Leslie Brinkman is the founder and CEO of the hedge fund, Versutia Capital. Leslie spent late 2002 and early 2003, her team build and run the fund in early 2003. While the company performed well during 2003 and 2004 (both in terms of profitability and new assets) in 2005, the results began to suffer. Describes the process of designing the company, resulting in the dynamics of the team, the burden on the staff and the impact of management style on the performance Leslie his team. In the spring of 2005, Leslie has to decide whether to change the design of the company and / or to change their style of management to address the performance issues that Versutia Capital faces. "Hide
by Julie Battilana, Robert Steven Kaplan Source: Harvard Business School 13 pages. Publication Date: June 13, 2007. Prod. #: 407089-PDF-ENG
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