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5 Ways to be a Super-Work-Star – fin24

Thursday, 28 May 2015

According to Kevin Roberts, worldwide executive chair of Saatchi & Saatchi, one needs five things to be successful in a job these days:

  1. IQ (intelligence quotient):
    Look for smart employees who can move, think and do fast.
  2. EQ (emotional intelligence):
    In a world of empathy and intuition one must be able to follow your instinct and “feel the rhythm of the problem” – of course one needs to also check the facts of a matter first.
  3. TQ (technology quotient):
    Tech savvy is very important and according to Roberts one must be able to “make tech your slaves”.
  4. BQ (“BLOODY QUICK”):
    BQ in his equation simply stands for being able to be “bloody quick” as velocity is very important in today’s world.
  5. CQ (creativity quotient):
    Lastly, he said all of the above abilities must be enhanced “to the power of CQ.
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