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How to Help Managers Become More Strategic

Let's Grow Leaders

In a recent HBR article, Robert Kabacoff shares his research of 60,000 managers in 40 countries. We found that a strategic approach to leadership was, on average, 10 times more important to the perception of effectiveness than other behaviors studied. Instead invest in your highly talent managers and teach them the art of strategy.

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The Prisoner’s (Hedge Fund) Dilemma

CO2

SAC Manager Arrested for Insider Trading at Hedge Fund. If you speak to most hedge fund managers, they will tell you what they create is efficient markets. Back in March, one SAC Manager (Michael S. The game may be up for SAC. by Gary Cohen. Most businesses actually produce something. Executive Coaching'

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Success is not a zero-sum game

Lead on Purpose

In games like chess , one person wins and the other loses. Chris Warner and Don Schmincke , the authors of the book High Altitude Leadership describe what happens when people do not work together. Overcoming selfishness is critical to effective leadership. Product managers are (or should be) the catalyst for this success.

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How to Create Remarkable Teams PART 2 – Collaboration

Ask Atma

So the designer teaches everyone about UX/AI, the coders teach about their development methodology, the project managers teach about agile protocols, and the sales people describe what it is like in the field. Emotional control – successful anger and/or frustration management. Curiosity – inclination to learn.

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Should You Put World of Warcraft on Your Resume?

Harvard Business Review

Harvard has used high-stakes poker as a real-world game theory laboratory for strategic thinking. These teams —and the organizations that employ them—would likely welcome colleagues and candidates with authentic video-game passion and talent. Collaboration Hiring Leadership' The pots impress.).

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How to Make Unlimited Vacation Time Work at Your Company

Harvard Business Review

But there’s some evidence to suggest that showing trust in others actually helps them trust you more – researchers who study game theory consistently find that when one person shows faith in another, the second person’s faith in others also rises. HBR’s 10 Must Reads on Managing Yourself. Further Reading.

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Better Ways of Thinking About Risks

Harvard Business Review

It includes decision analysis, game theory, and operations research. The set of such methods, tested by peer review of their scientific foundations and success with their application, is actually quite small — and familiar to most business school graduates.