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How Women at the Top Can Renew Their Mental Energy

Harvard Business Review

hedge fund partner, told me: “If you want balance, go be a yoga Nidra instructor.” Alexandra, the hedge fund partner, had colleagues who were obsessed with American football, but as she told me: “I never talk about sports. Know your psychological superchargers. As Alexandra, a U.S. It doesn’t interest me.”

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How to Revive a Tired Network

Harvard Business Review

And in a connected world, build­ing stronger external networks to tap into the best sources of insight into environmental trends is also part and parcel of the leadership role. Most-senior hedge fund people and competitors. Assign these contacts into key categories: Most-senior clients. Most-senior people in your company.

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