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Possible developments in Tim Horton’s expansion plan, what Colin Powell says about the restaurant industry and the reason Burger King had to end a recent ad campaign.
It’s all in this past week’s top five most-clicked links in SmartBrief on Restaurants:
- Departure of Tim Hortons CEO prompts speculation
- What Panera learned from early menu-labeling efforts
- Burger King kills commercial after postal service complains
- Colin Powell applauds restaurant industry’s economic contributions
- Restaurant and grocery chains pass along higher food costs
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Michael Brito is a vice president at Edelman Digital. He writes frequently in his social media blog and just finished writing his first social business book, “Smart Business, Social Business: A Playbook for Social Media in Your Organization,” which will be released in July.
As organizations begin to show signs of “social business” behaviors, they will begin to experience different levels of cultural change relating to the people in the organization, as well as its processes and technology.[…] Continue Reading »
Gregory J. Wright is the communications manager for online news at the American Institute of CPAs and manages @CPALetter_Daily.
Ric Dragon knows his search engine optimization and how to tell a story. In a mythical land where the identical twin SEO beasts live, a wizard (Google) has challenged bloggers with inviting good SEO into their homes, while keeping bad SEO out.[…] Continue Reading »
SmartPulse — our weekly nonscientific reader poll in SmartBrief on Leadership — tracks feedback from more than 150,000 business leaders. We run the poll question each Tuesday in our e-newsletter.
Last week, we asked: How predictable is your leadership style?
- Most of the time I’m predictable, but I occasionally surprise people: 68%
- My team always knows what to expect from me and how I lead: 29%
- I’m completely unpredictable, and my leadership style is not clear to most others: 2%
- I’m mostly unpredictable, and my team reacts to my shifts in style: 1%
People don’t like surprises at work.[…] Continue Reading »
How to create incentives for your employees, ways to examine your relationship with your boss and the trick to convincing team members that a risk is worthwhile.
It’s all in this past week’s top five most-clicked links in SmartBrief for CFOs:
- 7 questions to help you get along better with your boss
- 5 keys for building your company’s culture
- How to compensate all-star employees
- How to make taking risks sound like a good idea
- How to deal with management problems
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