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5 Leadership Lessons I Learned from A Billionaire Investor: Ray Dalio

Strategy Driven

The name of hedge fund billionaire Raymond Dalio triggers emotions of adoration, admiration, and even dislike. These are the hallmarks of a true leader, be it in business or politics. billion, Dalio started investing at the age of 12 and his life has revolved around finance. That’s the effect success has on people.

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Great Leaders Make Decisions | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

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.

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Why Consensus Kills Team Building | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

In recent months I have observed a decent amount of politically correct discourse on the topic of team building and equality. And as odd as it may sound, one of the greatest impediments to building productive teams is practicing management by consensus. Where Dan lost me was on point #4 – Teams Decide by Consensus.

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Public Pension Funds Perform Better When They Keep Politics at Bay

Harvard Business Review

For those in the public sector, this includes being shielded from governmental politics. These individuals can provide valuable political capital that enables a fund to take and defend decisions that may be politically controversial. Deft, pre-emptive management. Strong governance.

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Why Quants Should Manage Your Supply Chain Risk

Harvard Business Review

And, when political turmoil in Egypt, Libya and elsewhere in the Mideast erupted, many businesses could only watch and wait to learn what it would mean for their supply chains. This is a concept fundamental to finance but that, for some reason, has not migrated into supply chain risk management.

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Greece’s Problem Is More Complicated than Austerity

Harvard Business Review

This has certainly been the picture painted by Syriza, the left-wing political party of Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, and by many friends of Greece and progressive economists. Besides the short-term costs of such a move, history shows us that Greece has never managed to benefit from currency devaluations.

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The Fastest-Growing Cause for Shareholders Is Sustainability

Harvard Business Review

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. Paul Garbett for HBR. This data suggests the need to rethink how we view investor activism.