Leading Blog

APRIL 24, 2017

Uncovering you own right-of-way involves understanding that every company is really in three businesses: Product, Service, and Experience. In a VUCA World, partnerships are hedges against risk, but they will also be more attractive ways to innovate and grow scale. Find the Best Partners. Partnerships are hard.

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Competitive Advantage Learning-by-Doing Hedge Long-term 174

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

The name of hedge fund billionaire Raymond Dalio triggers emotions of adoration, admiration, and even dislike. Secondly, employees are more productive when they are left to their jobs with little to no micro-management. Having no walls allows team members to bond and increase productivity when they work together on projects.

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The Horizons Tracker

JUNE 2, 2020

The researchers suggest that the desire for small firms to move could be because they have a smaller order book that doesn’t allow them to hedge their risk in the way larger firms can.

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Eric Jacobson

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

You throw away your backup plans and your push forward, no longer bogged down by the infinite ways in which we hedge our own successes.” The ones who resist making those decisions – who won’t cannibalize their own hero product or won’t terminate the toxic star employee – tend to be insecure and driven by ego or other impure motives.

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How To Commitment Hedge Resistance 84

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 16, 2018

On January 6, 2017, JANA Partners , a New York–based activist hedge fund, and the California State Teachers’ Retirement System (CalSTRS) sent a letter to Apple’s board of directors that may change the future of activist investing. Tim Ellis/Getty Images. ” Thus, the issue isn’t one of time frames per se.

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HR Digest

JANUARY 6, 2024

There are going to be all different types of models and different types of tools and technology…So errors, trading, hedging research; every app, every database you can be applying AI. It’s a living, breathing thing. It’s going to change. More and more, companies are leaning towards the reduced workweek to maintain a competitive edge.

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Michael Lee Stallard

MAY 30, 2010

2 Comments so far william czander on May 31st, 2010 Happiness coaches are part of the great conspiracy that began some 20 years ago when CEO’s , hedge fund managers and bankers discovered if they outsourced jobs to China and India it would increase the bottom line and they would all get rich. Remember “smile or your fired”.

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 6, 2020

After all, with so many happy customers under your belt, there’s no reason to deprive potential new clients of your skillfully manicured lawns and pristinely trimmed hedges. It’s specifically designed to streamline business operations and improve productivity, whether it’s in servicing current clients or even marketing to new ones.

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Quality Software Efficiency Hedge 75

Coaching Tip

DECEMBER 24, 2010

Product and Service Portfolio: They choose products and services that leverage their distinctive capabilities, and are optimally suited to their target customers. They avoid adding markets, products, or services that require new or disparate capabilities.

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Strategy Short-term Competitive Advantage Fixed Assets 178

RapidStart Leadership

JUNE 13, 2017

Getting re-connected is also as a way to improve our perspective, productivity, and decision making. As Kristi Hedges, writing for Forbes suggests , just as CEOs regularly assemble teams of trusted advisers to help them make tough decisions, you can do the same thing, regardless of your current level in the organization.

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Collins Mentor Open-book Hedge 203

Rich Gee Group

JANUARY 13, 2011

Pretty soon, I’ll need hedge clippers from Black & Decker. How To Be More Productive When You Work From Home. For you older folk, pay attention to hair that appears in strange places (nose/ears/face/hands) — I get more scared as I get older and see my hair migrate from my head to the Twilight Zones of my face. Smile or Die!

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Succession Sharpe Licensing Hedge 225

Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

Ask yourself, why you are selling these products? What are these products communicating to people about your business? By aligning product with business image , this is how you start to get a clearer idea of your target market, which then links into your marketing plan. Each advertising method has its own benefits.

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Marketing Strategy Marketing Strategy Brand 52

Deming Institute

JUNE 17, 2019

One person near the end partially hedged their opinion and said maybe we should give her another chance. Guest post by John Hunter , founder of curiouscat.com (in 1996). 25 years after this presentation, this is still true in my opinion. After we discussed her interview a bit I asked everyone whether we should hire her.

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Mills Scofield

AUGUST 27, 2012

There is much in common between this and Dan Pollata’s arguments, which state that nonprofit leaders should be allowed to earn large salaries if it draws in productivity (or funds) that were otherwise unavailable to the social sector. I am undecided about this.

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Incentives Marketing Microfinance Entrepreneur 171

N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 12, 2010

The gist of the argument seems to be that for teams to be productive, employees have to feel “empowered&# by having an equal voice. And as odd as it may sound, one of the greatest impediments to building productive teams is practicing management by consensus. I can sum-up my feeling on this in one word… ridiculous.

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Deming Institute

JUNE 17, 2019

One person near the end partially hedged their opinion and said maybe we should give her another chance. Guest post by John Hunter , founder of curiouscat.com (in 1996). 25 years after this presentation, this is still true in my opinion. After we discussed her interview a bit I asked everyone whether we should hire her.

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Human Resources Deming Resources System 28

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 14, 2017

The weather affects consumers’ behavior in terms of what products they buy, where they buy them, and in what quantity. They work like any other traditional hedging instruments except that the index on which they are settled is a weather index. Photo by Annie Spratt. Today, weather risk management is still in its early days.

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Hedge Apparel Risk Management Retail 8

The Idolbuster

JANUARY 22, 2013

In a similar way, I think that people in the business world should know better than to blindly follow forecasts or other business means of predicting the future, which is exactly what Professor and former hedge fund manager Nassim Nicholas Taleb argues in his book The Black Swan. Become an expert at sandbagging the forecast.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

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 close examination of truly great leaders will reveal that, to the one, they all have a strong bias toward action.

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Blog Learning-by-Doing CEO Strategy 347

Strategy Driven

MAY 12, 2018

In Billions, he is taking on Axelrod, a (corrupt) hedge fun tycoon. This show is also great for getting to grips with supply chain management as well as the basics of product design. Set in New York, it tells the story of the U.S. Attorney Chuck Rhoades, who boasts the title of never having lost an insider trading case. The Profit.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 11, 2015

” But the only real wins are a victory for the hedge funds, and a Pyrrhic victory for GM in that it managed to keep Wilson off its board and reduced the size of the buyback from the $8 billion the investors had been demanding. During the bailout, financial firms, including hedge funds, were nowhere to be found. Instead, U.S.

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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.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 9, 2015

” On the other side, noted economist and hedge fund adviser Larry Summers cautions that reforming “quarterly capitalism” would risk driving us toward “Japan’s keiretsu system, which insulated corporate management from share price pressure by tying large companies together.” Either explanation is plausible.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 30, 2017

Changes could range from adjustments to the rules of origin for product content, and more-stringent labor standards, to the extreme of withdrawal and a return to World Trade Organization most-favored-nation tariffs. Options and hedges. NAFTA is headed for a renegotiation. based companies. than a highly manual line. based companies.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 3, 2018

Research by Cornell University Professor Dr. Alan Hedge reinforces the connection of natural light and employee wellbeing. Dr. Hedge’s recent research study found optimization of natural light in an office significantly improves health and wellness among workers. Now think about your organization.

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Real Estate Call Center Hedge Survey 15

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 22, 2014

While wage inequality between firms appears to be growing across geographies and without regard to worker productivity, it does vary by industry and pay grade. Financiers are leaving CEOs behind; hedge funders are putting bankers to shame. “The road to understanding increasing inequality in the U.S. Making the top 0.1%

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Bryson Hedge Company Real Estate 11

Harvard Business Review

JULY 18, 2017

Turning from evidence on liquidity to evidence on short-term investors, activist hedge funds are seen as the epitome of the latter – allegedly stripping assets and piling on debt to make a quick buck. However, a decade of research finds that hedge fund activism raises firm value by 7%, with no long-term reversal.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 13, 2016

Indeed, the asset management firms engage with hundreds of companies each year to discuss matters of strategic importance, including product market strategies. Recently, authorities have taken on hedge funds, alleging they violated this regulation. They can simply vote against the hedge fund asking for more competition.

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Banking Hedge Asset Management Airlines 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 1, 2018

In November, United States’ crude oil production exceeded 10 million barrels per day for the first time since 1970, according to the US Energy Information Administration (EIA). oil production, up from a mere 10% just seven years ago in 2011. hbr staff/bettmann/Getty Images. Analysts have predicted that U.S.

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Offshoring Price Transportation Long-term 10

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 7, 2014

In fact, each of these markets had achieved a much higher level of customer interest (and frustration with the existing offerings) before Apple came in with better designed products. Apple will release these products only when they meet its rightfully high standards. Innovation Strategy'

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Creativity Supply Chain Hedge Brand 16

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 21, 2011

For example, lower income shoppers appear willing to pay more now to hedge future costs. One such category was over-the-counter family planning products, better known as birth control. Between 2008 and 2010, prices of these products grew 17%, while sales grew by 14%.

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Retail P&L Merchandising Hedge 15

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 18, 2013

Developers, no surprise, are flocking to mobile gaming as well, but as a few experts say in the piece, they may want to hedge their expectations a bit: it’s a crowded field out there, and the Big Three are still kings. This Hedge-Fund Manager’s Buys A LOT of Art (n + 1). THE LIMITS OF ALGORITHMS. —Andy O’Connell.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 16, 2014

9, armed with about 1% of Apple’s outstanding stock, the hedge-fund activist published an open letter to Apple CEO Tim Cook, urging him to accelerate the company’s stock repurchases by making a tender offer. Apple is a company with phenomenal products and profits. Another hedge-fund activist, David Einhorn, was then playing that role).

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Safe Harbor Hedge EPS Price 9

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 12, 2012

First, it will take more than introducing compelling products and services to mastering intricate business models. He described how P&G's strategy is to win through branded products that offer consistent "delight" to consumers. Does the quality of a product or service changes depending on culture?

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Marketing Hedge Chief Technology Officer Supply Chain 13

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 15, 2017

Each presents distinct opportunities for profit and competitive advantage, from product improvements to new revenue streams to possible industry game changers. Innovate products, services, and processes. Use data to uncover hidden insights, and use those insights to create or improve products, services, and processes.

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Company Insurance Content Policies 11

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 3, 2011

Many companies face quarterly or even more immediate pressure from their shareholders (increasingly made up of hedge funds, program traders, and day traders) to deliver short-term performance. For corporations to make the required long-term investments in production, marketing, etc.,

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Long-term Company Short-term Hedge 14

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 8, 2012

Inside the company, the "relentless pressure" to make great products continues, but, according to Arthur, Cook has ended the Jobsian practice of saying one thing on Monday and the opposite on Tuesday, to the appreciation of the staff. Of course, no one can accurately predict whether or how long Apple's success will last.

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