How to Survive the Offsite Meeting

How to Survive the Offsite Meeting by Liz O’Donnell (Boston) ... and team building sessions. Companies plan these events to strengthen teams, build mission ... When news of AIG’s $440,000 executive retreat hit the press just days after the federal bailout [more...]

Date: 2008-11-14 10:00:13

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Green Building Consultant Calls New Era “Frugal Green”

Jerry Yudelson, one of the world’s top green building consultants, ... that can be reduced by adopting green building measures. One example: a project team in Boston found ... proclaims that green building professionals can make sustainability pay its own way. Tucson, AZ [more...]

Date: 2009-03-06 10:04:41

One Of These Clubs Is Doing It’s Own Thing

Ok… I liked to watch Sesame Street as a child, and that’s about as close as I’ll ever get to using it in a headline ... with the established method of building a contending team in the post-lockout NHL. The Boston Bruins ... - Howard Berger So apparently the established method of building a contending team in the post [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 05:40:11

Sanrio Digital Snags Ex-Turbine Exec For Hello Kitty Online

Sanrio Digital announced today that it had appointed Robert Ferrari as vice president of Publishing and Business Development. Ferrari, who previously served as VP of Business Development at Turbine, will be based in Boston and build a US team. The... [more...]

Date: 2009-02-25 16:18:43

Jayson Stark's feature on ESPN.com leads me to reiterate my point that relying on high-profile free agents alone is not the ideal route to take

I haven't been shy about expressing my opinion that the Boston Red Sox are a better team than the New York Yankees. I will reiterate this point ... . I expect the same to happen this season. I can't write enough that building a team is more important than ... , high reward players.This quote in Stark's story aptly describes what happened in the off-season [more...]

Date: 2009-03-11 05:07:39

Combating the Sinking Economy, One MLB Team Protects Fans

The economy certainly has everyone's hackles up, and baseball (as well as every other sport league) is worried about the fallout ... pressure on the team. In Boston, the ownership has done nothing except keep ticket prices where ... that do the following: Too often teams turn fan loyalty into a cudgel - blackmailing municipalities into building them [more...]

Date: 2009-02-23 13:30:00

Classic WTF: A True Ninja Hacker Is Like The Wind

It's a particularly busy week for me: on top of a few looming deadlines, I'll be at Business of Software 2008 in Boston ... and the Ukrainians could think of was that an elite team of corporate ninja hackers some how managed ... each building; the kind of night where a momentary lapse in the deluge welcomed only powerful gusts [more...]

Date: 2008-09-02 14:00:00

Handling Sexual Harassment

Handling Sexual Harassment by Liz O’Donnell (Boston) A female vice president was attending a leadership retreat for her company’s top executives. During the retreat, coworkers carpooled to and from a team building dinner; the VP was the only woman [more...]

Date: 2008-12-03 18:00:57

The Greening of Southie [Giveaway]

We have four DVDs of this movie to randomly giveaway to commenters below, so if you'd like to win one, ... and South Boston, was completed in 2007 by a committed team of builders.  They submitted their process [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 07:07:21

Red Sox owner preaching salary cap, but we know why

Boston Red Sox owner John Henry is a proponent of a salary cap in baseball and believes that the sport needs to increase its efforts to promote " ... that had the highest payroll in baseball by a mere $75 million in 2008. Team president Larry Lucchino is on board and is building Henry's campaign as we speak. I'm guessing Henry would [more...]

Date: 2009-02-19 08:02:21

A 19th Century Jail becomes 21st Century Hotel

Entrance Lobby Charles Street Jail of Boston, built in 1851, was active till 1990 ... ) came up theidea of redeveloping this jail.  Their idea: Convert the building into a four-star luxury ... of Historic Places, the team on the $150 million project worked closely with a bevy of agencies, including [more...]

Date: 2009-03-04 22:27:47

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