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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: Advertising & Promotion, business, career, climate, competitive, develop, Entrepreneurship, Human Resources, manage, Marketing, Michael Tucker, President, production, Professional Development, talent, Workforce Management, Zia Entertainment
Videos 2008-04-29
The Cost of Extreme Weather
The UN World Meteorological Organization released a statement yesterday which began with this less than cheerful assertion: Weather and climate are marked by record extremes in many regions across the world since January 2007. In January and April 2007 it is likely that global land surface temperatures ranked warmest...
Tags: Climate, Jessica Stillman
Blog posts 2007-08-08
If We Were to Build It-Will They Come?
The article says that every organization, large or small has its own climate; each climate is unique and multi-faceted. If we continue to look around the individual for answers then standardized programs or "fixes" will not be successful. If we apply a cookie-cutter approach to the wants and needs of...
Tags: HR.com, Climate
White papers 2003-01-04
"Battle The Economic Chaos With A Healthy Organizational Climate"
As Superior leaders our primary responsibility is to create and sustain a healthy organizational climate ?most studies have shown that a healthy organizational climate can impact employee productivity and bottom line profits by up to 30%....in addition, 70% of this variance is rooted in leadership performance. This paper looks at...
Tags: Climate, Leadership, Management
White papers 2009-04-14
Leadership For Innovation: A Global Climate Survey
We know that leadership plays an important role in establishing a climate for innovation, and that climate also influences organizational innovation. Climate, therefore, plays an intervening role between a variety of influences that affect it, and a number of key outcomes like innovation, job satisfaction, and well-being. There is not...
Tags: Innovation, Survey, Climate, Leadership, Strategy, Management
White papers 2008-10-03
Athenahealth Inc. Q3 2008 Earnings Call Transcript
Question-and-Answer Session Operator Operator Instructions Your first question comes from Randall Stanicky - Goldman Sachs. Randall Stanicky – Goldman Sachs Carl, I appreciate your comments on the macro backdrop. Can you just maybe help us understand how the economy perhaps is impacting the physicians specifically and perhaps their...
Tags: Solution, Call Transcript, Earnings, Climate, Athenahealth Inc., 401(k), Balance Sheets, Retirement Plans, Investment, Human Resources, Benefits, Financial Statements, Financial Accounting, Finance, Seeking Alpha
Earnings calls 2008-11-07
Should Shell Be Excluded From Environmental Discussions?
High-level international talks are increasingly about curbing the effects of climate change. Governments of all stripes should certainly be involved, no matter what their status as polluters is. But who else should be present? What about the oil, gas and coal businesses whose success rests on years of pouring greenhouse...
Tags: Exxon Mobil Corp., Climate, Government, Vertical Industries, Chris Morrison
Blog posts 2009-05-26
Shell's Global Climate Strategy Starts on U.S. Soil
Amidst all of the hullabaloo surrounding Royal Dutch Shell's corporate restructuring and senior management job cuts, the Hague-based oil and gas company has announced a newly created position right here in the good ol' U.S. of A. Shell has created a new position-- executive vice president of global...
Tags: U.S., Strategy, Job, Climate, Energy Policy, Decyk, Federal Government, Recruitment & Selection, Government, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Kirsten Korosec
Blog posts 2009-06-02
Who Should Pay the Costs of Climate Change?
Are wealthy countries and companies liable for disasters associated with climate change? by Stefan Deeran
Tags: Climate, Stefan Deeran
Blog posts 2009-06-08
Energy Roundup: FutureGen Has a Future, Silver Springs Snags Cisco Exec, Tesla Co-Founder Sues, and More
U.S. restarts FutureGen clean coal project -- The Department of Energy breathed new life into FutureGen, a coal-fired plant project that aims to capture 60 percent of its carbon dioxide emissions and store them underground. The DOE will provide $1 billion in economic stimulus funds towards the controversial project derailed by the...
Tags: Shareholder, Co-founder, Cisco Systems Inc., Climate, Ethernet, Corporate Governance, Financial Accounting, Networking, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Finance, Kirsten Korosec
Blog posts 2009-06-12
Deutsche Bank's Carbon Counter and the Business of Greenhouse Gases
Deutsche Bank's ginormous "Carbon Counter" -- unveiled Thursday in New York City -- is the type of in-your-face campaign passers-by will find nearly impossible to ignore. The towering electronic billboard -- with its 13-number red digital display and 'Climate Change Affects Everyone' message perched on top --...
Tags: Deutsche Bank AG, Greenhouse Gas, Climate, Carbon, DB, Energy Job, Recruitment & Selection, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Kirsten Korosec
Blog posts 2009-06-18
Climate Change Bill Passes on Razor-Thin Margin, Tougher Battle Lies Ahead
Maybe it was Al Gore's effort via telephone or Nancy Pelosi's chocolate-covered Dove bars. Heck, maybe it was all of those last minute concessions to please lawmakers in farm states. After weeks of negotiations and compromises and nearly seven hours of debate on the House floor, the American Clean Energy Act,...
Tags: Biofuel, Renewable Energy, Climate, U.S. Senate, Grist, Peterson, Telecom & Utilities, Kirsten Korosec
Blog posts 2009-06-27
Achieving High Performance In An Era Of Climate Change
Demands are increasing on businesses to do their part to respond to the threat of climate change based on their influential position within the global community. But what, exactly, are the impacts of climate change on businesses? What are some specific steps businesses can take to respond to both the...
Tags: Accenture Ltd., High-performance, Climate, Leadership, Management
White papers 2008-01-17
Sustainability: A Climate For Change
As discussions about climate change grow more and more intense with no clear answers about how to proceed, companies in the resources industry find themselves in an especially difficult position. Nowadays, energy production and use account for the bulk of man-made greenhouse gas emissions viewed by some as the primary...
Tags: Sustainability, Accenture Ltd., Climate, Strategy, Management
White papers 2008-08-14
The Risk Intelligent Energy Company: Applying A Risk Intelligent Framework To Climate Change Issues
Risks associated with global climate change require a fresh and highly integrated approach that helps mitigate the unparalleled challenges of so much uncertainty. Energy companies face many significant risks every single day. Issues and concerns around climate change have heightened the need for enterprise-wide risk management efforts. Treating climate change...
Tags: Risk, Risk Management, Climate, Strategy, Financial Planning, Financial Services, Security, Management, Finance
White papers 2008-03-19
Private Equity Confidence Survey: Q1 2003
There was a significant increase this quarter in the number of respondents who expect the economic climate to decline in the next six months (37% compared to 14% last quarter). However, it is interesting that 16% of respondents predict an improvement, whereas none of the respondents held that view in...
Tags: Private Equity, Deloitte LLP, Survey, Climate, Venture Capital, Investment, Financial Services, Marketing Research, Finance, Financing Startups, Marketing
White papers 2003-04-01
Web Case Study - Montana Community Uses Danfoss Zone Control Panels With Hydronic Heating Systems
Located in the heart of the picturesque Rocky Mountains, Bozeman, MT, is truly a remarkable community. From cattle ranchers to high tech engineers, the area is home to those who appreciate an unmatched quality of life. Due to its severe climate and limited need for air conditioning, Bozeman became a...
Tags: Web, Control Panel, Climate, BNP Media, Hydronic System, Channel Management, Marketing
Case studies
Bio-Energy With Carbon Storage (BECS): A Sequential Decision Approach to the threat of Abrupt Climate Change
Abrupt Climate Change (ACC - NAS, 2001) is an issue that 'haunts the climate change problem' (IPCC, 2001) but has been neglected by policy makers up to now, maybe for want of practicable measures for effective response, save for risky geo-engineering. A portfolio of Bio-Energy with Carbon Storage BECS technologies,...
Tags: Climate, Network-Attached Storage (NAS), Storage, Strategy, Hardware, Management
White papers 2003-06-19
Photovoltaics in Buildings: Town Planning Considerations
The world is facing potentially the greatest environmental upheaval since the onset of the last ice age. Whilst there is some international discord about the precise causes and effects of global warming, the mere fact that the issue is being debated worldwide and at the highest government levels is itself...
Tags: Photovoltaics, Climate, Global Warming, Crown
White papers 2001-11-22
Water Industry Compliance Evaporative Air conditioning Water Usage
This report discusses about an evaporative air conditioner, which is a unit that cools air by moisture evaporation. They provide effective cooling in dry climates, and their cooling effect is minimal in hot humid climates. Therefore, they are most commonly found in hot dry climates such as inland areas of...
Tags: Climate, GHD, Management, Strategy
White papers 2003-07-23
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