During a downturn, the usual rules of the workplace change dramatically. Here’s how to keep your team motivated and productive. Set the Tone Goal: Lower the anxiety level in the office by being candid about...
Dream jobs quickly become crummy jobs when companies are struggling to stay afloat. Here are five telltale signs that recession is affecting your job. Crummy Factor #1: Budget Ax Severs Emotional Ties Day-to-Day Impact: Loyalty goes by the wayside. When employees are...
If business ethics can be taught - and I have yet to read a convincing argument that they cannot - how should such an important lesson be taught? In business school, perhaps? That would seem to make a whole lot of sense. Business schools seem to be...
Whether you're the CEO, a middle manager, or the guy doing data entry in a windowless cube, when the economy is bad, work sucks. But does it have to? Over the last two months, I've been investigating what happens during a downturn to make everyone's job harder. ...
If you haven't already, check out BNET's all-new video guide. In addition to old favorites like BNET Book Briefs, the "Dog & Pony" show, and "Selling Power," you'll now find "Wallstrip," the finance show where stock culture and pop culture collide. It's easier to search for videos by channel, popularity,...
Mastered the art of multitasking? Check. Read the rules of office politics? Check. Figured out how to tame your boss? Check. Conquered your biological clock? Huh… ? Yes, ladies, in your quest to climb the corporate ladder, this is one skill you'd better acquire...
What better industry to learn from than one in a full-fledged struggle to revive its business? With sagging sales and a distribution model in crisis, the music industry of old is scrambling to make a comeback -- or at the very least, stay afloat. Thus, what better...
Caroline Flack: I had a real giggle with the new Big Brother's Big Mouth presenter when I joined her on the E4 show on Wednesday. AMY Winehouse is said to be ruining her third album with endless gushing songs about junkie hubby Blake Fielder Civil -...
WIMBLEDON, England MCT -- Wimbledon got through another day without a drop of rain -- quite the upset considering the usual weather here -- but the tournament suffered two high-profile casualties Thursday with shocking defeats of Maria Sharapova and Andy Roddick. Combined with losses by James Blake...
Odds against winning Wimbledon by USA TODAY sports analyst Danny Sheridan: Men Roger Federer 1-1 Rafael Nadal 3-1 Novak Djokovic 4-1 Andy Roddick 22-1 Andy Murray 25-1 Ivo Karlovic 50-1 Mario Ancic...
James Blake and Andy Roddick gave the United States a 2-0 lead over France yesterday in the best-of-five Davis Cup quarterfinals in Winston-Salem, N.C. Blake fought off two match points in the fifth set to beat Paul-Henri Mathieu , 7-6 (5), 6-7 (3), 6-3, 3-6, 7-5. Roddick ripped 30 aces...
INDIAN WELLS, Calif. -- Defending champion Rafael Nadal defeated Donald Young in their first meeting, and James Blake evened his record against familiar foe Carlos Moya in third-round matches Monday at the Pacific Life Open. Nadal beat his 18-year-old American opponent 6-1, 6-3. Blake took a methodical...
The Capital-Journal Washburn Rural junior LaSharra Riley, who led the Junior Blues to a perfect 13-0 Centennial League record, has been named the league girls player of the year, while Rural coach Bill Annan was named the league's coach of the year. Also earning...
The Capital-Journal Washburn Rural junior LaSharra Riley, who led the Junior Blues to a perfect 13-0 Centennial League record, has been named the league girls player of the year, while Rural coach Bill Annan was named the league's coach of the year. Also earning...
Everett L. Peto of Roselle for over 40 years The funeral service for Everett L. Peto, 73, will be held at 10 a.m. Monday, at Trinity Lutheran Church, 405 Rush St., Roselle, where he will lie in state from 9:30 a.m. until the time...
GIRLS EMPORIA (14-4, 7-4)at HAYDEN (15-3, 8-3) Emporia is coming off a 54-37 makeup victory over Topeka High, with Sadie Webb and Linda Arndt scoring 12 points apiece for the Spartans. Hayden bounced back from a loss Tuesday to beat Topeka High 65-48 on...
GIRLS EMPORIA (14-4, 7-4)at HAYDEN (15-3, 8-3) Emporia is coming off a 54-37 makeup victory over Topeka High, with Sadie Webb and Linda Arndt scoring 12 points apiece for the Spartans. Hayden bounced back from a loss Tuesday to beat Topeka High 65-48 on...
Hazel L. Van Kampen The funeral service for Hazel L. Van Kampen nee Schmidt, 75, of Lisle and St. Petersburg, Fla., will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday, at Blake-Lamb Funeral Home, 5015 Lincoln Ave.(on Route 53 1/2 mile south of Ogden), Lisle....
SCUNTHORPE 0 WOLVES 2 Edwards 8, Ebanks-Blake 46 NEW BOY Dave Edwards' dream debut took the heat off Mick McCarthy - and the under pressure Wolves boss said: "Our luck might have changed." McCarthy...
