Rafis Abazov

Having a perfect idea, well-thought strategic plans and good funding is not enough to successfully implement your startup or dream project

An old oriental proverb articulates that your voyage across the desert is as good as your knowledge of how to avoid pitfalls, dangers and challenges

Over the past decade risk management has become one of the most discussed and complicated areas in our professional and personal lives

Philosopher Frances Bacon once compared all negotiations with sowing – you need to take into consideration many factors in sowing your seeds in order to get fruitful results. Indeed negotiations are part of our everyday life and everyday business, so it is fundamental to master negotiation skills. Here are seven essential steps for developing strategies for effective negotiations

When a deadline is approaching for submitting a project or assignment, many of my students (and managers around me) start wondering about effective time management. They ask how great achievers of our time, like Elon Musk and Jack Ma, can handle so many projects at once and effectively manage their precious time. My answer is that they use sophisticated scientific approaches to effective time management. Here are six essential steps for developing strategies for effective time management

Oscar Wilde once said that “Success is a science; if you have the conditions, you get the result!” One of the conditions most conducive to positive results is good, effective planning, and especially strategic planning. In many countries and on many university campuses it is the tradition to make New Years wishes and promises to ourselves and to our friends and relatives. However, students often tell me that they lack the strategic planning skills to make their wishes, plans and dreams come true. Here is an effective model for improving your strategic planning skills

Albert Einstein once said that creative imagination is “to regard old problems from a new angle.” Indeed many modern business studies suggest that the workplace in the 21st century requires creativity skills and these skills are in high demand in our rapidly changing world. My students typically ask me for some magic key or formula to develop their creative thinking and creativity skills. It is not that simple, but it is possible—and here is how you can go about it

What do successful corporate leaders like Mark Zuckerberg have in common with students?

Every textbook on project management suggests that it is very important to start your project – large or small – in the most efficient way

The concept of adapting to the rapid changes and realities is in the center of my discussions with many young professionals and students around me so I explain the changes and our responses using the “Black Swan Theory.”

Every textbook on project management suggests that it is very important to start your project – large or small – in the most efficient way

Philosopher Frances Bacon once compared all negotiations with sowing – you need to take into consideration many factors in sowing your seeds in order to get fruitful results. Indeed negotiations are part of our everyday life and everyday business, so it is fundamental to master negotiation skills. Here are seven essential steps for developing strategies for effective negotiations

When a deadline is approaching for submitting a project or assignment, many of my students (and managers around me) start wondering about effective time management. They ask how great achievers of our time, like Elon Musk and Jack Ma, can handle so many projects at once and effectively manage their precious time. My answer is that they use sophisticated scientific approaches to effective time management. Here are six essential steps for developing strategies for effective time management

Many investors, businesses and even governments around the world chase after innovative business ideas from young and not so young people and provide all kinds of support (often free) to incubate start-up ideas and projects

An old oriental proverb articulates that your voyage across the desert is as good as your knowledge of how to avoid pitfalls, dangers and challenges

Albert Einstein once said that creative imagination is “to regard old problems from a new angle.” Indeed many modern business studies suggest that the workplace in the 21st century requires creativity skills and these skills are in high demand in our rapidly changing world. My students typically ask me for some magic key or formula to develop their creative thinking and creativity skills. It is not that simple, but it is possible—and here is how you can go about it

Every year, many of my students speak with fear about articles they’ve read listing professions which are disappearing or becoming obsolete in the near future

Covid-19 has brought many changes to our everyday lives and especially to our interpersonal communication and professional networking experience

Benjamin Franklin once joked, “You may delay, but time will not!” Time and again, the experience of my students illustrates that one of the most important steps in moving forward in project management is an ability to “close” previous projects: completely, effectively and on time

“When things are bad, it’s the best time to reinvent yourself!” said famous American actor George Lopez