Hedge Fund Leadership: How To Inspire Peak Performance from Traders and Money Managers Book

Acknowledgments     xi
Introduction     xiii
Developing Good Leadership     1
A Unique Perspective     2
The Value of Empowerment     2
Case Study on the Player-Coach Concept     6
It Begins with You     11
Enjoying the Process, Solving the Problems     14
Breeding Good Leadership     15
Introducing the Flat Organization     19
Starting from the Emotional Center     23
The Value of a Vision     27
Creating the Vision     28
How to Think About a Vision     29
Focusing on Your Vision     41
Maximizing Your Strengths     43
Demonstrating Authenticity through Weakness     43
Sharing Your Vision     44
Timing Is Everything     46
Preparing for Resistance     48
Implementing Your Vision     49
Assembling Your Team     53
Considering Recruitment     54
Conducting the Talent Search     61
Changing Negative Perceptions     63
Identifying Individual Strengths     65
Managing in Terms of Strengths     73
Melting Resistance     74
Dealing with Departures     79
Refining Your Team     81
Aligning Behavior     82
Performing Evaluations     93
Encouraging Commitment     95
Motivating in Motion     97
Building Momentum     101
A Transformational Phase     102
Going for Short-Term Victories     105
Managing Risk-Taking     106
Changing Corporate Culture     121
Abandoning Energy-Draining Behavior     122
Sustaining Momentum     127
The Stretch Strategy     128
No Time to Let Up     130
Burnout and Euphoria     135
Reassessing and Redefining Goals     137
Redesigning Your Team     142
Transcending Self-Imposed Limits     147
The Life Principle     148
Transference and Countertransference Issues     160
Making Yourself Human     166
Combating Stress and Panic     167
Using Imagery and Visualization     170
Empowering Others     175
Monetary Incentives     177
A Confrontational Environment     179
Measuring Emotional Success     181
Leaving a Legacy      193
Notes     197
Index     201