Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 20, 2017

CEOs live in fear of activist hedge funds, and politicians worry about their effects on workers. Today they’re seen as part of the solution, in part because they’ve changed tactics. Rather than berating management publicly, these funds have led quiet discussions behind closed doors. In the U.S.,

ROE 8

ROE Construction Hedge Policies 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. Without trust, people respond with distraction, fear, and, at the extreme, paralysis. Carl had a Ph.D.

Company 62

Company Venture Capitalist Film Reputation 62

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. Without trust, people respond with distraction, fear, and, at the extreme, paralysis. Carl had a Ph.D.

Company 50

Company Venture Capitalist Film Reputation 50

Harvard Business Review

MAY 14, 2013

Here are some tips to help front man Mick Jagger, as well as managers in the same situation, profitably navigate out of this mess. Guitarist Keith Richards could casually drop in an interview that this may very well likely be the band''s last tour (the "hedge" in the wording is intentional). Sell Via a Different Distribution Outlet.

Price 8

Price Discount Brand Merchandising 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 3, 2012

And why does a top hedge fund manager "earn" enough to pay for thousands of teachers? Remind me: why is an average investment banker worth, say, a hundred times as much as an average teacher? Is there a trade-off between meaning and money? And if there is, how does one master — and perhaps — resolve it? Can it be resolved?

Sharpe 21

Sharpe Follow-up Short-term Hedge 21

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 27, 2013

In 2007, Clayton Christensen co-founded Rose Park Advisors, a hedge fund devoted to investing in disruptive companies. Sustaining innovation inhabits the world of incremental change, deliberate strategy , and most financial and management theory. The idea was to transform his theory of disruptive innovation into an investment thesis.

Innovation 8

Innovation Marketing Disruptive Innovation Discounted Cash Flow 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 3, 2012

And why does a top hedge fund manager "earn" enough to pay for thousands of teachers? Remind me: why is an average investment banker is worth, say, a hundred times as much as an average teacher? Is there a trade-off between meaning and money? And if there is, how does one master — and perhaps — resolve it?

Sharpe 8

Sharpe Follow-up Short-term Hedge 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 31, 2016

What’s missing from the managerial toolkit is a way for managers to allocate their—and their organization’s—time and attention and resources on a day-to-day basis across the competing demands of managing today’s requirements and tomorrow’s possibilities. Excerpted from. The Three-Box Solution.

Innovation 8

Innovation Hedge Management Govindarajan 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 16, 2018

While top-level jobs are tough on everyone, the transition to senior management comes with extra challenges for women. At the center is managing your mental energy: How to gain it, maintain it, and not drain it. hedge fund partner, told me: “If you want balance, go be a yoga Nidra instructor.” As Alexandra, a U.S.

Energy 13

Energy Hedge Parcell Career 13

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 27, 2012

The global economy and the Internet have heightened our sense of interconnectedness and sharpened our awareness that when a business focuses only on enriching investors, it implies that managers view the interests of customers, employees, communities and the fate of the planet as little more than cost trade-offs in a quarter-by-quarter game.

Short-term 15

Short-term Long-term Ethics Incentives 15

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 23, 2015

Business managers have traditionally relied on a centralized IT organization to provide the analytic systems required to answer critical business questions. These solutions resulted in tremendous frustration for the business manager in need of answers. If they hedge or suggest a significant consulting engagement, move on.

Maturity 8

Maturity Information Technology Hedge Storytelling 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

We rightfully add safety systems to things like planes and oil rigs, and hedge the bets of major banks, in an effort to encourage them to run safely yet ever-more efficiently. The reasons are rooted partly in the pernicious nature of complexity, and partly in the way that human beings psychologically respond to risk.

Banking 8

Banking Crisis Hedge System 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 13, 2010

A second tactic is to play an active role in directing your own career journey, treating skills, experiences and capabilities as brand-building assets. The only hedge is continual reinvention. I have a mental note-to-self that I keep in ready-access memory. It goes something like this: My value in the talent marketplace isn't static.

Career 15

Career CEO Hedge Agility 15