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- "No Orders, No Secrets, No Big Shots"
- Cali Ressler and Jody Thompson call it the "results-only work environment ROWE", where employees can do "whatever they want, whenever they want, as long as the work gets done." In the UK, businessman and author John Timpson calls it "upside down management",...
- Blog posts 2008-10-01
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- Today's Timpson dies, 77
- FAVOURITE BBC broadcaster John Timpson died yesterday, aged 77. Timpson, also a popular writer, was best known as a presenter on Radio 4's Today programme in the 1970s and 80s. He died in hospital in Kings Lynn, Norfolk, just five weeks after the sudden...
- Research articles 2005-11-20
- John Timpson, Timpson
- What's the secret of survival on Britain's high street? Try delegating control to your managers. John Timpson, chairman of 143-year-old shoe repair and locksmiths chain Timpson, explains the concept of "upside down management".
- Videos 2009-07-29
- Fitch Upgrades Timpson ISD, Texas GO Bond Rating to 'BBB'
- AUSTIN, Texas -- Fitch Ratings upgrades to 'BBB' from 'BBB-' the rating on Timpson Independent School District, Texas' the district outstanding $1.1 million unlimited tax refunding bonds, series 2002. The Rating Outlook is Stable.
- Research articles 2005-11-09
- Don't Penalise Your People in a Downturn
- Sometimes, all a business can do in the face of recession is accept that it will make less money, says John Timpson, chairman of the UK-wide Timpson chain of dry-cleaning, shoe repair and locksmiths outlets. But it doesn't pay to penalise your employees. There may be parts...
- Blog posts 2008-12-09
- The Real Reason CEOs Fail?
- Is five years enough time to turn around a business? Because that's all the time most CEOs will be given, according to Booz & Co figures on the average tenure of chief executives worldwide. IDC's research director of consumer mobile, John Delaney, notes that this was enough...
- Blog posts 2008-05-28
- Scottish packaging company wins innovation award.(News)(Brief Article)
- Glasgow materials technology and manufacturing company Caledonian Ferguson Timpson Ltd was recently presented with a Demonstrator Project Award, part of the Department of Trade and Industry's BIO-WISE programme. The award, which is in the form of a grant, is for innovation in ...
- Research articles 2003-01-01
- Equality or 'Transparency Tyranny'?
- The Workplace Law Network explains how the draft Equality Bill, ‘Framework for a Fairer Future', could affect UK employers and their teams. It aims to “de-clutter†complex discrimination laws and bring them together under the heading of 'Equality Duty'. It also zeroes in on weak spots in...
- Blog posts 2008-06-26
- Fitch Rates Timpson ISD, TX GO Refunding Bonds 'BBB-'
- Business Editors
- Research articles 2002-09-16
- Ugandan rebel leader's wives, children repatriated from Sudan
- Uganda-Sudan-rebels KAMPALA AFP ? Four wives and 13 children of Uganda's rebel Lord's Resistance Army LRA leader Joseph Kony, along with 60 other people, were repatriated from Juba in southern Sudan, officials said. "Hundreds of excited people waited at the airport, as the flight from Juba had...
- Research articles 2004-08-04
- Former TBA Treasurer Dan Haynes passes away
- Dan Haynes, former TBA treasurer and two-term director, passed away Nov. 8 in Tyler. Haynes, 77, was also recognized as a 50-Year Banker by TBA in 2005.During his banking career, Haynes worked for banks in Timpson, Big Sandy, Tenaha, Italy, Hamilton, Burnet, Bullard and Frankston. He served as president in...
- Research articles 2007-12-01
- Cobb-Vantress Inc
- * Cobb-Vantress Inc. of Siloam Springs, a wholly owned subsidiary of Tyson Foods Inc. and an international supplier of primary poultry breeding stock, has reached an agreement to buy the assets of Avian Farms USA Inc. of Waterville, Maine, also a primary breeding company. Details of the cash transaction were,...
- Research articles 2000-04-17
- The Return of the McJob?
- Remember McJobs? For the uninitiated, the McJob was a lowly position, often in the service sector, with few opportunities for career advancement. In the late 1980s and early 1990s, it was almost a rite of passage for graduates. It was perfectly possible to graduate with honours and still find yourself...
- Blog posts 2009-02-19
- Sales Appointments.
- Burnes of Boston, North Smithfield, RI, recently named three new regional sales managers. Rebecca Mazurowski, left, is regional sales manager for the northeast territory. She was previously with the Samsonite Corp. Also previously from the Samsonite Corp., Wendell Thompson, right, serves as the regional sales manager...
- Research articles 2000-03-01
- 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: "There’s a fine line between...
- Blog posts 2009-06-11
- Stores agree town move
- TWO big high street names have signed-up to help transform shopping facilities in a market town. A pounds 32m development project is planned for Morpeth town centre, which includes building a landscaped piazza, an extension to the Morrisons supermarket, a new town centre bus interchange, 17,000 sq ft of...
- Research articles 2008-04-17
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