Twinkies Baker Says He Was Already Down To $35,000 Income And Couldn't Go Any...
KANSAS CITY, Mo./NEW YORK, Nov 21 (Reuters) - Enough is enough, say bakery workers at Hostess Brands Inc.After several years of costly concessions, the Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco and Grain Millers...
View ArticleAn Insightful TED Talk On Why People Don't Work At Work
In corporate America, almost everyone spends their day at the office.On Wall Street people spend their lives in the office.Obviously, this makes a major impact on people's lives, so it's important to...
View ArticleAmerica's Two Earliest Startups Gave True Meaning To The Word 'Perseverance'
Ask any successful entrepreneur or investor what attributes are critical to building a successful business, and it's a safe bet that "perseverance" will be near the top of the list.And there's no...
View ArticleWalmart's Brilliant New Strategy For Preventing Black Friday Chaos
Walmart had its fair share of disasters on Black Friday last year. A screaming mob fought over a $2 waffle iron, a woman allegedly pepper sprayed a crowd so she could get an Xbox and people were sent...
View ArticleThere's One Big Trend Driving The Coming Global Talent War
McKinsey estimated in a recent report that there could be an 18 million person shortage in the supply of high skill, college-educated workers by 2020. And that's just advanced economies. If you add...
View ArticleIt Makes Way More Sense To Shop On Saturday Than Black Friday
If battling crowds at the mall on Black Friday isn't your idea of holiday fun, you should consider shopping on Saturday instead.Created in 2010 by American Express, Small Business Saturday celebrates...
View ArticleAmerican Consumers Are To Blame For The Walmart Strike
Forget the stampeding shoppers, the half-priced waffle irons, or the pepper spray wielding wackos: barring a federal intervention, the main event this Black Friday could turn out to be a showdown...
View ArticleTHE FOUNDERS' PARADOX: How To Be Incredibly Selfish And Selfless At The Same...
Former entrepreneur Mark Suster drops a much-deserved bomb on those who glamorize start-ups. But even he wouldn't mind another go.The reality checkers were out in force yesterday. The New York Times...
View ArticleEx-CEOs Are Cashing In Big Time For Doing Almost Zero Work
For those CEOs that exit on their own terms rather than being pushed out, semi-retirement can be an extremely lucrative second career.Joanne Lublin at the Wall Street Journal finds that both the size...
View Article4 Easy Habits That Boost Productivity
The technology age has made it easier to get distracted as surfing for anything on the web is a quick click away.For smaller companies, this decrease in productivity is extremely costly since resources...
View ArticleChildren Who Are Driven To School Are At A Disadvantage
Cycling or walking to school increases a child's ability to concentrate in the classroom, the results of a Danish study published Friday showed.Children who were driven to school, or who took public...
View ArticleTech's 8 Most Fearsome 'Patent Trolls'
Called patent trolls or non-practising entities (NPE), companies that make most of their money from licensing patents don't have the best reputation.Just this week, the Wall Street Journal reported...
View ArticleI Spent A Week In Google's Mailroom (GOOG)
When you think of Google, you probably think of Gmail and search. These two products are almost absurdly pervasive—if you don't use the former, you surely use the latter. And if you use neither, you...
View Article'Laws Of Power' Author Robert Greene Is Surprisingly Nice
Robert Greene’s infamous rulebook advocating ruthless cunning in the workplace is revered by rappers and movie moguls alike. So why is the modern-day Machiavelli such a pussy-cat himself?One would be...
View ArticleMichael Woodford: My Firing Was 'An Eight-Minute Corporate Execution'
In September 2011, then Olympus CEO Michael Woodford noticed major issues with the company's acquisitions. He went to the board, which set up a meeting on the issue for the next month.They ended up...
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Just in time for the holidays we're giving you have a chance to win an iPad mini. Become a newsletter subscriber now and you'll have a chance to win Apple's latest tablet. If you're the lucky winner...
View ArticleYour Employees Are Engaged...REALLY?
Recently, I dropped in on an innovative workspace for one of my software technology clients– it’s a very cool office space. An open-plan, communal space with worktables in rows, very low partitions...
View ArticleSAP's Afaria Keeps IT Managers In Control Of Mobile Workforce
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View ArticleSmart Phones Are Turning Everyone Into Veruca Salt
My daughter recently started college, and I was talking to her about how she manages her money. She pulled out her smartphone and pointed to an icon on the screen. “My bank is just another app to...
View Article10 Radical Companies That Are Changing The Way We Work
Millennials have a stronger-than-ever influence on the workplace.They're starting more and more companies themselves, and expect their workplaces to be as digitally native as they are. These 10...
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