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Differences between managing specialists vs managing managers: what will change?

What does Parkinson’s Law say about the time, deadline, and procrastination of a work assignment?

C. Northcote Parkinson (1909–1993) was a British maritime historian, lecturer and writer who formulated the humorous law that has become famous today in the economic journal The Economist in 1955.

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News • 21. June 2023

Our morning seminar “Hogan personality tests in Estonia & Dark Side of the Personality”

We are glad to announce that we had our second client seminar on June 14th this year that focused on Hogan personality assessment tools.

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Blog • 15. May 2023

Do you want to involve future subordinates in the selection of the team leader? Please consider one possible perceptual bias!

Often, in the later stages of the selection process of the team leader, the meeting of the candidate with future subordinates is also planned by the company.

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FOCUS • 21. February 2023

Strategic thinking: What is it? How to evaluate it in a candidate? How to inspire future leaders to think strategically?

The ability to think strategically is a powerful tool with such importance in decision-making, problem solving, innovation activities, etc. What is meant when talking about strategic thinking?

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Blog • 13. January 2023

What´s in store for us in 2023?

What are the issues that leaders and HR must focus their attention on in the new year? I will give a brief overview of the conversations I had with top managers, HR executives and also entrepreneurs in the last weeks of December.

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Blog • 12. December 2022

What did the founder of Salesforce think when he talked about the mindset of the Beginner (Japanese shoshin)?

I recently listened to an interview with Salesforce co-founder Marc Benioff on Yahoo Finance. He stressed the importance of keeping a “beginner´s” mindset in business and management.

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FOCUS • 30. November 2022

Personality traits in organized crime groups: the results of one interesting study

Recently, I came across a study carried out by researchers at Aarhus University that focused on the personality traits of members of organised crime groups in Denmark.

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Blog • 14. November 2022

When a specialist becomes a team leader vol2: 11 challenges

For a specialist, an exciting moment in his/her professional life emerges when he/she is proposed to take up the position of a team leader.

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