The Strategist
Management & Strategy

Four steps to become successful - 07/06/2018

Doctor of Psychology Sean Young offers a harmonious theory of how to achieve success in any endeavor. The author's advice, based on a variety of research, is universal and can be applied in all spheres of life. So, what exactly needs to be done to stay motivated and achieve each of the set goals, be it diet compliance, getting rid of bad habits or increasing productivity at work? Here are some...

Nobody is invincible: Shareholders are pushing Zuckerberg to leave - 07/05/2018

Patience of Facebook investors is wearing thin thanks to Facebook’s Head Mark Zuckerberg. A few days ago, six large shareholders, owning $ 3 billion in the company’s assets, conceived to dismiss the billionaire from his post. The discontent of investors has never been so high since the social network was launched back in 2012. Over the past year, they have seen a series of scandals with the...

Small steps that will get you closer to your goal - 06/22/2018

Small goals lead to small victories, and small victories often trigger a positive behavioral spiral. Let's consider some interesting examples on this subject from the book "Switch" by Chip Heath and Dan Heath. The placebo effect In 2007, scientists Ellen Langer and Alia Crum published a study on the attitude of hotel housekeepers to physical exercises. The topic doesn’t look very interesting,...

Audi Supervisory Board appoints temporary head of the company - 06/19/2018

The Audi Supervisory Board suspended the authority of the company’s CEO Rupert Stadler and appointed Bram Schot as the interim head of the company. This is reported by Reuters, citing a source familiar with the situation. The managers of the Volkswagen concern have been negotiating for the second consecutive day to overcome the crisis in the Audi management. Audi CEO Rupert Stadler was detained...

Top five digital jobs - 06/14/2018

Many jobs that have become familiar to us emerged just a few years ago. However, many of them have already become popular and highly paid. Below are the top five popular professions of the digital era. E-learning Developer  The dynamics of the modern life demands fast and inexpensive ways of transferring knowledge. Online education is rapidly developing, and E-Learning has already become...

How marketing turned green coffee into bestseller - 06/11/2018

Green coffee has become widely popular in recent years. Its sellers are receiving huge profits, and customers buy unroasted grains, regardless of taste qualities. Green coffee is taking over increasingly more countries: this product is sold on the Internet, appears in stores and even in particular cafes dedicated to a healthy lifestyle. As a rule, this sort of coffee is several times more...

How to become a good mentor for your trainee - 06/04/2018

Many companies hire trainees who want to gain valuable practical experience. How to provide them with good practice? After all, you are expected to like them, because at the end of the practice he will return to the university and talk about how he spent the summer with your company. This can significantly affect the organization's ability to hire graduates for a full day. And the fact that you...

Five steps to restrain emotions when making difficult decisions - 05/28/2018

The skill of managing emotions allows a person, team or organization to make decisions using their intellect, and direct emotions to support and stimulate the mental work. In a book Key Coaching Models, Stephen Gribben tells how to properly manage emotions in order to get the best results. Let's start! The five steps to managing emotions described below have been adapted on the basis of the...

Five life hacks to be more productive - 05/04/2018

An unproductive person will not survive in business, because less productivity means less money. Such a man needs to spend much more time and effort to achieve the same results than an effective person does. What does it mean to be productive? Is it about working more or increasing resources? No, it means getting more by spending the same amount of energy. That is, we can work only a couple of...

Why is Jan Koum leaving Facebook? - 05/02/2018

The US media write that Jan Koum, founder of WhatsApp messenger, left Facebook because of a conflict with the leadership of the most popular social network in the world. Mr. Koum expressed disagreement with Facebook's policy regarding WhatsApp users, namely, use of their personal data for advertisers and attempts to weaken the system of end-to-end message encryption in the messenger. Jan Koum...
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