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- Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc. Names Pamela O. Kimmet Senior Vice President, Human Resources
- ATLANTA -- Coca-Cola Enterprises (NYSE: CCE) announced today that Pamela O. Kimmet has been named senior vice president, human resources, joining the company in May. Ms. Kimmet, 49, will oversee the development and implementation of global human resources initiatives and will report to John F. Brock, president and chief executive...
- Research articles 2008-04-21
- Prudential's Senior Human Resources Officer Named to 2007 HR Honor Roll
- NEWARK, N.J. -- Human Resource Executive([R]), a leading business magazine, has named Sharon C. Taylor, senior vice president of Corporate Human Resources at Prudential Financial, Inc. (NYSE: PRU), to its 2007 Honor Roll. The HR Honor Roll recognizes HR leaders who have made outstanding contributions to their organizations and who...
- Research articles 2007-10-18
- 5 Lessons in Managing Capital Projects
- The Find: Asian companies could teach western competitors a few things about managing big capital projects. The Source: A study in the McKinsey Quarterly free registration required. The Takeaway: When giant Indian company, Reliance Industries, set out to build an oil refinery and...
- Blog posts 2008-08-06
- The Staggering Cost of Procrastination
- Think the time you spend answering e-mail, composing IMs, and trolling Twitter doesn't have an impact? Think again. A recent study by research firm Basex puts the "cost of unnecessary interruptions†in terms of lost productivity and innovation at a shocking $650 billion. Merlin Mann blogged about the cost of...
- Blog posts 2008-08-04
- Researchers to Managers: Employees CAN Change
- The Find: Managers who believe in their employees' capacity to change and grow are more likely to provide them support and to spot changes in performance than those who believe you can't teach an old dog new tricks. The Source: "Managers' Implicit Assumptions About Personnel" in...
- Blog posts 2008-08-04
- Management Science Says Rock Star Performance Isn't Portable
- The Find: Poaching star performers from rivals is unlikely to yield the hoped-for results. The Source: Management Insights from the July issue of the journal Management Science. The Takeaway: The researchers analyzed the performance of star analysts over a period of nine years to...
- Blog posts 2008-08-01
- NY Times Champions Workplace Shorts, Hairy Legs
- Was the New York Times trying to be funny when it published its men's fashion feature, “Shorts Crack the Code?†In our BNET piece, Five Rules of Style for the Business-Casual Workplace, San Francisco business style consultant, Anthea Tolomei, relates the story of a recent trip to...
- Blog posts 2008-08-01
- How High Gas Prices Might Help Your Work Situation
- You've probably noticed what I've noticed: Soaring gas prices are finally, finally, causing people to change their behavior. Take me, for example. I now share my 44-mile commute into Boston with a co-worker, something I thought I would never do. So people are ready to change. How...
- Blog posts 2008-07-31
- Business Lessons from Alice in Wonderland
- The Find: Like Lewis Carroll's red queen, companies in a cut-throat business environment can put so much effort into just keeping up with the competition that they fail to see they're getting no advantage for all their effort. The Source: The Random Rantings blog of Freek Vermeulen,...
- Blog posts 2008-07-31
- Should You Franchise Your Retail Empire?
- Store owners who are skilled or lucky enough to be able to expand their retail operations to multiple outlets at some point must make a crucial decision. Is it better to manage these far-flung operations from a central HQ, or is franchising -- essentially giving local managers...
- Blog posts 2008-07-30
- FireTune Your Browser
- As we know from last month's poll, most of you guys tip Firefox as your browser of choice. You like it because of its openness, customizability and security features, and because it's less prone to bugs and crashes. Now there's a way to get even more performance out of the...
- Blog posts 2008-07-30
- Alcohol in the Workplace: Readers Weigh-In
- It appears our workplace boozing post touched a few hot buttons, especially those of BNET reader, Acrebel, who is dead set against allowing any alcohol in the workplace, and who lays out a pretty tight case against it: I am utterly opposed to alcohol in the workplace, for...
- Blog posts 2008-07-29
- Treadmill Desk: Walking While Working
- A few weeks ago, I moved across the country to Brooklyn, NY. I don’t recommend moving -- it's pretty freaking stressful -- but one of the great things about it is that you get to try out new stuff in a new environment. One of the new things I...
- Blog posts 2008-07-29
- Proxy Governance Goes after ISS in Proxy War of Proxy Services
- The cold war among proxy service companies has been getting a lot hotter lately. Proxy Governance, a proxy service firm based in Vienna, Va., has gone on the offensive by pushing for a "code of ethics" among its group which includes Glass Lewis & Company and Egan...
- Blog posts 2008-07-28
- Sutton: Calculate Your "Total Cost of Jerks"
- The Find: If you really want to motivate yourself and your company to root out jerks and their productivity and creativity sucking behavior, one business guru suggest you calculate your TCJ: total cost of jerks. The Source: An article entitled "Building the Civilized Workplace" by No Asshole...
- Blog posts 2008-07-28
- Wallstrip: Metalico Inc. (MEA)
- Metalico Inc. MEA is one of the greatest heavy metal bands of our time. No, wait -- it's a steel company that recycles scrap metal and is reaping the benefits of rising demand.
- Videos 2008-07-25
- Productivity and the Three-Martini Lunch
- Watch the AMC series "Mad Men," and you'd think that workplace boozing was key to productivity. Well, the three-martini lunch may be a thing of the past, but boozing and work still go hand-in-hand in many office cultures. From the company holiday party, to the monthly beer-bash,...
- Blog posts 2008-07-25
- Scientists Urge Execs to Be Choosy about Choices
- The Find: The ability to make good decisions is key to management and rests on a brain function called "executive function," but psychologists warn that this decision making function is far more easily depleted than once thought. The Source: A fascinating article in Scientific American....
- Blog posts 2008-07-25
- LinkedIn: The Business Antidote to Facebook?
- Expanding on yesterday's blog on the diminishing ROI for business users of Facebook, Harvard Business Online blogger John Sviokla checks in with a positive look at its main competitor for business users, LinkedIn. His take: LinkedIn delivers tremendous reach to business professionals for a relatively small investment....
- Blog posts 2008-07-25
- The Building Blocks of Quotable Quotes
- If you want to make sure the information you are trying to get across is picked up, you need to make sure it is interesting. Too often, business information is full of fluff words and jargon that makes it impossible for other people to care. But what...
- Blog posts 2008-07-24
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