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In this blog, Argos’ CEO; Kevin Fountoukidis, regularly posts on various topics related to everyday activities, tasks and work that goes on at Argos Translations. If you want to get a closer look, an inside view, of life at Argos and how a translation company is run, be sure to check this section regularly for new entries.

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Trust and the unspoken deal

16 September 2008 - Kevin Fountoukidis

As many of you may or may not know I have always been a big fan of the way Google motivates its employees and I would like to copy that as much as possible. In addition, I think one of the fundamental differences between me and some managers in other companies is that I tend [...]

Get your hands dirty culture

2 September 2008 - Kevin Fountoukidis

I have always tried to hire people who were ready to just get the job done and who were capable of looking at the big picture without worrying about minor details. There are a lot of people out there who are very specific about their needs. I need to have this kind of computer, this [...]

Is Argos an international company?

27 August 2008 - Kevin Fountoukidis

I was thinking about it and I’ve decided that it might be best to leave my blog only in English from now on.
Anyway, it got me thinking about our company culture and the language we use. For me Argos is a Polish company, but I guess in a lot of ways it’s not. The ownership [...]

Meetings about meetings

21 August 2008 - Kevin Fountoukidis

It might sound funny but the core managers and I have just had a couple meetings about how to improve meetings. I ordered a book on Amazon and one Core manager read it and did a presentation of the most important aspects. It’s amazing how many things we can improve. There has been criticism in [...]

Briefs

July 8, 2008 - Kevin Fountoukidis

I had an idea that people might be interested in what goes on in my life in terms of running the company and the kinds of things that I am thinking about on a daily basis. What I’ll try to do is summarize from time to time things that are going on in my daily [...]

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