Robert Steven Kaplan

Robert Steven Kaplan

President and CEO, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas

Robert S. Kaplan is president and chief executive of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas. Previously, he was the Senior Associate Dean for External Relations and Martin Marshall Professor of Management Practice in Business Administration at Harvard Business School. He is also co-chairman of Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation, a global venture philanthropy firm, as well as chairman and a founding partner of Indaba Capital Management. Before joining Harvard in 2005, Kaplan was vice chairman of the Goldman Sachs Group with responsibilities for Global Investment Banking and Investment Management.

He has written several books on leadership and goal development, including 'What You're Really Meant To Do: A Road Map For Reaching Your Unique Potential' published by Harvard Business Review Press. You can read his most recent essay here.

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It’s Time to Burst Your Own Bubble and Ask for Advice
It is not a weakness to ask a question or seek advice.  I would argue the most insecure people are the ones who do not do that. 
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You Need Happiness to Make Money
Extrinsic motivators like status and money tend to be back-end loaded, they tend to be delayed. And so, as Robert Kaplan points out, we need short-term rewards. 
Robert Steven Kaplan
Do You Know Your Own Strengths and Weaknesses?
How do you assess your own skills and how do you plan to improve them?
Robert Steven Kaplan
Money Doesn’t Buy Happiness, But You Need Happiness to Make Money
Extrinsic motivators like status and money tend to be back-end loaded, they tend to be delayed. And so, as Robert Kaplan points out, we need short-term rewards. 
Robert Steven Kaplan
Do You Know Your Own Strengths and Weaknesses? Most of Us Do Not.
How do you assess your own skills and how do you plan to improve them?
Robert Steven Kaplan
To Succeed, You Need to Play with Some Degree of Abandon
Robert Kaplan argues that leaders want to promote people who are authentic, and not afraid to take risks. 
Robert Steven Kaplan
There’s No Success Like Failure: Why You Need to Learn to Sing the Blues
Whether you're aware of it or not, your unconscious insecurities hold you back, and you need to be able to construct your failure narrative if you hope to reach your true potential. 
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