Eric Jacobson

DECEMBER 17, 2013

Author Kristi Hedges , in her book, The Power of Presence , provides these explanations of the roles of a coach and of a mentor and how they differ from each other: The Coach shows empathy through a mixture of tough love and strong support. Mentors have your back to guide you along in your career.

Mentor 99

Mentor Hedge Operations Career 99

Frank Sonnenberg Online

APRIL 20, 2021

I’ve hired a lot of people in my career. Ray Dalio, American billionaire, hedge fund manager, and philanthropist, said, “Hire right, because the penalties of hiring wrong are huge.”. What do you look for in a job candidate? How will a perception of favoritism affect their ability to lead?

Diversity 141

Diversity Hedge Morale Long-term 141

Eric Jacobson

JANUARY 17, 2025

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. We are conditioned to believe that our careers must unfold like layers of sedimentary rock, one built on the next. You have to give yourself no escape route, no chance to ever turn back.

How To 73

How To Commitment Hedge Resistance 73

Eric Jacobson

DECEMBER 18, 2011

Author Kristi Hedges , in her new book, The Power of Presence , provides these explanations of the roles of a coach and of a mentor and how they differ from each other: The Coach shows empathy through a mixture of tough love and strong support. Mentors have your back to guide you along in your career.

Mentor 76

Mentor Hedge Operations Career 76

Eric Jacobson

APRIL 29, 2021

Author Kristi Hedges , in her book, The Power of Presence , provides these explanations of the roles of a coach and of a mentor and how they differ from each other: The Coach shows empathy through a mixture of tough love and strong support. Mentors have your back to guide you along in your career.

Mentor 65

Mentor Hedge Operations Career 65

Eric Jacobson

SEPTEMBER 4, 2013

Author Kristi Hedges , in her book, The Power of Presence , provides these explanations of the roles of a coach and of a mentor and how they differ from each other: The Coach shows empathy through a mixture of tough love and strong support. Mentors have your back to guide you along in your career.

Mentor 62

Mentor Hedge Operations Career 62

Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 14, 2020

But I am choosing to hedge my bets on culture. Author, speaker and entrepreneur, Chris Meroff, has made a career of testing new leadership ideas to see what works—and what doesn’t—in service-oriented leadership. Culture is critical to the success of a business, but it takes time and intentionality. About the Author.

Hedge 122

Hedge Banking Diversity Stress 122

Frank Sonnenberg Online

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Hedge your bets to protect your downside. Think about what you’d do if you were faced with tough times. For example, take steps to remain healthy, reduce overhead costs, and expand your social network. Be cautious. If you place all your eggs in one basket, any fall will be a messy one. Remain grounded. Don’t let success go to your head.

How To 117

How To Hedge Learning-by-Doing Blog 117

Eric Jacobson

JANUARY 28, 2017

Author Kristi Hedges , in her book, The Power of Presence , provides these explanations of the roles of a coach and of a mentor and how they differ from each other: The Coach shows empathy through a mixture of tough love and strong support. Mentors have your back to guide you along in your career.

Mentor 50

Mentor Hedge Operations Career 50

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.” We are conditioned to believe that our careers must unfold like layers of sedimentary rock, one built on the next. “You have to give yourself no escape route, no chance to ever turn back.

How To 115

How To Commitment Hedge Resistance 115

Eric Jacobson

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

Author Kristi Hedges , in her book, The Power of Presence , provides these explanations of the roles of a coach and of a mentor and how they differ from each other: The Coach shows empathy through a mixture of tough love and strong support. Mentors have your back to guide you along in your career.

Mentor 50

Mentor Hedge Operations Career 50

Frank Sonnenberg Online

JULY 23, 2019

Hedge your bets to protect your downside. Think about what you’d do if you were faced with tough times. For example, take steps to remain healthy, reduce overhead costs, and expand your social network. Be cautious. If you place all your eggs in one basket, any fall will be a messy one. Remain grounded. Don’t let success go to your head.

Hedge 93

Hedge Learning-by-Doing Blog Succession 93

Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 30, 2019

It may be something you love and cherish, or it may be something that you just fell into because you weren’t sure what direction to take with your career. However, many of us can agree that often we want more for our future, and there are thankfully things that you can do, either alongside your current job or as a change of career entirely.

Long-term 50

Long-term Short-term Hedge Career 50

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 30, 2011

At a recent dinner party, I was speaking with a friend who had just been promoted to vice president at a well-known New York hedge fund. Many of those I interviewed echoed her sense of hollowness, a sense that seemed to be largely career- and situation-agnostic. Gone are the days where working for LargeCo meant a career for life.

Career 22

Career Christensen Hedge Short-term 22

Deming Institute

JUNE 17, 2019

There are many ways in which the management of our organizations needs to improve ( understanding how to use data effectively , systems thinking…) and one of those important areas is in managing people. One person near the end partially hedged their opinion and said maybe we should give her another chance.

Human Resources 47

Human Resources Deming Resources System 47

Strategy Driven

MAY 25, 2011

Unusually Excellent is a back-to-basics reference book that offers both seasoned and aspiring leaders a framework for understanding and a guide for applying the battle-tested fundamentals of leadership at every stage of their careers. and held senior management positions at several large IT companies. Carl had a Ph.D.

Company 62

Company Venture Capitalist Film Reputation 62

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 13, 2010

Let's start off with a pop quiz: Who is the CEO of your career? I'm not sure why I'm asked so often for career advice — guess it could be my job title (chief talent officer), or the well-documented ebbs and flows of my own journey. Finally, optimize your career-life fit. I was reminded (once again) of this just last week.

Career 17

Career CEO Hedge Agility 17

HR Digest

MAY 2, 2019

To what extent is that down to a successful talent management strategy? I was at a conference recently and one of the speakers remarked that “Culture hedges against the risk of uncertainty.” Our YoPros BRG offers a reverse mentoring program, where early career employees coach their colleagues in using social media platforms.

Resources 40

Resources Human Resources Learning-by-Doing Leadership Pipeline 40

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 24, 2013

Now, if you feel like you’re expressing yourself and getting the gist of something and you’re still not being listened to, then maybe it’s time to change careers. The manager doesn’t want to seem like he’s not sure what he’s doing. Decision making Managing uncertainty'

Mentor 22

Mentor Career Uncertainty Learning-by-Doing 22

Strategy Driven

MAY 25, 2011

Unusually Excellent is a back-to-basics reference book that offers both seasoned and aspiring leaders a framework for understanding and a guide for applying the battle-tested fundamentals of leadership at every stage of their careers. and held senior management positions at several large IT companies. Carl had a Ph.D.

Company 50

Company Venture Capitalist Film Reputation 50

Deming Institute

JUNE 17, 2019

There are many ways in which the management of our organizations needs to improve ( understanding how to use data effectively , systems thinking…) and one of those important areas is in managing people. One person near the end partially hedged their opinion and said maybe we should give her another chance.

Human Resources 28

Human Resources Deming Resources System 28

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 24, 2014

Every year, HBR interviews 10 people who’ve had fascinating careers. I managed my restaurant from my hospital bed, by writing the menus, for example. My career would not have been the same had the crash not occurred.” We asked her how she knew when a dramatic career move was the right one.

Career 15

Career Learning-by-Doing Hedge Creativity 15

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

The general view in business is that top-end talent is highly sensitive to and motivated by compensation and that big monetary rewards are key to their management. In my 36-year career, I haven’t met a single person truly at the top end of the talent distribution who is highly motivated by compensation. You’re a GAM.

Management 15

Management Class Talent Management Fashion 15

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 5, 2014

Professionals today are expected to show polished “executive” communications skills earlier in their careers, to a wider network of audiences. Yet, these skills are rarely taught–if at all–until professionals are already in senior management. Leadership webinar'

Skills 8

Skills Career Webinar Hedge 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 21, 2011

For example, lower income shoppers appear willing to pay more now to hedge future costs. Lower income shoppers are also willing to pay more for categories that they see as an investment in their careers and future income. Is the category a hedge, an investment with a greater benefit payoff or a cost to be managed?

Retail 15

Retail P&L Merchandising Hedge 15

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

And the words we use to describe men versus women differ in significant ways that can affect their careers. Such words impact the identities that young girls and women form, pushing many of them to feel that they need to be “nice,” a pressure they carry into their careers. emyerson/Getty Images. Words matter.

Letter 15

Letter Hedge Short-term Quality 15

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 11, 2013

of middle managers in the U.S. Consider disrupting yourself when it comes to these five areas — areas where the skills you honed as a high-achieving student are likely doing you a disservice in your career: 1. Welcome a less proscribed, full of surprise, career path. but only 4.2% of Fortune 500 CEO's.

Career 12

Career Learning-by-Doing Hedge Class 12

Rich Gee Group

NOVEMBER 28, 2010

He started the Khan Academy as a way to tutor his cousins remotely — while he was a hedge fund analyst in Boston, and they were students in New Orleans. It was clear there was a huge unmet need, so Sal left his hedge fund job and started Khan Academy with the mission of providing a free world-class education to anyone, anywhere.

Hedge 312

Hedge Class Video Career 312

N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 12, 2010

And as odd as it may sound, one of the greatest impediments to building productive teams is practicing management by consensus. I have been generally well regarded throughout my career for building extremely effective teams, and what I can share with you is that team building is not about equality at all.

Consensus 388

Consensus Team Building Blog Team 388

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 24, 2011

What makes the matter fascinating to industry watchers, approximately their equivalent of the Charlie Sheen supernova, is that Gupta served three terms as managing director of McKinsey & Co., In his tenure as McKinsey's worldwide managing director, Gupta displayed macher-like ambition not just for himself but even more so for his firm.

McKinsey 16

McKinsey Consultative Waterman Intellectual Capital 16

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 25, 2013

But with job insecurity the new normal , we have heard from a number of top-level managers who had counted on one high-level backer to protect them — only to find themselves marginalized or even made redundant when their sponsor jumped ship. This “2+1 Rule” pertains for every career stage, from entry level to executive.

Mentor 9

Mentor Hedge Human Capital Career 9

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 10, 2018

People are quick to blame themselves for failure, and companies hedge against it even if they pay lip service to the noble concept of trial and error. Though nervous about the process, Alex’s desire to become a CEO was an approach goal because it focused on what he wanted to achieve in his career rather than what he hoped to avoid.

How To 15

How To Learning-by-Doing CEO Hedge 15

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 10, 2017

Which means that all of us, no matter where we are in our careers or what sort of work we do, have to reflect on the kind of workplace that works for us. Many investment banks and hedge funds operate this way, as do some law firms, consulting outfits, and tech titans. The ethos is up-or-out, sink-or-swim, rank-and-yank.

Health Care 15

Health Care How To Hedge Environment 15

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 24, 2014

As I reflected upon my career at Goldman Sachs, though, what stood out was the importance of its organizational structure. And what happened to the compensation of the typical JP Morgan managing director? The second reason was that most managing directors had nothing directly to do with the losses. I now have a Ph.D.

Banking 13

Banking Ethics Long-term Hedge 13

Harvard Business Review

MAY 8, 2013

For some, the path forward is clear: the math experts will be snapped up by hedge funds, the software engineers will have their pick of start-ups, and elite investment banks and consultancies will duke it out for the top MBAs. Career planning Education Job search'

Brand 9

Brand How To Hedge Film 9

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

Former employees of the now defunct Lehman Brothers have talked about how voicing dissent there was considered a career-breaker. As a former employee working in the development team at the time said of that decision , "Management did the usual. They killed it!"

Consensus 12

Consensus Hedge Diversity Stress 12

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

Former employees of the now defunct Lehman Brothers have talked about how voicing dissent there was considered a career-breaker. As a former employee working in the development team at the time said of that decision , “Management did the usual. They killed it!”

Consensus 12

Consensus Hedge Diversity Stress 12