Andrew is a globally recognized expert in maximizing performance in competitive environments where continuous uncertainty, risk, and opportunity is the order of the day.
A portfolio manager working with Andrew said, “It’s not just unique insights, but it’s the actionable, practical things you suggest, that really makes the difference”.
Another client says, “One of the most surprising things I’ve learned from you is how much my body, my physiology, influences what goes on in my head.”
In the competitive world of professional portfolio management, trading, and investing, money managers naturally experience high levels of performance anxiety. Competitiveness, as well as a competitive environment, is a double-edged sword. It can be a source of motivation or a stressor serving as a distraction that takes the professional off course, away from their best game.
Andrew’s coaching client, Ed Vasta, portfolio manager at Schonfeld, addresses this particular benefit about working with Andrew:
“There’s lots of good traders at my firm, sometimes I forget it’s best if I just compete with myself. . . Sometimes it’s the market and sometimes it’s just personal stuff outside trading that throws me off my game. Andrew is a valuable resource for me, he’s special, and his coaching has proved to be a highly valuable investment”.
In order to improve performance, or change what we do, we must attend to our thinking. And modern neuroscience has shown that our thinking is influenced by how we feel in the moment and our overall emotional state. And that in turn is influenced by our physiological state. Andrew uses a model of Integrated Development (ID) to maximize performance.
We don’t see the market as it is; we see it as we are. Understanding our Inner Market (IM) improves our response to uncertainty, risk, and opportunity. It also improves our creativity, and helps us recognize our own intuition. Not many portfolio managers talk about it openly, but the ability to recognize and use intuition is a key factor present in the most successful traders.
And it’s not just in our head. Andrew also focuses on the mind-body connection to help clients reach peak performance. In addition to fitness, nutrition, quality of sleep, he integrates other physiological approaches such as heart rate variability (HRV) biofeedback training and exercises. Recent evidence from neuroscience shows the importance of a healthy vagus nerve – the parasympathetic nerve pathway connecting the gut, heart, and the brain.
Working in a trading firm or managing client expectations carries its own unique stressors; often requiring high levels of EQ – knowing not just what you feel, but also what others feel and why they feel that way. Then add the ability to articulate this in the most effective way.
Andrew’s particular background and training combined with his personal experience puts him in a unique position to assess potential talent, and help money managers attain and sustain peak performance.
Contact Andrew to discuss your needs.