Leadership Letters
Letter from Rich & Brian – Jefferies Insights Jan 2018
For our first letter of calendar 2018, we decided to write about our experience working with our employee-partners over the years to build Jefferies' Investment Banking business.
It Is Never A Straight Line Up When You Build
For our first letter of calendar 2018, we decided to write about our experience working with our employee-partners over the years to build Jefferies' Investment Banking business.
Revving The Engine From A New Start And Happy To Be Driving With You!
Yesterday marked the end of Jefferies’ 2017 fiscal year and today, December 1st, we start with a clean slate and embark on the race called Jefferies 2018. We really enjoy having a fiscal year-end that is different from those of all our competitors.
At Jefferies We Give Thanks Every Day Of November And Not Just On Thanksgiving
Life at Jefferies is never perfect, everything that can go wrong often does, and there is room for improvement in everything we do. That said, when we look around, it is clear to us that we would rather be “us and here” than “them and there.”
Careers or Investing: Compelling Opportunity vs. Merely Intriguing
Whether you are in the investment management business or running a public or private company, you are faced with the challenges of managing people who have a myriad of options. To make it even more complex, you need to do this while you are trying to make smart investment decisions.
Summer Is Over….Time To Pack Up Our New Jefferies Duffel Bags And Get Back To Work!
Today marks the end of our various summer vacations, the start of our final quarter of the year and the perfect opportunity to reflect on what we all need to pack to complete a very solid year for our clients, our firm and ourselves.
Why We Love Being Part Of Jefferies
For most Wall Street Investment Banks, August 30th is a deathly quiet work day with minimal volume, action, or objectives. This was not the case at Jefferies. Yesterday the 3,324 of us spent the day raising money for our brothers and sisters in Texas who have suffered enormous hardship and heartache at the hands of Hurricane Harvey. Each of us rallied for the cause and with the great assistance of our incredible, caring, and loyal client base we raised $5,000,000! These funds will be immediately wired to many worthy and focused charities to help rescue, shelter, feed and heal our friends in Texas.
Our Millennial Summer Interns Setting the Jefferies Tone for the Month of August
Earlier this month, we asked each of our 165 global analyst and associate summer interns to set the tone for all of Jefferies by writing their own August 1st JEF Today letter. The senior leaders of Jefferies (along with the two of us) read every individual entry.
Focusing On What You Can Affect Versus Being Overwhelmed Or Frozen By The Noise
One year ago, we wrote about what we felt were the best possible ways to navigate given the cross currents we were then collectively facing in the financial and political worlds.
What We Wish We Knew When We Were Summer Interns (Yes, a long, long time ago, but still relevant)
It is that special time of year again when our Jefferies’ offices swell with super-talented, ambitious, hard-working and youthful interns from colleges and graduate schools. This year, we welcome 163 potential future superstars selected from thousands of qualified candidates.