRA Reno 500. They still have a lot of driving to do.

Hedge 78

Hedge Leadership Sharpe Strategic Planning 78

CO2

DECEMBER 1, 2014

He is a Minnesota hedge fund manager and an off-road racer who won the 2013 Dakar Challenge by posting the fastest adjusted time combined from two major desert races—the Tecate SCORE Baja 500 and the Eldorado HDRA Reno 500. They still have a lot of driving to do.

Hedge 78

Hedge Leadership Sharpe Strategic Planning 78

CO2

DECEMBER 1, 2014

He is a Minnesota hedge fund manager and an off-road racer who won the 2013 Dakar Challenge by posting the fastest adjusted time combined from two major desert races—the Tecate SCORE Baja 500 and the Eldorado HDRA Reno 500. They still have a lot of driving to do.

Hedge 60

Hedge Leadership Sharpe Strategic Planning 60

CO2

DECEMBER 1, 2014

He is a Minnesota hedge fund manager and an off-road racer who won the 2013 Dakar Challenge by posting the fastest adjusted time combined from two major desert races—the Tecate SCORE Baja 500 and the Eldorado HDRA Reno 500. They still have a lot of driving to do.

Hedge 60

Hedge Leadership Sharpe Strategic Planning 60

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 2, 2018

We all know developing a personal brand is valuable, since a strong reputation can put you on the radar for exciting career opportunities. Your brand is also a powerful hedge against professional misfortune. ” So how can you, as a woman, navigate this conundrum and develop a robust personal brand?

Brand 15

Brand Development Reputation Self-aware 15

Mills Scofield

AUGUST 27, 2012

It’s funny that at different points of our dinner, we were all drawn to think about how to make nonprofits more financially sustainable, the one that Jayson and I run included. ” This question, of how to morph MED’s work into a social cause fuelled by market forces is something that is on Jayson’s and my mind daily.

Incentives 171

Incentives Marketing Microfinance Entrepreneur 171

N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

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. A critical part of the talent management life-cycle is leadership development. When an organization stops learning they begin dying.

Blog 332

Blog Learning-by-Doing CEO Strategy 332

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 10, 2018

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. Let’s go back to Alex as an example of how to execute this. What can you do if you, like Alex, want to face your fear of screwing up and push beyond it to success?

How To 14

How To Learning-by-Doing CEO Hedge 14

Deming Institute

JUNE 17, 2019

There are many ways in which the management of our organizations needs to improve ( understanding how to use data effectively , systems thinking…) and one of those important areas is in managing people. One person near the end partially hedged their opinion and said maybe we should give her another chance.

Human Resources 47

Human Resources Deming Resources System 47

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 5, 2018

Entrepreneurship, even in the form of part-time work to complement a traditional day job, can provide a useful hedge against economic uncertainty and a way to develop new skills. ” Don’t just come up with a clever notion; make sure people actually want it before you spend a lot of money developing it.

Webinar 13

Webinar How To Audience Hedge 13

Deming Institute

JUNE 17, 2019

There are many ways in which the management of our organizations needs to improve ( understanding how to use data effectively , systems thinking…) and one of those important areas is in managing people. One person near the end partially hedged their opinion and said maybe we should give her another chance.

Human Resources 28

Human Resources Deming Resources System 28

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 22, 2014

As a hedge fund manager who applied data-driven trading strategies once said, “You can spend endless time and resources only to find eventually a bug in your data.”. All too often analysts study historical data to develop a model that explains that data and then apply the model to the exact same data to make a prediction about the future.

Credit Scoring 10

Credit Scoring Price Market Segmentation How To 10

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 23, 2017

” People in industries as different as commercial real estate, pharma, biotech startups, hedge funds, and public school districts worried about how to transform a competitive, star-driven culture into a collaborative one when they had no power to juggle financial rewards and no influence over promotion decisions.

Payback Period 8

Payback Period How To Real Estate Hedge 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 22, 2014

As a hedge fund manager who applied data-driven trading strategies once said, “You can spend endless time and resources only to find eventually a bug in your data.” Using predictive models of demand developed during growth years or for a price sensitive market segment may fail miserably when market conditions change.

Credit Scoring 8

Credit Scoring Price Market Segmentation How To 8

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. But it was very relevant to my development as a human being.

Brand 8

Brand How To Hedge Film 8

N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 12, 2010

Team building, group dynamics, talent management, leadership development, and any number of other functional areas are much more about clarity, focus, aligning expectations, and defining roles than creating equality. Once a decision has been made, it's up to the team to figure out how to make it work. consensus kills teams [.]

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Consensus Team Building Blog Team 333

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 26, 2012

Hedge fund investors who deploy capital in large and liquid markets can scale their time well. Bill Ackman's hedge fund Pershing Square, for example, has $9 billion in assets under management and fewer than ten investment professionals. A key constraining resource in traditional venture is a VC investor's time.

Disruptive Innovation 14

Disruptive Innovation Hedge Venture Capitalist Venture Funding 14

Leading Blog

APRIL 5, 2019

When faced with uncertainty, how should leaders react? Should they make a big bet, hedge their position, or just wait and see? Many years later, French mathematician Pierre-Simon Laplace developed Bayes’s idea into a powerful theory, which we now know as the Bayes Theorem. Here is a simple explanation of it.

Uncertainty 308

Uncertainty Sports Credit Rating Learning-by-Doing 308

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

By managing the three key properties of networks that either propel you forward or hold you back—breadth, connectivity, and dynamism—you can develop a stronger network and use it as an essential leadership tool. This article will show you how to reinvent your network, by managing these three critical dimensions.

How To 8

How To Diversity Letter Learning-by-Doing 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

Even senior executives who want to stay in their corporate jobs should strongly consider developing at least one side income stream, whether it’s consulting, speaking, coaching, or creating some other product or service. Hedge against uncertainty. How did he make this unusual career leap? Grow your income.

Execution 8

Execution Hedge Career Industry 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 10, 2012

With these doubts in mind, many of us hedge our bets, avoid uncomfortable discussions, and surround the message with so much fluff that the real conclusion is barely visible. So how can you get better at clearly conveying a message or helping your people develop this skill? What are your suggestions for learning how to say less?

Audience 16

Audience Hedge Consensus Analysis 16

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

Developed during World War II, CARVER (then one letter shorter and known as CARVE) was originally used by analysts to determine where bomber pilots could most effectively drop their munitions on enemy targets. To consider another example, say a hedge fund is looking to acquire a tech company that claims to have a leading-edge technology.

Tools 12

Tools Risk Management Budgeting SWOT 12

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 24, 2012

The Kahn Academy, founded by Salman Kahn (a former hedge fund manager), is a not-for-profit, online venture that is currently revolutionizing K-12 education. If you want to know how, here is the obligatory TED video. And Hart is not the only one who has developed this skill. That takes work and imagination to get right.

Video 14

Video Education Christensen Hedge 14

Joseph Lalonde

AUGUST 27, 2018

They’re fearful their business is going to go under and they hedge their bets. And they know how to get the answers they need. How to make wise choices. While many leadership gurus and personal development experts will discount games, I embrace movies and games for the life lessons they can teach.

Leadership 240

Leadership Hotels Proposal Planning 240

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 28, 2016

Advice for how to gracefully handle mistakes often emphasizes 1) taking responsibility for the error, 2) presenting a plan for the remedy, and then 3) fixing what was wrong. Although these directions sound simple, they can be extremely difficult to execute in real life. One case in point I came across recently was Brad.

Letter 8

Letter Price Hedge Committee 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 25, 2011

So here's some advice on how to make the best of this role and do a better job of seeing the future. It's natural for advisers to hedge rather than deliver bad news or make specific predictions that may not come to pass. Members should be encouraged to go to nontraditional conferences, listen to webcasts, and develop position papers.

CIO 14

CIO Venture Capitalist Chief Information Officer Conference 14

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 18, 2015

We have worked with banks willing to take on toxic assets (again) and hedge funds willing to take a $100 million gamble on a failing company. Truly forward-thinking leaders recognize that one of the best business strategies is developing the mindfulness of their workforce. How to bring calm and focus to your work routine.

Stress 8

Stress Hedge Training Cost 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 26, 2017

By comparison, online lenders face capital costs that can be higher than 10%, sourced from potentially fickle institutional investors like hedge funds. In these options, the critical question is whether the bank wants to keep its own underwriting criteria or use new algorithms developed by its digital partner.

Banking 11

Banking Stage-Gate Credit Scoring Competitive Advantage 11