Educating Remotely About Head Trauma

As a leading institute on head trauma and the care of those who suffer from head traumas, the Brain Trauma Foundation, chaired by Alan Quasha, has made it their highest priority to educate.  They want medical professionals around the United States to know the most up-to-date scientific information on brain trauma, and to use the best treatment guidelines when working with these patients.

To this end, they offer a number of localized programs, and many that are available with distance learning.  One such program, the New York State Quality Improvement Program for Traumatic Brain Injury evaluates the acute care that traumatic brain injury patients receive from the time of the injury through the first two weeks after the injury.  They do so in specific New York State Trauma Centers.

This program is currently used in 19 trauma centers and it has shown marked improvements in severe TBI care.

Learning From Mistakes – A Positive Lesson

Certainly, we all make mistakes in life. During the recession, and while working on business transactions, business people are bound to make even more mistakes. Pressure often makes it difficult to work with a clear head, as do money issues.

President of Quadrant Management, Inc, Alan Quasha, discussed pressure and mistakes with Leaders magazine recently. He explained that he started doing meditation when you was quite young, to help him to be at peace with himself and to allow him to juggle his many commitment. As he said, Instead of getting excited about mistakes, I recognize that making mistakes – whether they’re made by me or somebody else who works in our organization – is a fact of life. And mistakes are a very important part of learning.”

Certainly, as Alan Quasha goes on to explain, you hope not to make the same mistakes over and over again. It is important, he explains, to approach your mistakes calmly and to remain relaxed about the mistakes that you make.

A Unique Company

Compagnie Financière Richemont SA is a unique and dynamic company.  Based in Geneva, Switzerland, they have four regional offices in Geneva, Tokyo, Hong Kong and New York.  Each office provides supportive services for their various Maisons.

As part of Richemont, Alan Quasha serves as a Non-Executive Director on the Board of Directors. The Board, comprised of 15 internationally recognized business leaders, works to ensure the continued success of the company.

Richemont directly employs 19,600 people.  Each of their Maisons has his own head office, based in companies around the world.  Their vast range of luxury products produce revenues and profits that benefit a large collection of people.  Their profits from the production and sale of their many product lines benefit the employees, suppliers, business partners, shareholders and more.  They take great pride in being a significant employer, who directly employs a large group of skilled workers and who helps to continue to develop the skills of thousands of employees.

Alan Quasha Supporter of Weatherhead Center for International Affairs

Among the many organizations, businesses and charitable organizations in which Alan Quasha is involved is the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs.

This Center, which was came into existence in 1958 as The Center for International Affairs took on its present title in 1998 as a result of and in thanks to a very generous endowment which was created by Celia and Albert Weatherhead in conjunction with the Weatherhead Foundation.

The stimulation and motivation for the establishment of the Center was what was described by Robert Bowie and Henry Kissinger as the “world’s condition” in their landmark study, “The Program of the Center for International Affairs” which was published in 1958.

The motivating forces which existed in 1958 to establish the Center are just as relevant, or more so today, than they were over 50 years ago. Alan Quasha’s involvement in the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs is a reflection of his great concern for the condition of the world and his desire to help bring about the changes needed to make the world a safer, better place to live.

Supporting TBI Patients Another Passion of Alan Quasha

Not only is Alan Quasha an accomplished businessman, he is a supporter of several excellent causes, among which is the Brain Trauma Foundation.  This foundation is mandated to participate and support efforts which help improve the outcome of Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) patients. This goal is accomplished in several ways, among them are:

•    Developing Best Practice Guidelines
•    Participating in and Conducting Clinical Research Studies
•    Educating Health Care Workers and Others Caring for TBI Patients

Through developing guidelines, conducting and supporting research and teaching medical professionals, the BTF, with Alan Quasha’s support and participation as the chairman of the board, many thousands of people can be helped to live better, more rewarding lives.

Brain Trauma Foundation Chairman Alan Quasha

The main goal of the Brain Trauma Foundation is to improve the prognosis and outcomes of those that suffer Traumatic Brain Injury, (TBI.) By educating health care professionals about the most advanced and well-researched diagnostic and treatment guidelines, the Brain Trauma Foundation can help save many lives and minimize the long term effects of injuries to the brain.

As the sitting Chairman of the Board of the BTF Alan Quasha is in a position to help many thousands of people through his work there. It is estimated that at least 1.5 million head injuries happen in the United States each year.  With better treatment guidelines, more research, and more thorough outreach through education, many thousands of people can either save their lives and/or live with less disability.

Learning from Mistakes: Alan Quasha Explains the Trend

Our society is baffled by the two-fold question: How can the financial community, made up of clever, astute individuals have led us to our present economic crisis? And second; what important lessons can we learn from this current financial situation?

Alan Quasha believes one of the most important lessons we can learn is that mistakes are inevitable, and the most important thing is to learn from them and move on with our new-found knowledge. In order to properly take advantage of the education our mistakes have to offer, we must show integrity and have a desire to grow. To learn from mistakes it is necessary to admit them early. To avoid large mistakes it must be acknowledged at the outset that mistakes are a real possibility. This is why we are seeing a trend today for firm managers to become more and more expert risk managers. And the investment firms with the best risk management controls stand apart and are more successful.

Alan Quasha Discusses the Art of Mistakes

In an article by Alan Quasha, CEO of Quadrant Management, in Forbes.com, he explains the importance of making mistakes. When smart and talented people refuse to admit that a mistake either has or even can happen, that’s when mistakes become a problem. A humble, insightful person recognizes that one must plan for and measure accurately downside risk and consider all information at hand, not just the information that agrees with your initial assessment of a situation.

We have learned from the past that those that succeed are not the ones that always do the ‘safe’ thing; those that expect mistakes to happen but refuse to be afraid are ultimately successful. These people are able to learn from their mistakes, and forge ahead, undaunted, knowing there is another mistake right around the corner, ready to meet the challenge and ultimately succeed.

Unfortunately our society does not foster this attitude, and children are taught from a young age to avoid at all costs making mistakes. We react with anger and fear to our mistakes. This causes unhealthy, unproductive reactions to mistakes such as denying them, covering them up, or avoiding risks so as to prevent mistakes.

Alan Quasha: Mistakes are Good if You Learn From Them

. The first that comes to mind is, of course, how did so many intelligent, supposedly well-informed financial experts become active partners in the crisis? The second is, and more importantly, “Is there something we can learn from this mess?”

Alan Quasha believes mistakes are part of life, and the wise person is the one that learns from his mistakes. And even if it is counter intuitive, mistakes are a good thing. The inspiring baseball coach of UCLA, John Wooden, used to say, “The team that makes the most mistakes wins.”

Alan Quasha: US is over-leveraged

Alan Quasha, CEO of Quadrant Asset Management, says that the United States is grossly over leveraged. The US has around $54 trillion of debt – this is over 3.5 times the size of our entire economy. Before  2008, Americans’ net worth was calculated at about $56 trillion, but this has dropped by $20 trillion in the half-year opening 2009. This is the largest decrease in wealth over the shortest time that the markets have ever witnessed.

In order to exit this crisis and be able to try and regain our losses we will need to make some drastic changes, says Quasha.