http://www.strategicstudiesinstitute.army.mil/pdffiles/PUB1178.pdf If a large organization like the Army which is so renowned for the quality and caliber of its leadership and integrity as difficulties with different levels of command and leaders telling the truth to each other, how much of an unseen force is the lack of candor in commercially-based organizations where there is more […]
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Daytrading beliefs
Matt asked: From: Matth<snip> To: Ken Long <longke@yahoo.com> Sent: Monday, December 30, 2013 8:11 PM Subject: Beliefs Hi Ken: Been working on on my mission statements and business trading plan. I would like to model you – day trading (if you have no objections) What are your beliefs that I could/should find useful. Thanks Matt =========================== my preliminary […]
commentary on managing change
Motivation Creating a vision Managing politics Manage transition Sustain momentum Can you crosswalk those five major activities to and AI approach? How can AI positively affect each of those? What can we do to reinforce new behaviors at the managerial level? Once the speeches are over and the awards have been presented we all […]
reflections on Kotter’s change model and appreciative inquiry
Should organizations be looking at how to change themselves to adapt to an environment or should they look for environments in which their organization is prone to succeed and stay with what they know? Those who believe in the latter approach, are advocates of the core competency model. Kotter‘s model is concerned about minimizing error […]
Making the Invisible Visible: Understanding Leadership Contributions of Asian Minorities in the Workplace
This small quiet book on leadership deserves to become visible so that its message of quiet leadership can be absorbed into our business and political organizations worldwide. Who are the invisible leaders? How do we make them visible? Back up for a moment: SHOULD we MAKE them visible, or is our understanding of leadership in […]
Who should bear the risk? who should be the judge of value?
If we have decied that our banks are too large to fail, then how about the following idea? 1. When an individual and a bank agree on a loan, its based on a shared estimate of the value of the home. 2. When a bank decides to underwrote a speculation then both the individual and […]
A most excellent resource for doctoral students struggling with their dissertation writing
Focused coaching for a price that’s a real value if you know the dollar value of your time. My personal experience with doctoral writing was that you have to learn how to get out of your own way when it comes to writing. if you listen to the voice of criticism inside your own head, […]
weekend report summary, Oct 02, 2011
Market in Bear Normal; Market is Neutral on a short term basis Equities returned to last week’s lows, with volatility remaining in the high end of normal. ; Blended monthly rebalancing, current holdings: 26 ETF portfolio: TLT, TLT, SHY (double scoop of TLT) 13 ETF portfolio: TLT x3 (Triple scoop of TLT) (could also use […]
Why trade?
I have to trade because of the intellectual and emotional challenge and the satisfaction I get from trading well. I love to trade because I find it interesting, and it challenges me every day to discover who I am and what I can do. I like to trade because it combines my passions for action, research, intellectual challenge and adaptation. Trading […]
experiment with housewives trading the futures during one of the most volatile weeks in the last 50 years
the ladies traded very well, netting 2K for the week, using simple support & resistance levels, with good risk management and money management techniques. they traded 2 indices: Russell2000 and the DJIA, at contract per trade, with an initial risk of 250; they added some practrice tardes in some currencies later in the week fro […]