The nature of the investment industry attracts creative, unconventional contrarians, but these very characteristics that influence extraordinary success on an individual level can cause managerial challenges. In this interview based on the white paper "The Red X: Managing Outliers in the Investment Firm" by Focus Consulting Group Inc., Keith Robinson provides practical advice on how to identify outliers within your firm, discusses the impacts they can have on a firm’s culture, and offers best practices and strategies in managing outliers.
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Many outstanding investors would be difficult to work for and with, and encounter great challenges in their personal lives.
I heard some of his colleagues present to the Baltimore CFA Society. Most of our presentations are pretty good, but I didn't think this one added much, except that I wonder if I am a "Red X."