A well-known social technologist, business coach, author of best-selling management books, founder and scientific director of the first business school in the Russian-speaking business community — the Tallinn School of Management (founded in 1984 in Tallinn, Estonia, since 2024 — the Academy of Management Art) .

He is known as the founder of a new direction in management — the art of managerial fighting. This is an applied scientific discipline that represents an effective system of managerial skills and a kind of “philosophy of life” that combines the wisdom of ancient traditions with the latest achievements in psychology and management.

He is a member of the North American Writers' Union. He is the author of 15 books on management, including the bestsellers “The Technology of Life: A Book for Heroes,” “The Art of Management Fighting, “Management According to Machiavelli,” “Russian Lessons from Japanese Koans,” and “Social Technology in Questions and Answers”. His books have been translated into eight languages.

Selections from his book "Human Resource Technology: Manager Selection and Training" have been published in various US publications, including Harvard University Press.

Author and presenter:
✔️ popular seminars and training courses, such as “The Art of Management Fighting", “Personal Management Art", “Eight Steps of Management Art", “Management According to Machiavelli", “Management According to Henry Ford”, “Constructive Negotiations in Conflict Situations”, etc.

Author and developer:
✔️ of assessment technology for managers and specialists (SAARS)
✔️ Effective training technologies: “Business Camp” (1984), “Management Duel” (1985), ‘Paratheater’ (1991), and “Crowd Training” (2015).
✔️ Dozens of business games, including “Organizer,” “Management from Any Point,” “Sticks,” “Crossing,” “Bread and Water,” “Blocks and Alliances,” “Struggle of the Principalities,” “Paratheater,” etc. (For more details, see V.K. Tarasov's book “The Management Elite: How We Select and Train Them”).

The methods of the Tallinn School of Managers have been translated into English, published in the United States, and evaluated in the book “The Russian Management Revolution” (M.E. Sharpe, Inc., 1992) as complying with international standards, and the “Management Duel” and “Paratheater” training courses as unique and of particular interest to US training companies.

He is the Honorary President of the Management Fighting Federation (since 2001) and an Honorary Academician of the Academy of Social Technologies (since 2019).