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Why Everything's Urgent Now: The approach of September always seems to bring with it a quickening pace. But while people seem a little more focused, will they get more done? Business guru and author John Kotter believes there's still a lot of 'busyness' masquerading as true urgency -- not a...; Tags: BNET UK, Recruitment & Selection, Leadership, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Management, Joanna Higgins; Blog posts 2008-08-28
BNET Bloggers on Meltdown Monday: Talk about a crash course in finance. On Monday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average went into a veritable China Syndrome, plummeting more than 500 points, suffering its worst daily meltdown since the Sept 11, 2001 terror attacks. At the close of trading today, the index was back up 141 points,...; Tags: Bank Of America Corp., Financial, Lehman Brothers Inc., Blogger, BNET UK, Financial Accounting, Finance, Michael Mattis; Blog posts 2008-09-16

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BNET UK Wins Best Launch: Apologies in advance, but we're going to do a little crowing:it's barely a year since we launched BNET in the UK, but the new website's already scooped Launch of the Year at the Association of Online Publishers Awards 2009 in London. CBS Interactive had a good night...; Tags: Team, CBS Corp., Editorial Team, Team Management, Management, Joanna Higgins; Blog posts 2009-06-03
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: BNET UK Staff, Human Resources, Management, Strategy, Entrepreneurship, Gender And Diversity, Team Management, Industry, U.K.; Blog posts 2008-04-18
BNET Q&A With Jim Champy, The Doctor of Downsizing: Today on Sterling Performance, our management blog from BNET UK, you'll want to check out Joanna Higgins' interview with management guru Jim Champy, who has a new book out, called 'Outsmart.' The book is based entirely on devil-in-the-details-type case studies -- a refreshing break from abstract theory....; Tags: Jeff Davis, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Downsizing; Blog posts 2008-05-28

BNET Goes International: To celebrate the launches of BNET UK and BNET Australia, we crafted this video asking business managers tough questions, like "Have you ever had an office romance?" Some of their candid answers might surprise you. by Michael Mattis; Tags: Michael Mattis, Marketing, Corporate Communications, Launch; Blog posts 2008-05-01
Should UK Boards Follow Cameron's Lead?: Conservative Party leader David Cameronâ€™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: Human Resources, Equal Opportunity Commission, Gender And Diversity, Women, BNET UK Staff; Blog posts 2008-04-15
Why Online Ads Will Surpass TV in the UK Within a Year (And Why They Won't in the US): Today another report came out, this time from Enders Analysis, showing that in the UK, online ad spending is set to outpace television by the end of the year. This only cements the conclusions an earlier Internet Ad Bureau report reached this year this year (though that report posited 2009...; Tags: Advertisement, British Broadcasting Corp., U.K., Online Advertising, Broadband Penetration, Print Market, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Jake Swearingen; Blog posts 2008-06-18
WPP Pays Almost No UK Tax; Used "Spider Web" of Debt, Foreign Countries to Avoid Obligations: WPP pays almost nothing in taxes to its headquarters country, Britain, due to an elaborate series of schemes that shelter its operations in places like Luxembourg, Ireland and Holland. Here's a digest of this must-read piece in the Guardian coupled with the usual commentary: ... the...; Tags: Web, Agency, U.K., WPP, Guardian, Fitch Cuts WPP, Taxes, Free Trade, Personal Finance, Financial Planning, Finance, Jim Edwards; Blog posts 2009-02-04
BNET Launches in UK and Australia: We took to the streets of London, Sydney, and the original home of BNET, San Francisco, to see how our work lives are similar and different. How many hours per week do Aussies work? Do the Brits really get 6 weeks off? Is it true that Americans spend less time...; Tags: U.K., Workforce Management, Human Resources, Recruitment & Selection, Workplace, Managers, Sidewalk Stories; Videos 2008-04-30
The Summer Reading List: Online bookstore All Top Books has done a little survey for BNET on where it sells the most business books in the UK and what they are buying. The south east of England's by far the biggest business buyer, accounting for 40 per cent of All Top...; Tags: BNET UK Staff, Workforce Management, Human Resources, Recruitment & Selection, Workplace; Blog posts 2008-06-18
The (Big) Friday Round-Up: Web 2.0: Lessons in ROI from Threadless Plenty of businesses still don't see where Web 2.0 delivers a return on investment, says David Tebbut at SmallBizPod. Inc's profile of Threadless, the online community-led T-shirt retailer whose 2006 profit was an estimated $6m,...; Tags: Management, Managerial Accounting, Finance, Internet, Marketing Research, Tools & Techniques, Retail, Productivity, Roi/Tco, Web 2.0, Neuromarketing, Inc, Threadless, Job, Marketing, BNET UK Staff; Blog posts 2008-06-20
When It's Smarter to Be Seen and Not Herd: Over on BNET's sister site, Moneywatch, there's a great post on using "herd" behaviour to get people to follow your lead (as demonstrated by the "crazy guy dancing" -- a sight less remarkable to UK festival veterans, perhaps.) As Robert Pagliarini's observes: "Thereâ€™s a fine line between...; Tags: Leader, Solomon Asch, Leadership, Financial Accounting, Management, Finance, Joanna Higgins; Blog posts 2009-06-11
Weekend Round-Up: Sunday Telegraph Former McDonald's director takes on Italy's historic treasures. Prompting jokes about McDonatellos, a former McDonald's director, Mario Resca, wants to shake up Italy's dusty cultural tourism scene.Â "I see visitors as customers, clients. When you come to one of my museums, you are a guest...; Tags: Chemicals, U.K., Wine, Director, Debt-for-equity Swap, Vinod Sekhar, Denbies Wine Estate, Entrepreneurship, Management, BNET UK Staff; Blog posts 2009-10-05
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: BNET UK Staff, Sales, Sales Strategy, Brits, DDI, Sales Force Management; Blog posts 2008-04-21
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
HR Directors Earn Top Salaries: The UK's HR directors are the most highly paid in the world, according to Management Today's global salary survey. (Skip to the end if you just want to check out what everyone gets paid.) British HR directors take home Â£327,300 a year -- over Â£140,000 more than...; Tags: Director, Salary, Human Resources, Talent, BNET UK Staff; Blog posts 2008-06-05
UK Offers Bailout Funds to HSBC, Seven Other Banks: UK Prime Minister Gordon Brownâ€™s government will make Â£400bn available through a series of measures designed to salvage the fortunes of struggling commercial lenders. These include: Debt issued by banks will be guaranteed up to Â£250bn Up to Â£200bn from the Bank of...; Tags: Bank, U.K., Financial Services, Joanna Higgins; Blog posts 2008-10-08
The West Underrates China's Managers at its Peril: UK managers underestimate the skills of their Chinese counterparts, says Management Issues, reporting on the Institute of Leadership and Management's report, 'Global Management Challenge: China vs the World'. The western perception of Chinese management is outdated, says the ILM -- we see China's as a place where...; Tags: China, U.K., Manager, Productivity, Telephony, Team Management, Strategy, Leadership, Networking, Management, BNET UK Staff; Blog posts 2008-06-24
Weekend Round-Up: Several big brands are beefing up their images as competitors steal a march on them: Vodafone's on the marketing offensive as the potential T-Mobile/Orange merger threatens to push it back to third, behind market leader O2. It is revamping its brand message, swapping its old "Make the most of now"...; Tags: Brand, Royal Bank Of Scotland, U.K., iTV, Mood, Royal Bank Of Scotland Survey, Branding, TVs, Marketing, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, BNET UK Staff; Blog posts 2009-09-21