Throwback to more market comments... 17th June 2014 The sterling market opened up on some surprising comments by BoE’s Miles (arguably the most dovish member of the Committee) that he would like to vote for a rate hike before his term end (May 15) and that there was a clear chance of a rate hike before springContinue reading "More Market Commentaries"
CEO Shifting
The role of the CEO is obviously key to the start, development and growth of an idea into a company. CEOs of start-ups have a necessity to continuously shift in parallel to the organisation they are running. But it is not just important for themselves to realise the need to shift and adapt to changingContinue reading "CEO Shifting"
Market Commentary
More of these... 13th Nov 2012 Split session today amid vague reports in the German press about a supposedly lump sum payment of EUR44bln being paid out to Greece. Details remained extremely vague at this stage with no official confirmation. Bunds tanked 30 ticks on the back of the news though they stabilized in theContinue reading "Market Commentary"
Behavioural Biases
After reading 'Thinking, Fast and Slow' by Daniel Kanheman, a summary is most definitely needed to capture all the biases discussed throughout the book. My favourites: anchoring, confirmation and regret aversion.
Feedback Sandwich
During the summer camps that we organise in Cambodia, there has always been this one recurrent idea in all of our Workshops with the Project Managers: the Feedback Sandwich. The point of the Feedback Sandwich was to create a constructive, thought-provoking and all-around positive feedback mechanism for our Camp cousellors. Managing over 200 of themContinue reading "Feedback Sandwich"
Leadership Styles
When looking at decision-making, not only is it crucial to ask oneself the right questions going into the decision, it is also important to remember that depending on your team members and your own skillset, the manager has to decide on what leadership style to use. The manager has to take into account her/his ownContinue reading "Leadership Styles"
Decision Decision Decision
Making tough decisions is always difficult and requires a fair bit of calm, composure and sell-thought for a manager to be able to dissect the steps prior to the decision. If time allows, there are ways to ensure that oneself is at best prepared to make decision. The Vroom-Yetton-Jago Model is one of them. 1.Continue reading "Decision Decision Decision"
Negotiating the World
Professionally, there was a change on going from London to Phnom Penh that was difficult to foresee: how each culture would approach a negotiation/argument. Different countries have different behavioural characteristics that is imperative to take into account when moving spheres geographically. One of the most important negotiation tools is to be able toContinue reading "Negotiating the World"
Market Commentaries
Throwback to the daily commentaries... 18th June 2012 Very choppy price action today saw markets quickly looking past the positive Greek election results where pro-Europe party New Democracy won with 30% of the votes and is expected to form a new coalition government with Pasok. Spanish bonds took it on the chin as markets reversedContinue reading "Market Commentaries"
Speaking Out
Public speaking can be daunting for sure. It took me years of training and Workshops to reach a level that I was happy with. Through the PSE Summer Camps, we created a series of sessions, games and exercises that helped our project managers develop their public speaking skills for the four weeks that theyContinue reading "Speaking Out"
Pablo F. Alonso Caprile 