Management & Strategy

JPMorgan Chase bank fired several employees who arranged for themselves and their clients to illegally receive financial aid from the state intended to help the victims of the pandemic under…

During the Peloponnesian Wars, the Athenian general Pericles was preparing to sail, but suddenly darkness covered his 150-ship fleet when a solar eclipse happened. Panic broke out among the crews,…

Chief executive of the popular video service TikTok, Kevin Mayer, is stepping down after President Donald Trump threatened to block the app in the country, the Financial Times reported, citing…

The World Bank estimates that up to 24% of jobs globally could be performed from home, with the largest proportion of employees going to work remotely in wealthy countries with…

On Monday, August 10, McDonald’s filed a lawsuit with a US court against the company’s former CEO Stephen Easterbrook, the corporation said in documents filed with the US Securities and…

You have already reached a certain point, but the next step is so far away that you cannot even think about how to get there on your own? A breakthrough…

On Tuesday, August 4, American automaker Ford announced the resignation of the company’s CEO and President Jim Hackett. He will be succeeded by the current Chief Operating Officer Jim Farley,…

The wait is always excruciating. But often it is active action that leads to consequences much more deplorable than doing nothing. Why is this happening, and how not to fall…

Top managers of 19 of the nearly 100 American companies that launched bankruptcy procedures this year were determined to pay bonuses totaling $ 131 million.

Suppose you have a good product with great design and functionality. How to make it known and loved? Clients, members of your team, partners should easily and quickly feel the…

In the age of high-tech computer presentations, a flipchart is still the most effective tool for this purpose. How to use it correctly?

Technology helps us collect a huge number of indicators. Accuracy of the numbers creates a pleasant illusion of control, and our ability to receive and process them is an equally…

We often hear that a leader must be tough, unbending and have a share of healthy selfishness. However, leadership is not limited to self-confidence. It requires qualities such as empathy,…

Ralf Brandstätter has been appointed Volkswagen Brand Chief Executive Officer; the appointment will take effect on July 1, 2020.

What is the exact meaning of super-learning? It’s a strategy of independent intensive acquisition of skills and knowledge. Super-learning will require a lot of mental, emotional, and possibly even physical…

Stories involve and inspire us, they make us move. How to tell stories that are designed to maintain good relations in a team, inspire and energize?

A difficult financial situation has consequences for any business. However, it is important to remember that the change in external conditions caused by the crisis affects not only you, but…

If you work from home - it doesn’t matter if you have a separate office or just a coffee table in the living room - the most difficult thing is…

People with visual perception think with images, not words. They better absorb material when they see it, rather than hear it. Two-thirds of the population have visual perception, and this…

The largest modern corporations are realizing the increasingly vital importance of management. The challenges that Facebook, Apple, and Google are facing now essentially boil down to management issues. All these…

John Cotter, a professor at Harvard Business School, has tried to figure out why people resist change. Here is what he discovered.

Education and work experience are far from the only criterion by which employers select candidates for a vacancy. Is there something else worth paying attention to for those who want…

The coronavirus pandemic will result in a serious recession and financial turmoil that will resemble the 2008 crisis, said Head of JPMorgan. He is the only one of the current…

Is it possible to equal a plan to a strategy, as some companies do? What is the mistake of this approach? What is a strategy at all? The questions seem…

In order to achieve stability in the team, it is necessary to understand that conflicts are a sign of a workable and effective team. If your team does not have…

“Is it even possible to do all this?” This is a question that can often be heard from recently promoted executives. They ask it when they learn about the three…

The Art of War is a classic Chinese treatise, created about 500 BC. e. Its author is not exactly known, but it is believed that this was a philosopher and…

Sometimes it happens. A deal is off, your boss carpets you, a project stalls... In such cases, you can doubt your professionalism. What to do? Find the cause and deal…

There are three conventional stages of company development in the technological world: a startup, a growing company and a corporation. In this article, we will consider how each of them…

Google intends to compete in the cloud services market. To do this, the company is literally “shaking up” its cloud division and reducing the number of employees. For more than…

Nowadays, consumers already have almost everything that they need. Moreover, they are too busy to spend time looking for the product that you created for them. Marketing departments take on…

Sometimes it’s worth to take a detached look to understand how close you are to dismissal. Having soberly assessing yourself, you can figure out causes of conflicts in the office,…

Sales may seem simple to an uninitiated person. However, those who sell know that this is not so easy - and the best of them have their own professional secrets,…

A manufacturer’s goal is to offer the buyer a solution to their problem with the help of the product. Gradually, we form a habit of acquiring certain goods, wearing a…

Work can take everything from us not only because of work overload. Toxic colleagues are the main source of energy drains. Here are several signs of such people. Do you…

Samsung Electronics has announced appointment of a new head of the company's mobile division. The chair will be taken by 51-year-old Roh Tae-moon; he will become the youngest head of…

Each of us at least once had a lot of tasks and too little time to do them all. Choosing what is really important is not as easy as it…

How are emotions, thoughts, and actions connected in the nervous system? When a reaction to a negative event engulfs us, it’s blinding. At this moment, we concentrate mainly on the…

What is leadership? For some, it means creating a company that will change the world. Others identify it with the ability to make decisions in a large company that needs…

Some of us experience emotions of a special depth, have increased empathy and feel existential anxiety. These are the qualities of hypersensitive people. These features cannot but affect life and…

People spend increasingly more time and energy at work. Frequent stresses, competition, toxic colleagues (and so on and so forth) exhaust us. Awareness can help deal with this. Here are…

When publishing its Outrageous Predictions, Saxo Bank emphasizes that this paper is not an official bank forecast for investors and other market participants. However, the bank does not exclude that…

We all have faced many crises in life. Sometimes a personal turning point or problems in business cause unbearable pain. You may feel overwhelmed, confused and depressed and not know…

We organize meetings to solve problems, generate ideas, and monitor the progress of the project. But often we get the opposite effect: lost time (and sometimes money), fatigue, uncertainty. So,…

Psychologist Frederick Herzberg, one of the pioneers in the field of human resources management and management theory, is known for his idea of expanding professional responsibilities, as well as for…

Meetings are often considered a waste of time or unbearably boring. However, the problem is not in their very idea, but in how they are carried out. First of all,…

So, you have decided that it’s time to move on and change your job (or employee). Whoever you are - an employee or a manager - you are probably uncomfortable…

Here’s an advice that will be useful to everyone: find the courage to ask questions and voice your true desires. Express your thoughts clearly to avoid misunderstandings. This alone can…

Leaders know that delegation is necessary. It helps to relieve part of the load, focus on management and strategy. It is also an effective tool for employee development and team…

We manage projects working independently or managing a team. But what makes a project successful and how can project managers achieve their goals?