Founders of some of the most successful companies in Russia outline the following core competencies, which helped them to build business to last:
SETTING CLEAR OBJECTIVES
Derk Sauer: "The Main Thing about Management Is to Make Things Which Seem to Be complicated Very Simple".
- Founder and Chairman of the Supervisory Board of the Russian leading publishing group Independent Media Sanoma Magazines Derk Sauer is telling us how he has fun and makes profit by working with independent people and living the principles.
Dennis Hopple: "Whenever We Are Going Through Change Leadership Is about Giving People a Straight Story".
- Founder and President of the Russian leading management training institution CBSD/Thunderbird Russia Dennis Hopple explains how the ability to create sense of urgency and to build a culture of mutual respect helps a leader to navigate the whitewater of change.
CREATING PRODUCTIVE ENVIRONMENT
Derk Sauer: "Give Creative People Enough Room to Be Stars".
- Founder and Chairman of the Supervisory Board of the Russian leading publishing group Independent Media Sanoma Magazines Derk Sauer believes his strongest leadership trait is the ability to create environments where creative people can be successful.
Dennis Hopple: "Whenever We Are Going Through Change Leadership Is about Giving People a Straight Story"..
- Founder and President of the Russian leading management training institution CBSD/Thunderbird Russia Dennis Hopple explains how the ability to create sence of urgency and to build a culture of mutual respect helps a leader to navigate the whitewater of change.
Sergey Aslibekian: "To Convince You Need More than Talking".
- Founder of the Russian partner company and Managing Partner of Grant Thornton Sergey Aslibekian believes that his strongest competency is the ability to convince people to do something and to share his aspirations. In our conversation he tells us how he does it and how he manages to create a comfortable atmosphere for people in his company.
Andrey Kononchuk: "Respect for People Is Our Position".
- Founder and CEO of Russian largest chain of fast food outlets Kroshka Kartoshka Andrey Kononchuk believes that respect for people, cultivated in his company, helps to create favorable atmosphere within the team.
Sergey Petrov: "Mission Grasps People".
- Founder of the largest Russian car dealer "Rolf" Sergey Petrov is sure the mission is necessary as a consolidating idea to make business successful. It is impossible to impose the mission; it should evolve. Today "Rolf" lives by principles and values, formulated by its managers in the beginning of 2000.
LIVING TRUE VALUES
Dennis Hopple: "I Continue to Think about Long Term Because All Business Is Cyclical, What Goes Up Will Eventually Come Down".
- Founder and President of the Russian leading management training institution CBSD/Thunderbird Russia Dennis Hopple is telling us about his values and why living the values is so important for success in business.
Anatoly Karachinsky: "Money Is a Necessary but Insufficient Condition for Success in Business".
- Founder and President of IBS Group Holding (Russian leading IT group) Anatoly Karachinsky believes that the big business imposes the big responsibility on the person who runs it - obligations in front of investors, towards people who work for you. And you can't ignore these obligations.
Sergey Petrov: "Mission Grasps People".
- Founder of the largest Russian car dealer "Rolf" Sergey Petrov is sure the mission is necessary as a consolidating idea to make business successful. It is impossible to impose the mission; it should evolve. Today "Rolf" lives by principles and values, formulated by its managers in the beginning of 2000.
Derk Sauer: "The Main Thing about Management Is to Make Things Which Seem to Be complicated Very Simple".
- Founder and Chairman of the Supervisory Board of the Russian leading publishing group Independent Media Sanoma Magazines Derk Sauer is telling us how he has fun and makes profit by working with independent people and living the principles.
LISTENING TO PEOPLE
Dennis Hopple: "Communication to Me Is a Two-way Street".
- Founder and President of CBSD/Thunderbird Russia Dennis Hopple tells us about his strongest competency - the ability to make his communication with people a two way street.
EMPOWERING PEOPLE
Leonid Novoselsky: "The Ability to Trust People".
- Founder and CEO of the Gradient Distribution Group Leonid Novoselsky, tells about his strongest area - the ability to trust people - and gives examples of how he uses this competency in business.
CREATING VISION
Artem Bektemirov: To Communicate Vision You Need to Have Passion.
- Some people reason by virtual pictures. Due to creative thinking they can easily imagine their future projects and analyze their development prospect. Founder and CEO Drugstore Chain 36.6 Artem Bektemirov is one of such people. Watch the video to know about his key competency.
TAKING DECISIONS
Georgy Gens: "I Discuss Absolutely Everything with My Executives Even if Something Is Obvious Enough for Me".
- Founder and President of Lanit Group of Companies (Russian leading IT group) Georgy Gens, tells us how he makes decisions, why sometimes it is better not to hurry even though he doesn't like to hesitate; how his friend prevented him from being too credulous, and why the expert estimation and criticism are important within the company.
SELECTING RIGHT PEOPLE
Sergey Krivonogov: "Hire Only Good People - It Makes Things Easier!"
- Founder of Russian company later acquired by DDB and Head of DDB Russia group of companies Sergey Krivonogov, outlines his strongest competency: to choose right people for right positions, and tells us which qualities he appreciates most in his employees.
Derk Sauer: "The Main Thing about Management Is to Make Things Which Seem to Be complicated Very Simple".
- Founder and Chairman of the Supervisory Board of the Russian leading publishing group Independent Media Sanoma Magazines Derk Sauer is telling us how he has fun and makes profit by working with independent people and living the principles.
