Archive for November 30th, 2004
Alpaca Business Unsustainable?
HBS Working Knowledge: “Employers worry a lot about absenteeism, but new research suggests a bigger threat to productivity is “presenteeism”: sick workers who show up at work but are not fully functioning. U.S. companies may lose $150 billion (yes, that’s billion) annually because of presenteeism, according to some estima”tes.
Curves Founder Named Entrepreneur of the Year
Michele Miller: Gary Heavin is sitting pretty these days, smack-dab in the middle of the business spotlight. Heavin, founder of the extraordinarily popular Curves fitness chain, has just been named Ernst & Young’s “Entrepreneur of the Year” in the service industry category. Starting with a $10,000 investment and a single gym in 1995, Heavin now [...]
