Conscious Management: Abilash Jaikumar of TresVista

According to a 2016 survey, 44% of new managers felt unprepared for their role. 87% wished they'd had more training before becoming a manager.

This week, hear from Abilash Jaikumar, co-founder and Managing Director of TresVista. TresVista provides financial services, research, and data analytics support for organizations in the finance industry. He has worked in both the investment banking and private equity industries and has been involved in more than $20 billion of financing and M&A activity.

"There's a misalignment of interest in being good at managing, and therefore most organizations don't actually train you on how to be a manager of people," says Abilash. "Years ago, we were taught that management's job is to increase shareholder value. Over time, that's now changed to stakeholder. So our job as managers is to look after our stakeholders, which are primarily our employees, our customers and our community."