Management & Strategy

How to work with experts and get the most out of it

When you encounter problems arising in complex processes and systems, experts can accelerate your progress towards the goal.
Published on October 4, 2019
By Iris Barker

Study: Socially active top managers attract more job seekers

Researchers from France and the UK have found that company executives who speak out on relevant political or social issues are attracting increased interest from job seekers. Thus, activist leaders…
Published on September 30, 2019
By Iris Barker

Easy Scrum techniques to create productive working environment

Is it possible to turn the work environment into a productivity tool? Definitely yes, and Scrum will help to figure this out.
Published on September 27, 2019
By Iris Barker

WeWork founder is leaving the company

Co-founder of WeWork, Adam Neumann, agreed to resign as CEO of the company. Members of the board of directors demanded his resignation after WeWork postponed initial offering of shares due…
Published on September 25, 2019
By Iris Barker

Three open-thinking lessons for leaders

A true leader can change minds, create cool teams and resolve conflicts of all sizes with the help of a basic idea: think about people and you will be happy.…
Published on September 20, 2019
By Iris Barker

Keep it personal: Set and keep your personal boundaries at work

Do you feel that your colleagues steal your time and attention? Do you have a thousand small tasks but no time for the main goal? Are you torn between work…
Published on September 13, 2019
By Iris Barker

Unlearn what you have learned: How ignorance prevents our victories

Sometimes we worry that we may seem ignorant, inattentive, incompetent. We are afraid to fail in public. We are not asking questions for which we supposedly should already know the…
Published on September 6, 2019
By Iris Barker

Nissan CEO returns part of bonuses he received

Nissan CEO Hiroto Saikawa apologized “for the inconvenience” and admitted that the company paid him more than expected.
Published on September 5, 2019
By Iris Barker

Give, not take: Creating better motivation for everyone

Speaking of rewards, we usually mean individual prizes for personal achievements. However, such rewards are often ineffective, writes Tom Rath in his book Are You Fully Charged? It is often…
Published on August 30, 2019
By Iris Barker

The Leave or Stay dilemma: When to stop and when to keep going

There is one important feature for a businessman: the ability to correctly assess the situation in order to understand when it is worth doubling efforts, and when you need to…
Published on August 23, 2019
By Iris Barker

What are Content Weapons?

Content Weapons are intentionally engineered messages or payloads (text, images, sounds or videos) using a digital delivery system aimed at a location or group of a given mindset, with the
Published on August 19, 2019
By Michael Stattelman

How to organize your thoughts in the information overdose era

Our brains find unique approaches to organizing information. However, the “information overdose” era can be quite difficult to handle. What can we do to cope with the excess information?
Published on August 16, 2019
By Iris Barker

Five tips to get a pay raise

It is unlikely that there will be a person who would refuse a raise in salary. Often, however, we let chips fall where they may: wait until the boss offers…
Published on August 9, 2019
By Iris Barker

How to become a successful innovator in your company

Even a great business model may not be enough to guarantee success of a new product. Innovations threaten the status quo, therefore they often cause fear and resistance from employees…
Published on August 2, 2019
By Iris Barker

Seven features of successful teams

According to David Cancel, CEO and Founder of In Drift, “it’s not the skills of the product leader, but his experience that is secondary.” Cancel believes that personal skills dominate…
Published on July 26, 2019
By Iris Barker

Finding the best strategy in the Blue ocean

The "Blue oceans" are markets where there is no competition, but a new demand and opportunities for sustainable development and increasing profits. How to find a suitable approach to them?
Published on July 19, 2019
By Iris Barker

Bill Gates moves down to third place in Bloomberg Billionaires Index

French businessman, president of Louis Vuitton Moët Hennessy group of companies, Bernard Arnault moved up to the second line of the world billionaires list, pushing Bill Gates, the founder of…
Published on July 18, 2019
By Iris Barker

What are roadmaps and how to use them?

A roadmap is a short-term or long-term plan for a manufacturer to release a product. How to use this technique to achieve better results?
Published on July 12, 2019
By Iris Barker

Bank of England Chairman Mark Carney can become Head of the IMF

European politicians are considering nominating Chairman of the Central Bank of Great Britain (Bank of England) for the post of Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Bloomberg reported,…
Published on July 8, 2019
By Iris Barker

How to say Thank you and show appreciation at work

One of the deepest human needs is to feel their importance. One way to get confirmation of our importance is to hear thank-yous from colleagues. But in what form do…
Published on July 5, 2019
By Iris Barker

What’s wrong with the 10,000-Hour Rule?

You probably heard about the 10,000 hours theory. It says that anyone can become a guru if he spends 10,000 hours doing something particular.
Published on June 28, 2019
By Iris Barker

Carlos Ghosn may go to jail

Carlos Ghosn, former Head of the Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi alliance is now under home detention in his luxurious apartment in Tokyo.
Published on June 24, 2019
By Iris Barker

Five tips for HR to work with former employers testimonials

In addition to traditional personal interviews, there are other opportunities to get information about your potential employee. One of them is getting feedback on candidates from previous employeers. Here are…
Published on June 21, 2019
By Iris Barker

Here’s why continuous improvement is bad for your product

Each successful product prone to an insidious disease called "betterment", the main symptom of which is "insidious betterment". This disease seems inevitable, but there’s still a away to avoid it.
Published on June 14, 2019
By Iris Barker

Meta Leadership Primer: Switching Costs

Simply put, switching costs are the costs that will pass to the consumer as a result of changing products, suppliers or brands. The truth is that even though the vast
Published on June 11, 2019
By Michael Stattelman

How to work in the AI age

Thanks to development of technology, we are entering an era of radical business and work environment transformation. Progress has affected not only production. Today, artificial intelligence systems are integrated into…
Published on June 7, 2019
By Iris Barker

Meta Leadership Primer: Video Impacts On User Engagement

If you take a look around the Internet, you will see that most websites use videos. And there is a very good reason for it — they are perfect in what concerns
Published on June 3, 2019
By Michael Stattelman

Basic rules of friendship at work

Everyone has a couple of acquaintances who have found their close friends at work. If you want to make your working hours more pleasant, become friends with colleagues. The working…
Published on May 31, 2019
By Iris Barker

7 signs that you are turning into a terrible boss

Nobody wants to become a devil-like boss. But sometimes transformation from a class teacher to a hated boss happens unnoticed.
Published on May 24, 2019
By Iris Barker

Meta Leadership Primer: Attention Economy Pt. II

When you think about the most important things that you need to do to grow your business, you never think about attention. However, attention is the most valuable resource anyone
Published on May 19, 2019
By Michael Stattelman

How to become a charismatic leader

One of the features of a charismatic leader is the ability to speak in public. Successful speech is a speech with energy, passion, attractive enthusiasm. Comparisons, metaphors, stories that appeal…
Published on May 17, 2019
By Iris Barker

10 tips to make your presentations better

It’s not a secret that quality of the presentation directly affects how your idea or your product is received by the audience. And if you have to speak to people,…
Published on May 10, 2019
By Iris Barker

36 traditional Chinese stratagems adapted to “corporate warriors”

“The art of war is like water which flows clear of heights and fills the hollows”! So what else Master Sun Tzu? How can one translate your metaphorical phrasing into
Published on May 9, 2019
By Bertrand Coty

Buffet invests in Amazon

Berkshire Hathaway Inc., the investment company of American billionaire Warren Buffett, acquired a stake in online retailer Amazon.com Inc., said Buffett in an interview with CNBC. He noted that it…
Published on May 6, 2019
By Iris Barker

It’s business, not war: How to stay calm at work

Business is not only a dream come true, but also a source of stress. You have to achieve goals, fulfill plans, fight for personnel, conquer the world. Nervousness and stress…
Published on May 3, 2019
By Iris Barker

Here’s how head of Xiaomi lost ¥ 1 bln

In 2013, Lei Jun argued had a bet with Head of China's largest air conditioner manufacturer that five years later his company's revenue would exceed Gree Electric's revenues. Now it…
Published on May 1, 2019
By Iris Barker

Meta Leadership Primer: Negative S.E.O

SEO, or Search Engine Marketing, is one of the many different marketing techniques that you can use to get more visitors to your website, boosting your sales, increasing your email
Published on April 30, 2019
By Michael Stattelman

Success factor for any business

Success of a businessman or a startup founder depends on one factor. In addition, all our success, career, education, as well as personal life and financial well-being, are directly subordinated…
Published on April 26, 2019
By Iris Barker

Kraft Heinz to get new CEO

Heinz, the ketchup producer, is going to get a new CEO. The company has still not recovered from the February collapse of quotations that forced Buffett to admit that he…
Published on April 23, 2019
By Iris Barker

The Attention Economy pt.I

In today’s business world and owing to the endless array of information available on the internet, it is has become very difficult to win and keep the attention of anyone
Published on April 22, 2019
By Michael Stattelman

Your Mobile App will be obsolete, very very soon!

The current trend of website technology is getting complicated for individuals who are not tech-savvy to follow, but as it stands at this moment, one of the significant innovations of
Published on April 22, 2019
By Michael Stattelman

Seven barriers to promotion

Your current position is great, but you feel you haven’t reached your limit yet? It is not clear how and where to grow professionally. Routine, stagnation follow you.
Published on April 19, 2019
By Iris Barker

UK Trades Union Congress: Shorter working day means better productivity

The largest British trade union association Trades Union Congress (TUC) has released a study on the ratio of working hours and productivity in 10 most developed EU countries. The union…
Published on April 18, 2019
By Iris Barker

Foxconn’s founder to step down

Billionaire Terry Gou, founder of the world's largest electronics manufacturer Foxconn, intends to resign as chairman of the board of directors. The businessman followed Jack Ma’s thought about retirement.
Published on April 16, 2019
By Iris Barker

How to make people fall in love with your ideas

Creative people often come up with ideas and use their skills to implement them. But when it comes to presenting the plan to others, many of them fail.
Published on April 12, 2019
By Iris Barker

How to kill your business in just a year

90% of startups do not live enough to celebrate their first birthday. It's very easy to spoil everything in the first year of work. How to do it? Easy, just…
Published on April 5, 2019
By Iris Barker

Better late than never: Tim Sloan leaves Wells Fargo

Recently Wells Fargo Bank has been constantly appearing in the center of scandals, and now Tim Sloan, its CEO, announced his resignation. The bank’s problems began in 2016, when it…
Published on April 1, 2019
By Iris Barker

How to deal with negative and succeed

Negative customer feedback can become a path to success. Essentially, it signals that the company is developing and occupies a worthy place in its field. The greater is the growth…
Published on March 22, 2019
By Iris Barker

Giving feedback the right way

Pointing at people’s mistakes is unpleasant, but important. Feedback is necessary for personal growth, and if a colleague, employee or partner does not cope with their job, you need to…
Published on March 15, 2019
By Iris Barker

4 rules for productive business trip

A business trip can be a joy for the soul, but also a lot of stress for the body. Setting off on a work trips, we experience a surge of…
Published on March 8, 2019
By Iris Barker