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New Job? Don't Just Negotiate Salary, Negotiate Expectations as Well

Suzanne de Janasz | Posted 10.05.2013 | UK
Read More: Relationships, Managing Yourself, Promotion, Negotiating, UK Business, Work-Life Balance, Communicating, Managing Expectations, UK News
Suzanne de Janasz

You are offered the job you've always wanted. At last--recognition for all your hard work and achievement. Surely, your spouse and children will be just as happy as you are. Or will they?

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The Watford Experiment is Paying Dividends, But is It Sustainable?

Alex Ward | Posted 04.05.2013 | UK Sport
Read More: Abdi, Gianfranco Zola, Udinese, Sean Dyche, Npower Championship, Soccer, Granada, Promotion, Vydra, English Premier League, Pozzo Family, Watford FC, English Football, UK Sport News
Alex Ward

In the face of these apocalyptic predictions, Watford have flourished from mid-table mediocrity to a club skyrocketing toward the top-flight. And with such ascendancy, the benefits of the Pozzo empire have come sharp into focus.

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Irrationality of Managerial Merry-go-round Defies Logic of World's Most Unpredictable League

Matt Dathan | Posted 11.01.2013 | UK Sport
Read More: Championship, UK Football, Premier League, Football, Bolton Wanderers, Crystal Palace, Mick McCarthy, Owen Coyle, England Football, Promotion, Relegation, Southampton, Nigel Adkins, Mark Hughes, Paul Jewell, Qpr, Ian Holloway, UK Sport News
Matt Dathan

The fact that chairmen so consistently lose faith so soon into the season is baffling enough and shows the extent to which they are obsessed with the financial rewards of promotion and the fear of relegation.

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Are Coffee Drinkers More Successful?

The Huffington Post UK | Kyrsty Hazell | Posted 10.07.2012 | UK Lifestyle
Read More: Coffee Culture, UK News, Health Benefits of Coffee, Nutrition, Promotion, Caffeine, Health News, Work-Life Balance, Work-Life, Coffee, Slideexpand, Video, UK Lifestyle News

Do you guzzle copious cups of coffee throughout your working day? According to a recent survey, your caffeine habit not only reveals your love for lat...

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Why Getting A Promotion Is Good For Your Heart (Not Just Your Bank Balance)

The Huffington Post UK | Kyrsty Hazell | Posted 25.06.2012 | UK Lifestyle
Read More: Worklife, UK News, Heart Disease Promotion, Workplace, Promotion, Health News, Work-Life, Heart Disease, Slideexpand, Heart Attack, UK Lifestyle News

If you’ve just been promoted at work, it’s not just your bank balance that will look healthier – your heart could benefit too. According to r...

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About Leadership: Grades

Bernie Bulkin | Posted 12.03.2012 | UK
Read More: Promotion, Careers, Grades, Bp, UK Business, UK News
Bernie Bulkin

Nearly every big company feels that employees must have a grade, that their position must be defined by a number and a title. So in investment banking a new bachelor's degree enters as an analyst, gets promoted (or not) to associate, then vice president, managing director, etc. We have grading systems for scientific and engineering personnel, for managers, for secretaries. Of course, tied to grade is (presumably) accountability and (almost certainly) reward.

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The Comedy Girl Who Is Planning for the End of the World In 2012

John Fleming | Posted 28.02.2012 | UK Comedy
Read More: Copywriting, Internet, Writing, Theatre, Promotion, Marketing, Ad Industry, Comedy, End of the World 2012, 2012 End of the World, UK Comedy, UK Comedy News
John Fleming

Throughout my life, whenever I have met people at parties and suchlike, they have always eventually asked that terribly British question: "What do you do?" I am buggered if I have ever been able to give a sensible answer.

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