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The 5 best personality tests (2025)

Dr. Steffen Szameitat — Sat, 20 Sep 2025 09:19:47 GMT

You want to know what you are like. And you also want to know what others think about you. If you know what you are like, you will get what you want. And if you know how others function, you can interact better with them.

How to prevent teams from failing

Dr. Steffen Szameitat — Fri, 12 Sep 2025 17:26:28 GMT

Companies do not fail because their products are inadequate, the competition is too strong, or their employees are lazy. Companies fail due to the inability of the decision-makers at the top to get along.

After analysing a PrinciplesUs assessment of aleadership team at a company facing

financial distress, I became painfully aware of something: For all the professionalism and strategies and processes, PERSONALITY determines all things of significance in business. Characters are like poles of a magnet: Some attract and create value, while others repel and run into destructive conflict.

This is the process by which business value is destroyed: a clash of personalities within teams leads to unresolvable conflicts. Consequently, the team stagnates and fails to resolve outstanding tasks. The team wastes its energy, the company's resources, and time engaging in conflicts and searching for strategies to affirm their egos and assert personal preferences.

The "Prisoners Dilemma" - emotions versus reason

Dr. Steffen Szameitat — Fri, 12 Sep 2025 17:05:39 GMT

The USA - economically overpowering, militarily indispensable, and morally... well, wavering - confronts us with an unpleasant question:

Fisker Ocean: How Owners Kept a Bankrupt EV Alive

Dr. Steffen Szameitat — Fri, 12 Sep 2025 17:04:10 GMT

Trump, signals from Greenland and Panama

Dr. Steffen Szameitat — Fri, 12 Sep 2025 17:02:17 GMT

The year 2025 begins with President Trump's call for Greenland, Canada and Panama to be placed under the US flag. We can learn something from this for the automotive industry.

Your annual plan has already failed. And that’s okay.

Dr. Steffen Szameitat — Fri, 12 Sep 2025 16:57:53 GMT

Annual planning: Same procedure as every year.

Ray Dalio: Recognize your abilities.

Dr. Steffen Szameitat — Fri, 12 Sep 2025 16:56:23 GMT

Ray Dalio founded Bridgewater, one of the largest hedge funds, with 235 billion euros in assets under management. He is one of the 100 richest people in the world. He is also a successful writer and an influential political advisor.

Why car managers often do not accept severance payments.

Dr. Steffen Szameitat — Fri, 12 Sep 2025 16:53:13 GMT

There was a lot of talk about Tesla in Berlin-Grünheide and the crisis at Volkswagen. It was quickly agreed that US billionaires like Elon Musk and the executives should play their part in solving the crisis.

Good corporate decision-making processes.

Dr. Steffen Szameitat — Fri, 12 Sep 2025 16:48:47 GMT

An era of prosperity and technical dominance is coming to an end: the German automotive industry has lost its way and is losing market share.Both manufacturers and suppliers are rethinking their business areas, are being forced to restructure and are laying off thousands of employees and temporary workers.

Tobias Bald (Panoff Consulting) – Agency and the only thing left for retailers.

Caroline Feitser — Fri, 12 Sep 2025 16:45:45 GMT

When it comes to restructuring the automotive industry, everyone thinks of battery cells, electric vehicles and software. But the car trade thinks of agency sales. The size and importance of a manufacturer's distribution network is often overlooked. The difficulties of Chinese importers in establishing themselves in the European market indicate how important a functioning sales network can be.