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Executives and Charity: One CEO's Approach: How much should executives contribute to charity, either personally or by setting policies for their company? The figures of corporate performance tend to be rather bleak. According to a recent study by the Committee Encouraging Corporate Philanthropy, only about one percent of corporate profits goes to charity,...; Tags: Professional development, Peter Galuszka, Richard D. Parsons, Committee Encouraging Corporate Philanthropy; Blog posts 2008-05-08
Words of Bizdom: As part of the BNET Australia official launch, we're inviting all our readers to submit their best piece of managerial advice and go into the running to win some great wine prizes. We've all heard great pieces of advice from the great business people we've encountered through...; Tags: Advice, Professional Development, Microsoft Word, Word Processors, Team Management, Microsoft Office, Career, Office Suites, Software, Management, Brian Haverty; Blog posts 2008-04-30
Why Where You Live Is More Important Than Ever | Useful Commute Podcast: More than 40 million Americans move each year. In this podcast, Richard Florida, bestselling author of "Who's Your City?," explains how our choice of living location affects our jobs and career success, as well as the people we meet and marry. He discusses what cities are best for recent college...; Tags: Podcasts, BNET staff, City?; Blog posts 2008-05-05
Michael Tucker: Entertainment Entrepreneur: Michael Tucker is President of Zia Entertainment, a company that manages and develops various talent in the production industry. Tucker talks about how he found his career and the importance of staying flexible in a diverse and competitive business climate.; Tags: talent, career, entertainment; Videos 2008-04-29
Are You a Management Imposter?: Do you feel as if you are pulling the wool over the eyes of your workmates, hiding your incompetence? You are not alone. There is even a name for it: Imposter Syndrome. Management consultant Gill Corkindale takes up the subject of business professionals with...; Tags: Blogging, Recruitment & Selection, Sean Silverthorne, Imposter Syndrome; Blog posts 2008-05-08

Do Your Commitments Match Your Convictions?: The Idea in Brief How many of us struggle harder every day to uphold obligations to our bosses, families, and communities--even as the quality of our lives erodes? And how many of us feel too...; Tags: Donald N. Sull, Dominic Houlder, conviction, financial; Articles 2008-04-14
How to Become a CEO, in Three Easy Steps: The Find: An HR consultancy has laid out the key skills for each rung on the career ladder, providing a road map for managers on their way up. The Source: The recent "Pulse on Leaders" study from Personnel Decisions International (PDI). The...; Tags: Jessica Stillman, Personnel Decisions International; Blog posts 2008-05-05
Managing Oneself: The Idea in Brief We live in an age of unprecedented opportunity: If you've got ambition, drive, and smarts, you can rise to the top of your chosen profession--regardless of where you started out. But...; Tags: Peter F. Drucker, ethics, career, environment, performance; Articles 2008-04-14
The Evolution Of The Relocating Spouse: The role of the accompanying partner in relocation has metamorphosed into a factor that can be ignored only at an organisation's peril. In the torrid world of corporate recruiting and hiring, gaining, and retaining talent, and moving human resources around the globe in the quest for a competitive edge, the...; Tags: Workforce management, Recruitment & Selection, talent, Human Resources, recruiting, hiring, career; White papers 2008-02-12
SCORE Helps Manicurist Groom A Successful Start-Up Business In Memphis, TN: Hanh began making plans to resume her career as a manicurist with her own salon. Though determined to do whatever was necessary to succeed, achieving her dream would not be easy. Along with adjusting to a new lifestyle and a new language, she also needed to learn the "American way"...; Tags: Financial accounting, financial statement, small business, career, financial; Case studies
SCORE's Work With Franchise Learning Center Owners Is A Lesson In Start-Up Success: Taking early retirement after more than three decades of working in the Lawton, OK, public school system didn't mean that Howard and Jo Jean Johnson were ready to slow down. They dreamed of starting a business that would fill a need in the community and provide them with a successful...; Tags: banking, career, bank; Case studies
SCORE Helps Energize Immigrant Entrepreneur's Energy Technology Dreams: Jozef Gluszyk had overcome many challenges in his life - emigrating from Poland, learning a new language and culture, and tenaciously working his way into a career with an engineering company that served the petrochemical industry. But in 1998, he faced a difficult decision with few easy answers. Gluszyk's employer...; Tags: patent, career, industry; Case studies
Inevitable Disclosure: Dealing With Trade Secret Issues When Hiring a New Employee: When an employee's career hangs in the balance, a person can expect a court to give very careful scrutiny to any claims of inevitable disclosure - and to be reluctant to act without substantial probability that an employee will not be able to function in a new job without making...; Tags: Recruitment & Selection, Strategy, hiring, career, knowledge, job; White papers
Goal Setting - Road Map to Success: A person can only set informed career goals if the person acquires plenty of information about the career choices open. This will require research which can be conducted online or through a local library. The person can also visit professional career planning offices to find out about the services they...; Tags: Professional development, Operational planning, career planning, goal-setting, career; White papers
Secrets of Satisfying Careers: Why some people are able to find positions that bring out the best in them, while others, who are equally talented, get left behind in positions that do not allow them to flourish? According to Gallup research, only twenty percent of the workforces are in jobs that provide them the...; Tags: Professional development, Recruitment & Selection, Leadership Advantage Inc., career, workforce, job; White papers
SCORE Helps Management Expert Organize A Successful Start-Up: Many people aspire to be a business owner. But few have dreamed about it longer than management consultant Maya Townsend. During her career in the field of organizational development and change, Maya helped clients align people and resources to achieve their goals. So when she began planning her own enterprise...; Tags: finance, insurance, career, knowledge; Case studies
Motivating Good People by Giving Them Places to Go: A global leader in market research, information, and analysis was concerned about an employee survey that indicated 40% of its US employees were unhappy with or unsure of their career development opportunities. Because of recent growth and organizational change, employees weren't clear about jobs, roles, and career opportunities. For fear...; Tags: Professional development, Recruitment & Selection, Team management, Mercer, career, career development, job, team, market research, leader, analysis; Case studies
The Guy on the White Horse: Sometimes, people set up goals for themselves and then find reasons to keep themselves from making any meaningful progress toward those goals. Perhaps one has run into people who have established "Deserve levels" for themselves-levels of income, or happiness, or career satisfaction that they never go much above or much...; Tags: Operational accounting, International Data Group, income, career, financial; White papers
Tips for Effective Coaching: Executives, managers, and others interested in career growth and development increasingly turn to a business coach for a personally tailored development process. HR managers need to get on board as coaches or miss this exciting opportunity to influence the next evolution of management potential. The effective coach defines the boundaries...; Tags: career, board; White papers
The Real Reason Major Record Companies Suck: An artist who signs a major label-recording contract today is probably taking the biggest risk of his or her career. With a mortality rate of 1 out of 10 failures, it' is clearly a crapshoot whether a new major label artist will "make it" or not. The list of "where...; Tags: Professional development, career; White papers