Rich Gee Group

JANUARY 13, 2011

home about rich our team news our fans services executive coach business coach speaking inspire media knowledge books affiliates contact Rich Gee Group 203.500.2421 First Impressions Define Your Success. Pretty soon, I’ll need hedge clippers from Black & Decker. Okay, I lied. Many things define your success. Unported License.

Succession 225

Succession Sharpe Licensing Hedge 225

Coaching Tip

DECEMBER 24, 2010

Among the problematic symptoms and by-products of incoherence – of paying too much attention to external positioning and succumbing to pressure for excessive short-term growth – companies are often: . Hedging bets with multiple options, which reinforces complexity and raises costs. How coherent is your company?

Strategy 178

Strategy Short-term Competitive Advantage Fixed Assets 178

N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

Nothing signals leadership trouble more than an executive who can’t make decisions. I’m always amazed at the number of senior executives who really struggle with even simple decisions…This next comment might hit a bit too close to home for some of you, but I’m hoping it may help bring you back to reality.

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Blog Learning-by-Doing CEO Strategy 387

N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 12, 2010

I have found that highly productive executives and companies clearly understand the value, leverage, efficiency, and economies of scale that are generated by assembling highly focused, motivated, and productive teams. Team building basics are often overlooked by ineffective leaders or unproductive companies.

Consensus 388

Consensus Team Building Blog Team 388

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. Here are five reasons it can make a dramatic difference for your career.

Execution 8

Execution Hedge Career Industry 8

HR Digest

MAY 2, 2019

I’d say we’re very focused on creating a skilled workforce and leadership pipeline that can execute our strategy. I was at a conference recently and one of the speakers remarked that “Culture hedges against the risk of uncertainty.” We’re always looking for ways we can be a positive influence in the markets where we operate.

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Resources Human Resources Leadership Pipeline Learning-by-Doing 40

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 14, 2016

When executives complain about activist hedge funds, it’s often under the cover of short-termism. Keusch looked at the impact of activist hedge funds from 1994 to 2012, to see what impact they had on management. None of this should let activist hedge funds off the hook in terms of their broader impact on the economy.

CEO 8

CEO Hedge Reputation Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 19, 2011

Today's shareholders are relentless in demanding that executives "maximize shareholder value." The third is to make sure that executives aren't compensated in ways that make them too sensitive to short-term shareholders' demands. This powerful minority is activist hedge funds. Compensation.

Long-term 10

Long-term Hedge Strategy Short-term 10

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 9, 2015

I come out on the side believing that short-termism is a problem, but I can’t even view my own position as definitive. There are, not surprisingly, voices confidently positioned on both sides of the debate. Hedge fund activists loom large in the discussion of short-termism. ” A Review of Relevant Studies.

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Hedge Short-term Long-term EPS 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

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 13

How To Learning-by-Doing CEO Hedge 13

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 20, 2015

” the CEO of the hedge fund yelled at one of his portfolio managers. But our instinctive response is to be less visible and to communicate less positively. That means more offsites, and more conversations among senior executives, as well as between senior executives and the rest of the organization. “Why?”

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Hedge Tactics CEO Project 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 30, 2013

One key reason for shareholders'' positive tone is that the stock market has been doing well. There is evidence that say-on-pay votes have led British companies to make executive paychecks more sensitive to poor performance. When it comes to executive pay in particular, these people are a deeply compromised bunch.

Hedge 8

Hedge Asset Management Incentives Outsourcing 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 3, 2011

In my latest book, Fixing the Game: Bubbles, Crashes, and What Capitalism can Learn from the NFL , I wrote about the negative impact of executive stock-based compensation on corporate short-termism. Eliminating stock-based compensation would help reduce the incentive for executive leadership to focus on the short term.

Long-term 13

Long-term Company Short-term Hedge 13

Harvard Business Review

MAY 9, 2016

Hedge fund activist Bill Ackman posed that question recently in his fund’s annual letter to investors. The rise of mutual funds designed to mimic stock indices rather than outperform them seems destined to change the dynamic of company boardrooms and executive suites. laura schneider FOR HBR. It’s a really good one.

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Hedge Proposal Policies Influence 8

Rich Gee Group

NOVEMBER 28, 2010

home about rich our team news our fans services executive coach business coach speaking inspire media knowledge books affiliates contact Rich Gee Group 203.500.2421 The Man Who Is Changing The World. I may not change my own situation, but if what I do influences a positive change for even one child in the future then I have done enough.

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Hedge Class Video Career 314

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 18, 2016

Our research reveals that common ownership has had a significant impact on the structure of executive compensation. In industries with high common ownership concentration, top executives are rewarded less for the performance of their own firm but rewarded more just for general industry performance.

CEO 8

CEO Asset Management Cooper Incentives 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 10, 2012

Imagine that you had 30 seconds instead of 30 minutes at the next executive staff meeting to get your message across. 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. What if a senior person disagrees?

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Audience Hedge Consensus Analysis 16

Harvard Business Review

JULY 17, 2018

As executives who have spent our lives assessing and implementing digital technology in every type of organization, we often get asked by them: “What should I learn today so that I’ll have a job in the future? These advances all point toward the total automation of our lives, including the way we work and do business.

Skills 14

Skills Morale Ethics System 14

Harvard Business Review

JULY 5, 2018

Unlike a pure holding company or a modern hedge fund, the GE model intended to create value by actively sharing capabilities among its disparate businesses, which, with one important exception, were all rooted in manufacturing. But the GE model is dead — and there’s a long list of possible suspects.

Welch 8

Welch Software Industry Hedge 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. and held senior management positions at several large IT companies. After all, if the client or the company’s executive suite can’t trust you, why should they?

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Company Venture Capitalist Film Reputation 62

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 28, 2016

Although these directions sound simple, they can be extremely difficult to execute in real life. He manages a $2 billion hedge fund that had a terrible quarter — two of his largest positions, both energy stocks, dropped 25%, turning what would have been a lackluster result into a disaster.

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Letter Price Hedge Committee 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. and held senior management positions at several large IT companies. After all, if the client or the company’s executive suite can’t trust you, why should they?

Company 50

Company Venture Capitalist Film Reputation 50

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 20, 2017

CEOs live in fear of activist hedge funds, and politicians worry about their effects on workers. The more positive public perception of activists in Japan marks a dramatic change. Shareholder activism is a quintessentially American form of investing. In the U.S.,

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ROE Construction Hedge Policies 8

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. ” (You can watch her video about Mindfulness for Senior Executives here.) The most forward-looking companies are willing to take risks to achieve greatness. You and Your Team. Mindfulness.

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Stress Hedge Training Cost 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 20, 2013

Hedge Funds will love our data — they will practically buy any set of data that might give them a potential edge”. Fortunately, the organizations that took the effort to truly understand the value of their data were able to execute appropriately. How do you ensure that your execution is commensurate with the revenue opportunity?

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Execution Metrics Content Christensen 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 1, 2017

After managing a sleeve of a successful hedge fund in London for five years, and building ample savings, Colin was ready for his own shop. Prospective customers offered positive feedback about the office space, so they knew it wasn’t over the top or below an expected standard. The first is Colin.

Strategy 8

Strategy Budgeting Cost Price 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 11, 2014

Jim,” as he is known to all, not only did pioneering work in mathematics; he also founded Renaissance Technologies, a hedge fund that relied on scientists to make predictions and trade in global markets. But imagine if you had to plan the demise of a whole country.

Disruptive Innovation 8

Disruptive Innovation Hedge Brand Simon 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 12, 2016

Ask someone to name the demands that activist hedge funds make of companies and they’ll likely list corporate governance issues like board changes and executive compensation, or perhaps some form of restructuring. We show that this position is supported in cases of financially immaterial ESG proposals.

Proposal 8

Proposal Short-term Advertising Hedge 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 4, 2014

But they also know that reputations can damaged by more than the operational risks that can be managed with functional redundancies, or the financial risks that can be countered by hedging, investing in futures markets, and global currency diversification. So let’s look at that research by the Harris Interactive team.

Reputation 8

Reputation Risk Management Supply Chain Crisis 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 24, 2016

These “ superbosses ,” as I called them, spanned dozens of industries and included legendary figures such as fast casual restaurant magnate Norman Brinker, packaged foods titan Michael Miles, tech mogul Larry Ellison, hedge fund pioneer Julian Robertson, media icon Oprah Winfrey, and a host of others.

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Delegation Real Estate Micromanagement Hedge 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 8, 2016

Had corporate executives made that choice, the shape of the economic recovery, average wages, and economic inequality would look very different today. Whether that kind of leadership positions a company for long-term success is a different question. -based companies using questionable corporate practices that are entirely legal.

Politics 8

Politics Short-term Long-term Porter 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 24, 2013

Far from counseling that everyone must major in statistics, in the edited conversation below he advises students and executives alike to roll up their sleeves — no matter their statistical literacy — and get their hands dirty with data. The question should be how good is a model relative to our spitball, gut-feel approach.

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Mentor Career Uncertainty Learning-by-Doing 17

Harvard Business Review

JULY 9, 2013

When acclaimed hedge fund manager Paul Tudor Jones revealed his opinion that women become much less effective as stock traders or investors once they have children, he was, in a sense, suggesting that the distraction of motherhood—a distinctly feminine condition—exceeds that of other attention-siphoning activities.

Presenteeism 8

Presenteeism Hedge Report Construction 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

We need to have the confidence to allow our own ideas and positions to be challenged. Eric Schmidt, the Executive Chairman of Google, has talked about how he actively seeks out in meetings people with a dissenting opinion. Making you consider the uncontemplated, the unimaginable and that which contradicts or refutes your position?

Consensus 8

Consensus Hedge Diversity Stress 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

We need to have the confidence to allow our own ideas and positions to be challenged. Eric Schmidt, the Executive Chairman of Google, has talked about how he actively seeks out in meetings people with a dissenting opinion. Making you consider the uncontemplated, the unimaginable and that which contradicts or refutes your position?

Consensus 8

Consensus Hedge Diversity Stress 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 3, 2015

Strategist: To what extent do leaders articulate a point of view about the future and accordingly adjust the firm’s strategic positioning? C-suite executives who have primary responsibility for firm value can include leadership as part of this discussion. intellectual, emotional, social, physical, and ethical behaviors)?

Marketing 8

Marketing Leadership Venture Capitalist GAAP 8