To read the original article, please visit the Wall Street Journal website: https://www.wsj.com/finance/investing/hedge-funds-call-this-psychologist-when-their-traders-start-losing-663a08da Dave Popple is tasked with finding who can cut it for hypercompetitive multimanager funds The biggest hedge funds fuel competition—against one another, but also inside their own shops. That’s why they also employ people like Dave Popple. Popple, a 59-year-old psychologist, is … Read More
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The Primary Challenge of Talent Assessment
I was in my 20s when I had my first experience with talent assessment for selection. I was introduced to it by my friend and supervisor, Monte Amundson. He was my boss in a firm dedicated to training and placing leaders in non-profit and religious institutions. During my brief tenure in recruiting leaders for the … Read More
The Chameleon COO – Incongruent or Adaptable
In my adopted hometown of New York City, startups bloom and wither like flowers that try to grow in the sidewalk cracks. I met an exception in 2015 while attending pitch events. He was a tech founder with a brilliant idea and chaotic execution. As soon as their funding round hit the bank, he hired … Read More
Bullying at Work
Growing up in the Midwest in the 1970s, bullying was one of the worst things a kid could do. My father made it clear that bullying was cowardly, and if someone bullied me, I should fight back. He used to say bullies were like kangaroos—if you hit back, they would stop. While I’ve never found … Read More
When Fear Leads: The Rise, Fall, and Redemption of a Paranoid Leader
“Paranoia, the destroyer.” — Ray Davies, The Kinks A few months ago, I received a long, detailed email from a CEO candidate applying to one of our client’s portfolio companies. He had just completed our online assessment, but couldn’t find our privacy policy — and that triggered a deep concern. He feared his information might … Read More
Ego Death and Birth- Coaching at its Deepest
Reading Time: 12-15 Minutes The past and present wilt—I have fill’d them, emptied them. And proceed to fill my next fold of the future. Do I contradict myself? Very well then I contradict myself, (I am large, I contain multitudes.) Walt Whitman’s Song of Myself The self is not a singular, unified entity but a … Read More