Blowing Up "Business as Usual"

Blowing Up "Business as Usual" The BNET Report | September 30, 2008 View on Mobile | Trouble viewing this mail? Read it online | Manage my newsletters What's New on BNET The Everyday-Is-a-Saturday Workplace Cali Ressler and Jody Thompson did something radical at Best Buy - they instituted unlimited vacation time, let employees set their own schedules, and declared all meetings optional. Surprise: Productivity is through the roof. Sponsored Enterprise PBX buyer's guide Learn what to look for, what you can expect to pay, and how to go about purchasing a VoIP PBX system. (VoIP-News) Why Work Sucks (and How to Fix It) Ten things you can do right now to kick the habit of old-fashioned, time-based management and get your team focusing on results instead. Four Radically Different Corporate Cultures That Work BNET takes a close look at Best Buy, Google, GE, and the Brazilian conglomerate Semco, to find out what makes each tick. The End of Work as We Know It Author and Harvard Business blogger Tammy Erickson gives us her honest assessment of ROWE and what the future of the workplace will look like. Looking for SF-Based BNET Readers Are you a frequent BNET reader who lives in the San Francisco Bay Area? If so, we're offering a fun, no-holds-barred opportunity to tell us what's right and what's wrong with BNET Industries in order to help make it a better, more useful resource for you. BNET Reports on the Financial Crisis Fed Bailout Fails - Now What? The ultimate fate of the proposed $700 billion bailout is up in the air, but one thing is certain: Never underestimate the anger of American taxpayers. Will There Be an SEC Next Year? BNET's Peter Galuszka on the end of an era at the U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission. Five Ways to Fix Corporate Governance As the crisis on Wall Street demonstrates, governance is still broken. Here's why current regulation won't fix the problems that need to be solved. Thompson's Memos The Good News about Tough Times A downturn highlights "talentless" managers, giving true leaders an opportunity to earn more respect. Company Spin All Spun out? BNET's Vince Thompson on how companies underuse their best PR asset at a time when they need it most. - Sponsor - - Sponsor - 5 Top Benefits of Telecommuting See how your small business can reap the rewards of this popular practice Get the Top 5 Now How Managers Become Leaders Paying the Price for 'Experienced' Employees How to Present Like Steve Antidote for Toxic Bosses Debunking the Myths of Social Networking Pharma Pharma Roundup: YouTube Warning for Shire, China Hopes for Cardinal, and More Will Pharma's "troubled assets" net anything in the bailout bonanza? Also: Shire warned for misleading consumers with a YouTube video; Cardinal Health stepping it up in China; Imclone's mystery bidder to be revealed on Wednesday (if the deal falls through). Advertising Advertising Roundup: Yahoo Ad Platform Underwhelms, ISPs on Good Behavior, and More Yahoo's ad platform not quite so APT -- Yahoo is calling its new ad platform a "seminal moment in the industry." The industry, meanwhile, begs to differ. MediaWeek's Mike Shields reports that buyers and sellers consider APT underwhelming at best. [Source: MediaWeek] Broadband ISPs won't target ads without consumer opt-in... Media NYT, Gannett, Yahoo, McClatchy, Apple, and Google Stocks All Get Hammered Black & Blue Monday brought the biggest one-day point drop in U.S. stock market history. As the indices all melted down today after the House failed to pass the Bush administration's $700 billion bailout bill, media companies -- especially newspapers -- were sinking fast. The New York Times' stock fell... More Daily Insights... Premier Sponsor Dell: Built to fit your business needs. Thought Leadership Sponsors The all-new Infiniti FX. Stereotype resistant. Send us your feedback here. Sign up for more free newsletters from BNET! To manage your account settings, please visit our Subscription Center. The e-mail address for your subscription is khalifasoft.blog@blogger.com Unsubscribe from this newsletter | FAQ | Advertise | Privacy Policy © 2008 CNET Networks, Inc., a CBS Company. All rights reserved. | Privacy Policy | Terms of Use BNET is a registered service mark of CNET Networks, Inc. CNET Networks, Inc. 235 Second Street San Francisco, CA 94105 U.S.A.