Read more corporate culture stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/2799/corporate-culture.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 13:28:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/59412/good-ceos-are-boring-brooks.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagRecent studies have yielded a good picture of the ideal CEO, and the life of the party he ain’t, writes David Brooks in the New York Times . Traits like empathy, good communication skills, and team-building aren’t very important. Flamboyant visionaries rarely work out. No, those who often thrive as CEOs...http://www.newser.com/story/59412/good-ceos-are-boring-brooks.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 19 May 2009 10:07:22 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/55749/all-those-years-we-were-racing-to-nowhere.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFor years, denizens of Wall Street have been living a frantic existence, sleeping, eating and otherwise living at the office, “because whatever it is that had to happen had to happen immediately, or yesterday,” writes Elizabeth Wurtzel in the Wall Street Journal . And what did this feverish “ER-approach” to finance...http://www.newser.com/story/55749/all-those-years-we-were-racing-to-nowhere.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 09 Apr 2009 11:00:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/48300/inauguration-becomes-de-facto-holiday.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagEmployers nationwide are bracing for a new slowdown, but they're excited about this one, reports USA Today . Thousands of workers nationwide are expected to take the day off tomorrow to watch the inauguration—or watch with co-workers in office parties. Companies are wise to grant the time off, since the...http://www.newser.com/story/48300/inauguration-becomes-de-facto-holiday.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 19 Jan 2009 3:12:37 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/42224/fdics-bair-tops-women-to-watch-list.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWhile two of Wall Street's top women—Morgan Stanley’s Zoe Cruz and Citigroup’s Sallie Krawcheck—fell from grace this year, the global economic storm has pushed several others, like the FDIC’s Sheila Bair and Bank of America’s Barbara Desoer to the top of the Wall Street Journal's 2008 50 Women...http://www.newser.com/story/42224/fdics-bair-tops-women-to-watch-list.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 10 Nov 2008 9:15:27 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/41466/japan-struggles-with-slacker-salarymen.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA new generation of Japanese salarymen is dropping out of the competition for raises, promotions, and managerial opportunities, the Wall Street Journal reports. Older Japanese are shocked at the attitudes of these ambition-shunning young workers who openly decline to climb the corporate ladder and switch jobs in pursuit of less-demanding...http://www.newser.com/story/41466/japan-struggles-with-slacker-salarymen.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 01 Nov 2008 9:17:27 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/28824/bored-at-work-site-disguises-classic-lit.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBusiness world got you down? Want to escape into a classic poem or short story? The New Zealand Book Council has made a website to help you: ReadatWork.com. The site brings up a fake Windows desktop with folders and PowerPoint files, the Wall Street Journal reports. Click on them,...http://www.newser.com/story/28824/bored-at-work-site-disguises-classic-lit.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 30 May 2008 14:08:21 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/28634/takeover-could-leave-anheuser-a-bit-skunked.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAnheuser-Busch executives are surely examining the fate of Interbrew, the Belgian company swallowed in 2004 by InBev, the Brazilian juggernaut reportedly preparing to grab the iconic US brewer, the Wall Street Journal reports. InBev's locker-room, bottom-line-oriented corporate culture has quickly replaced beer-loving Belgians with Brazilian execs, a situation that would...http://www.newser.com/story/28634/takeover-could-leave-anheuser-a-bit-skunked.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 28 May 2008 16:10:06 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/28133/corporate-bonding-20.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagCompany retreats are nothing new. And then, Fortune reports, there's Eco Seagate, a $2 million, week-long, life-changing challenge in New Zealand that some employees of the Northern California tech company trained months for. The trip, developed by CEO Bill Watkins, costs the company $2 million a year, and though the...http://www.newser.com/story/28133/corporate-bonding-20.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 21 May 2008 18:05:03 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/28071/why-gen-xers-hate-corporate-jobs.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagGeneration Xers don't seem to be clambering to the top of the corporate ladder in the numbers they should be—and many are turned off by corporate life altogether. BusinessWeek has 10 reasons why this might be so: Xers started their careers just as the economy went into its early...http://www.newser.com/story/28071/why-gen-xers-hate-corporate-jobs.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 21 May 2008 9:04:08 CDT