Management & Strategy
Achieving Maximum Results in Stressful Situations - 12/04/2015
Preparing for a ‘Day X’ takes weeks, months, and even years in sports, business, education and science. Once the day has come ... and everything goes awry. You take wrong documents to the meeting, stammer during your speech, cannot do easy sums, cannot strike the ball ... In other words, when everything is at stake, the bottom falls out, and you hit a crushing blow on the life and career. Sian...
Getting Documents Organized - 12/01/2015
The world famous book about personal effectiveness “Getting Things Done” was first published in 2001 and then translated into 30 languages. The book is still actual. Here are some tips for keeping documents from the author, David Allen. I strongly recommend that you develop your own storage system, which will be always at hand. Not more than a minute should be spared for fishing out a document...
LG Electronics Is Shared Among Three Managers - 11/27/2015
LG Electronics (LG) announced key appointments to the company’s senior positions in order to further strengthen its position in anticipation of the new year. The three top managers will lead the one of the world’s leading corporations. The new organizational structure LG Electronics is designed to provide each supervisor with greater autonomy and responsibility to speed up decision-making in...
Scent: A Secret Marketing Tool - 11/05/2015
Scent is one of the components of success in trade. Imperceptible, it impacts our subconscious, galvanizing us into actions. Aroma therapy can be used when you need to trigger memories, stimulate appetite, or make buyers feel more relaxed or excited, so they spent more time in the store and expend more money. Today, as the following examples show, many retail companies use scents as a routine...
Light Up Your Concepts: How to Concentrate and Implement Your Ideas - 10/29/2015
Famous psychiatrist and world-renowned expert on ADHD (attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder), Edward M. Hallowell wrote a book "Driven to Distraction at Work". In the book, he tries to help all those who have forgotten what it means to be concentrated. Here are some of his tips on how not to suffer from skipping from one idea to another. Check the basic plan: how you are getting on with...
Anniversary of the Richest Person on the Planet - 10/28/2015
The founder of Microsoft, philanthropist and simply the richest man in the world - Bill Gates – is celebrating his birthday October 28. Not being Head of Microsoft anymore, Gates nevertheless remains Chairman of the board of directors and is actively involved in charity work. Bill Gates was born in 1955 in Seattle. Up to 12 years, Bill was probably an ordinary boy, who was born in a very wealthy...
Zuckerberg's Romance with China - 10/26/2015
Everyone is running after China – among them are politicians, businessmen, investors. Other than that, there is the head of Facebook Mark Zuckerberg, who seems to have figured out how to stand out of the pack: the weekend before, he made a 22-minute-long speech in Chinese for students at Tsinghua University. Zuckerberg worked without major hitch, he had neither crib sheets nor wireless. Still,...
Enlightened Hospitality in Business - 10/23/2015
Some small companies establish very close relationships with customers. The leaders themselves take the initiative; they are open for contacts, genuinely care about people and are determined to keep the human element in business. According to Bo Burlingham, chief editor of the popular magazine about business «Inc.», these are the companies have a special magic, and thus succeeding. Here’s an...
How Not to Be Distracted by Trivia - 10/09/2015
With what a career success begins? Should be there "right" personality traits? Or a study of business processes going up and down? What ultimately determines our ability to be successful? A psychiatrist and world-renowned expert on ADD (attention deficit) Edward Hallowell says that the key to success is the ability to concentrate. In his book " Driven to Distraction at Work" he tells about how to...
All is Fair in War and Business: the Art of Being a Successful Leader - 10/05/2015
World expert in the psychology of success Brian Tracy, author of " How the Best Leaders Lead" says: the principles of military strategy are applicable to business. Their observance is necessary for success in a high-competitive market. Here are six of them 1. Assign a Task When planning any military operation, it is important to set clear objectives in advance and explain the role in their...