Adamson: Great professional relationships start without rigid, predefined roles
Daniel Adamson · Daniel Adamson – Innovation from Asset Giants at Capital Constellation (EP.136) · May 4, 2020 · at 13:34
Daniel Adamson, Senior Managing Director at Wafra, describes how he was hired at Wafra without an exact initial role definition.
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“I think folks thought this is somebody we'd like to work with and let's see what happens, which incidentally I think is the way a lot of great professional relationships begin rather than filling a particular box.”
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