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IT Needs More Female Role Models: Young women need more technology mentors and role models if the UK is to attract women to tech jobs, says BlackBerry's creators, RIM. Research for RIM found that 73 per cent of girls aged 11 to 16 believe the UK lacks women role models in the tech...; Tags: Research In Motion Ltd., Women, Information Technology, Role Model, Humraz, MentorSET, Gender And Diversity, Human Resources, BNET UK Staff; Blog posts 2008-05-08
Does Meaningful Work Matter?: Today's employees want to do something meaningful, according to the Work Foundation. Identity and individualism at work are rising as corporate hierarchies and trades unions decline. Likewise, shifting social values mean employees are as concerned with self-expression and fulfillment as they are with high...; Tags: Fulfillment, Employee, Aerospace & Defense, Recruitment & Selection, Financial Accounting, Manufacturing, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Finance, BNET UK Staff; Blog posts 2008-05-06
Alpha Males Are Booming Business for Cosmetic Surgery: Looks matter more in business than we'd like to think. Appearance-conscious execs are even willing to submit to the knife if it'll boost their business confidence, according to Director magazine. City suits and senior executives are feeling pressured by increasingly youthful colleagues to stop the clock. One...; Tags: Male, Surgery, Surgeon, Corporate Governance, Business Operations, Corporate Law, BNET UK Staff; Blog posts 2008-05-02
Here's an Idea: Bin the Suggestion Box: Britain may be one of Europe's innovation hotspots. But its businesses are still paying lip-service to innovation as an organisational strategy, according to Adobe's "Unleashing Innovation" survey. The vast majority of employers and employees it surveyed acknowledge innovation's importance to their business, but only 16 per cent...; Tags: Innovation, Idea, Feedback System, Leadership, Strategy, Management, BNET UK Staff; Blog posts 2008-05-02
Does Consensus Kill Creativity?: Can innovation thrive in a culture of comfort? Businesses believe it's more likely to flourish in environments that "challenge convention and consider new ways of solving problems", according to an Adobe study. But is Britain's workforce up to a daily brainstorming barney? Maintaining a constant siege mentality...; Tags: Innovation, Collaboration, Value, Gann, Portals, Leadership, Entrepreneurship, Groupware, Strategy, Internet, Management, Enterprise Software, Software, BNET UK Staff; Blog posts 2008-05-02

No-one Wants a Nice Leader: When it comes to leadership, do nice guys finish last? Are the two mutually exclusive? Professor Jean-Francois Manzoni at business school IMD seems to indicate as much in "Big Ego Leadership". People want to work for someone who engages employees and listens to their ideas. But Manzoni...; Tags: Leader, Leadership, Management, BNET UK Staff; Blog posts 2008-04-24
How to make clean-cut decisions: This is the most important -- and most difficult -- part of a manager's job. Author W J King's advice is to keep it simple: Have the essential facts to hand: your decisions are more likely to be correct. Some, though, believe that anyone can make a...; Tags: Decision, Strategy, Tools & Techniques, Security, Management, BNET UK Staff; Blog posts 2008-04-24
Rising Demand Puts Green Businesses in the Limelight: Vodafone's pledge to halve its CO2 emissions by 2020 shows enlightened self-interest. Nice as it is to be green, it also "makes business sense", as Vodafone chief executive Arun Sarin said. InterfaceFLOR, a flooring manufacturer, made a similar, albeit more ambitious, commitment. Its "Mission...; Tags: Business, Accolades, BNET UK Staff; Blog posts 2008-04-22
Brits are Ashamed to be in Sales: Bashful salespeople are failing to engage buyers, says a DDI global sales survey, "Is the Sales Force Delivering Business Value?" The French and British are most ashamed of being in sales, while the Germans are the least, says the survey. It also identifies the qualities buyers most...; Tags: Brits, DDI, Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Sales, BNET UK Staff; Blog posts 2008-04-21
Best of British BNET: Welcome to BNET UK, the one-stop shop for busy managers in search of fresh thinking and practical advice on all areas of business. A week ago, you may have noticed the addition of our new UK blog, Sterling Performance, and the BNET UK team hopes you will...; Tags: Industry, U.K., Team Management, Gender And Diversity, Strategy, Entrepreneurship, Management, Human Resources, BNET UK Staff; Blog posts 2008-04-18
Unhappy Londoners Hate their Work: Londoners are the most miserable at work, says a survey by HireScores, a recruitment agency-scoring website. Over 70 per cent of the capital's workers are already thinking about getting a new job from day one, while only 11 per cent of employees in the south west are unhappy in their...; Tags: Job, London, Survey, Londoners, HireScores, Recruitment & Selection, Human Resources, Workforce Management, BNET UK Staff; Blog posts 2008-04-17
Is Toxic Management Killing your Talent?: The amount of talent that exists in an organisation is directly related to the quality of its managers. Good management attracts and keeps the best people, while bad management drives them out. Toxic management. Toxic management is estimated to cost about £20bn a year, if you believe...; Tags: Talent, Manager, Day-to-day, Workforce Management, Human Resources, BNET UK Staff; Blog posts 2008-04-16
Should UK Boards Follow Cameron's Lead?: Conservative Party leader David Cameron's promise to fill one-third of his Cabinet posts with women if he makes it to Number 10 has had employment lawyers up in arms. Positive discrimination, points out Glovers solicitors, contravenes EU discrimination laws. Anyway, affirmative action breeds resentment in the ranks and is seen...; Tags: Women, Equal Opportunity Commission, Gender And Diversity, Human Resources, BNET UK Staff; Blog posts 2008-04-15
The Secrets of Momentum Growth: INSEAD marketing professor Jean-Claude Larréché has charted over 350 of the world's top companies that have outstripped the stockmarket for at least 10 years, finding out how they sustain growth while getting more from their marketing, R&D and even manufacturing spend. Can you get more growth for...; Tags: Growth, Customer, INSEAD, Marketing Research, Leadership, Marketing, Management, BNET UK Staff; Blog posts 2008-04-15
Put Your Alter Egos to Work: When it comes to getting things done it helps to draw upon different parts of your personality. In his new book, "Focus: The Power of Targeted Thinking" (Prentice Hall Life), author and creativity expert Jurgen Wolff says that we all have many sub-personalities. "There...; Tags: Task, Jurgen Wolff, Productivity, Free Trade, Recruitment & Selection, Games, Finance, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Personal Technology, BNET UK Staff; Blog posts 2008-04-15