The chairman reveals his cure for loneliness, office politics and executive burn-out
"Do you ever get lonely?" I asked the chairman of the insignificantly-sized investment company SmallBlue Planet as we demolished a few glasses of Prescribed Sales Script in The Unqualified Adviser - the recent 50% rise in drinks rather putting us off visiting the nearby Sandler Suite. "Are you having a dig at the shortage of managers at SmallBlue?" asked the chairman. "I'll have you know there's difference between being alone and being lonely - and just because we currently have almost as few people running money as First State has funds, that's no reason to have a pop at us." "No, no - y...
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