Matt Breitfelder
21 statements across 2 episodes · 10 bullish · 3 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Jun 26, 2023 by Matt Breitfelder · across every show →
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Jun 26, 2023 positive
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Jun 26, 2023 positive
Breitfelder: Effective managers apply the platinum rule, not the golden rule
“The platinum rule is actually taking the time to understand what that person needs from you.
Like, what do they need?
How do they want to be treated?
What drives them?
What's their story?
What's coming from their background and what they're contributing?
And h…”
Jun 26, 2023
Breitfelder: Intuition is most valuable when tested and challenged by others
“Intuition challenged by other people is gold. Ignoring my intuition because I started believing other people were right, and I had to set that aside. It's just a terrible error. It's such important information. I don't ever want to ignore my intuition.”
Jun 26, 2023 positive
Breitfelder: Focus development on turning A-minus skills into A-plus strengths
“Going from an A- to an A+, is where we should put all our energy. And going from a C to a B matters as well, depending on what your job is. But if you're a C at something, the path from C to A plus is really long, really hard, really steep. The path from A min…”
Jun 26, 2023
Breitfelder: High-stakes negotiations live or die on fine points requiring relationship goodwill
“Building strong relationships with the folks on the other side of the table. So getting to know them, breaking bread with them, building the goodwill that you knew you were going to need when it got down to the finer points that were going to be the toughest, …”
Jun 26, 2023
Breitfelder: Allocators must assess asset managers' human capital at three levels
“So I'd be asking about at the three levels, the organizational level, what are you doing as an organization to achieve outperformance over a long period of time? Like what are those practices? How do you run your investment teams? And how do you make sure you'…”
Jun 26, 2023 positive
Breitfelder: Top performers possess extraordinary humility and beginner's mindset
“The most successful people have an unusual level of beginner's mind and humility and Because if they're at the frontier or edge of their profession or their craft, they know exactly what their gaps are. Because, especially in investing, investing is a probabil…”
Jun 26, 2023 neutral
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Jun 26, 2023 neutral
Breitfelder: The confidence that drives early career success often causes plateaus
“You often see this pattern in rising stars. Who are really successful, but plateau. They often plateau because the confidence and ambition that got them there is exactly what holds them back from progressing any further.”
Jun 26, 2023 positive
Breitfelder: Teams with constructive conflict consistently deliver better investment performance
“Surprise, surprise, a team that's firing on all cylinders and it's really working and has really good constructive conflict. In my experience, you just saw better investment performance over and over again.”
Jun 26, 2023 negative
Breitfelder: Only 20% of workers report being highly engaged in their jobs
“All those studies showed that when you measure employee engagement, which is a self-assessment that virtually every company on earth Does these surveys where you're asking someone, are you not engaged in your job, mildly engaged in your job, okay, or highly en…”
Jun 26, 2023 positive
Breitfelder: Human capital focuses on helping high performers peak, not clinical remediation
“The difference between my mother's passion and my own was she was very focused on restoring people to health. And looking back in it, I realized, oh, my vocation's much more helping healthy people perform at the highest possible levels.”
Jun 26, 2023 positive
Breitfelder: Intangibles like talent and culture drive 70-80% of company market value
“The intangible value of the market value of companies is like 70 or 80%, and most of that value is about The market's perception of your talent and your culture and your ability to continue to create value for a long period of time.”
Jun 26, 2023
Breitfelder: Leaders without a concrete self-improvement plan leave value on the table
“If you are not walking around with a list of one to three things where you are, you know you need to get stronger and better, and you're not being vulnerable asking people for feedback, and you're not working a plan, you're leaving way too much value on the ta…”
Jun 26, 2023 positive
Jul 31, 2023 positive
Breitfelder: Pre-stage rapport makes panel speakers more engaging and distinctive
“Rapport really matters because people who are comfortable before they go on stage are going to be more interesting to listen to and are actually going to do a better job showcasing what's special about them and distinctive about them and what they have to say.”
Jul 31, 2023 negative
Breitfelder: Modern audiences have low tolerance for formal presentation styles
“I think most audiences want to feel like there's not that much difference between having lunch with you and listening to you present in front of a couple hundred people. That's very different from years ago when people were taught that you had to actually pres…”