High Performing Investment Teams (Wiley, 2006)
Learn how to create high energy at every level, increase decision-making skills and reduce politics, bureaucracy and hand-wringing. More
Investment Leadership (Wiley, 2003)
Learn how top investment leaders create winning cultures that produce long-term success. More
The Psychology of Money (Wiley, 2000)
How to define your ideal investment strategy, based on your personal style. More
  

Focus Consulting Group: Helping Investment Leaders Leverage Their Talent

Focus Consulting Group helps investment leaders understand, articulate and shape their firm's culture so it can be leveraged for investment success.

NEW: The Challenge of Ethical Leadership by Jim Ware, CFA.
Recently published in the CFA Magazine. The attached article presents a challenge to the traditional thinking that 'most investment firms are ethical, only a few outliers are misbehaving.' Game theory and behavioral finance help explain why ethics is a challenge to investment leaders and their staff.
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COMING AUGUST, 2010: After the Crash: Lessons from Adversity. A new white paper from Jim Ware, CFA on research from nearly 100 asset management firms gathered in 2010. For more on the contents of this white paper, click here


Access our recent webinars on Navigating the Life Stages of an Investment Firm (click here) and Managing Through Chaos: Motivating Your Team in Challenging Times (click here)

"The Focus team helped us in some important ways: decision making (clarity and speed), enhancing trust and team dynamics, defining our culture more precisely, and thinking through our strategic direction and business model. They are very skilled in their work.”

Rob Arnott, CEO
Research Affiliates, LLC


"Culture is our only competitive advantage."

David Fisher, Chairman
Capital Group