Promotion isn't everything

Employers value ambition, but are we obsessed with being promoted, asks Catherine Quinn in the Guardian. Every office has one - the new employee eyeing up the corner office before they've even got their knees under the desk. But it's not just the odd over-eager graduate desperate for a few extra

McDonald's on-line

.W jaki sposób McDonald's sprzedaje swoje produkty na Taobao? Całe przedsięwzięcie jest częścią akcji promocyjnej nowego menu (Value Meals). Cena sprzętu dostępnego w sklepie internetowym jest porównywalna do jej ceny hurtowej. Kiedy jednak użytkownik klika na ofertę, cena produktu spada. Pierwszy

Motherhood, children and work

? The truth is that there is no real way to measure the "value" of working against the "value" of staying home. What are we talking about, after all? Monetary value? Emotional value? Social value? And doesn't the calculus, whatever it is, differ according to the ages of the children

Lesson 78. A WOW project

does: it matters, it makes a difference and it transforms the enterprise. It's a project that takes your breath away and something you can brag about. A WOW project also has the value that YOU add. How do you start a WOW project then? Think laterally. Break the mould. Go an extra mile. Think about

Lesson 27: Seven pillars of business wisdom. Rule no.3: The customer is KING

OLD RULE: Shareholders rule NEW RULE: The Customer is KING In the past customers have often lost out in the relentless push to maximise shareholder value, as represented by the stock price. According to a recent study there is a huge gap between the perceptions of executives and the

Free speech versus civility

value of free speech, even deeply offensive free speech, has generally taken priority over the value of protecting the feelings of minorities. Nicholas Watt of the Guardian observed a surprising scene on a recent warm spring afternoon in Kraków. Tourists and young couples ambling through the historic

Lesson 2: Working mothers

put it: 'There's added value in working mothers. They are super-organized, have smaller egos than men and they rarely suffer from hangovers'. So, has the revolution really started, or - is it still in nappies? Click on: www.mumandworking.co.uk or www.workingmums.co.uk and - Find that job

Lesson 89. Treat money like rabbits

. Some people blow it all. Some incur debts. Some have savings. Some live off the interest on their capital. Others live off on the interest on the interest of their capital! Rare luxury? Maybe. But they know the value of compound interest. Do you? Wysłuchaj lekcji Rozwiąż ćwiczenie do lekcji

How to decorate your desk

congratulating you on a minor success is hard to beat. But the must-have is the only desktop gadget of any practical value: one of those mirrors you clip on to your monitor to check who's creeping up behind you. At last - novelty-value and functionality combined.what bleak truths could it offer - jakie posępne

Dlaczego Kraków?

złoto w przypadku Krakowa można kupić dużo taniej, niż gdzie indziej. Value for money Młodzi krakowscy pracownicy są tańsi nie tylko w porównaniu do swoich kolegów w krajach zachodnich, ale też w stosunku do pracowników z innych polskich metropolii. - Oczekiwania finansowe kandydatów sektora BPO z

Lesson 75. Work on the brand called YOU

essential. But it is not enough. To survive the white-collar wipeout you need to be very special at something which has a specific economic value. In a word - you need to exhibit True Mastery. Think about athletes or actors who have records of sustained excellence. These people are consummate pros who work

Teenager's homemade jam to earn him pots of money

jam in as healthy a way as possible. Traditional jam is quite unhealthy. It is boiled in huge pans so it has no nutritional value." It was not easy to change a product that has been made the same way for hundreds of years. "I wanted to put a completely new perspective on jam," said

Biografie mówców na Megakonferencji Get Inspired

dwoma najznakomitszymi intele-ktualistami biznesu. Renée Mauborgne Jest też założycielką Value Innovation Network (VIN), globalnej organizacji praktyków innowacji wartości i członkiem Rady Value Innovation Action Tank (VIAT) w Singapurze. Wspólnie z Chanem Kimem jest autorem światowego

The hollowing of today's corporations

- and India does the sales support. An American private-equity group runs the show, but is looking to sell us on next year." No mention of community, doing something of inherent value or other sunny liberal concepts about work. In place of values, the hollow company has mission statements. Rather

Hotel Westin w Warszawie: Doświadczenia Międzynarodowe podczas VI edycji Kongresu Kadry.

, International Lodging Human Resources, Marriott International Inc. O czekaniu na zmianę (ewolucji!) i napędzaniu zmian (rewolucji!) - Sonnie Thomson - coach / tener w Silver Screen World Cinemas sp. z o.o. O tworzeniu organizacji wprowadzającej wartości - Leif Christiansen, Key Value Coaching. Podczas VI

Staruszek Bill, czyli 50 lat minęło...

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Dealing with conflict at work

if possible they hire people who they perceive to be like themselves. But in an office environment you often work with people who haven't been chosen to be like you." When you're dropped into a team with people from different backgrounds and value systems, tension can quickly build. In fact

Taxonomy of Office Creatures

;the marginal value of not being an utter tool." The Beast Behavioral trait: Constantly getting his way by hanging the threat of a prima donna tirade over everyone else's head, like a crocodile who gets the entire water hole by eating all the monkeys and antelope trying to get a drink. How to

What is your motivation?

masses to knuckle down until five or six in the evening? In theory, we work to clothe, feed and shelter ourselves. But we also toil for money, power, recognition and status. Those who over-value material success, status and power are more likely to hate office life, and be less committed at work