Viewpoint
Hiring The Best - Always A Winning Strategy
"People are our greatest asset", often the common cry of so many executives in our venerable industry. We walk the walk and talk the talk as well as any. Human Asset ROI and Financial Analysis of Human Assets (FAHA) have become common terms in our dialogue. Performance management systems are established in companies of all sizes. Human motivation and human development are studied in order to effectively match performance with rewards.
Leadership
Deciding Who Leads excerpts and commentary by Joseph Daniel McCool
"Executive recruiting is arguably the most important task in the world of business." So begins the endorsement by Wharton School management professor Peter Cappelli for Deciding Who Leads: How Executive Recruiters Drive, Direct & Disrupt the Global Search for Leadership Talent (April 2008, Davies-Black Publishing) by Joseph Daniel McCool.
FYI Candidates
The Importance of Corporate Culture in the Job Search Process
Kristin has been out of college for about two years. She joined a company upon graduation that she knew had a good reputation, offered fair wages, and a flexible working schedule so that she could enjoy a healthy work/life balance..
Executive Movements
DUBLIN, Ohio - A former WENDY´S INTERNATIONAL INC. executive has come out of retirement to rejoin the company as its chief of North American operations. STEVE FARRAR, 57, will take up the newly created post on April 14, Wendy´s said.
MINNEAPOLIS - BUFFALO WILD WINGS INC. said director JAMES M. DAMIAN was named chairman of the board. He succeeds WARREN E. MACK, who has been interim chairman since last August, following the retirement of Kenneth H. Dahlberg.
Financial Overview
DUBLIN, Ohio -WENDY´S INTERNATIONAL INC. on Thursday reported declines in same-store sales for the March 30-ended first quarter of 0.1 percent at U.S. franchised outlets and 1.6 percent at domestic corporate units.
MARYVILLE, Tenn. - RUBY TUESDAY INC., operator or franchisor of 942 casual-dining restaurants, reported a 59-percent plunge in third-quarter net income as declines in sales and guest traffic continued to challenge the struggling chain.