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...choosing their charities if they hope to get the maximum image boost. Among the roughly 450 nonprofit organizations that Goldman employees donated to through the voluntary program in 2008 are some of the nation's most élite private schools. One of the largest recipients of Goldman money in 2008 was New Jersey private school Rumson Country Day School. Also on the list are Choate Rosemary Hall, Lawrenceville and Spence. Top colleges got their share of Goldman largesse as well. Harvard, Stanford Graduate School of Business, the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Chicago all got over...
...need fewer ramp personnel, and now they get paid every time they do handle your bag. In reality, it's the airline flight crews who are now doing the baggage handling, for no extra wages - and don't they enjoy it. (See 10 things you didn't know about money...
Funny, aren't Southwest and JetBlue among the better performers? They are not always the cheapest, mile for mile, but customers of these carriers find value in the whole travel experience, not just the price. People will pay money for performance. It's a lesson the legacy guys never seem...
Motivating people by dangling money in front of them doesn't always work. Nor do a host of other traditional business incentives. Instead, argues Daniel Pink, an author who worked as a speechwriter for Vice President Al Gore, people are often fueled by intrinsic motivations - like the simple desire to do good work. To prove his point, Pink penned Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us, which hit stores Dec. 29. Pink talked with TIME about what fuels good work, the perils of performance reviews and what businesses can do to boost performance in a tough economic climate...
...unusual move so close to an election, and one that has fueled speculation that she's in real trouble. Adding to that image is a last-minute TV ad buy in Boston and Springfield by the Massachusetts Democratic Party; that push is likely financed by Washington Democrats with money sorely needed to defend vulnerable incumbents or finance challenges in the six seats where Senate Republicans are retiring...