Posted on: Sunday, December 30, 2007
Bosses resolve to be more profitable in '08
Compiled by John MacIntyre
Percentage of entrepreneurs who plan to make New Year's resolutions for their business, according to a survey by Open from American Express Small Business Monitor: 69
Percentage who said their New Year's business resolution is to be more profitable: 56
Percentage who resolved to be a better boss: 36
'JINGLE ALL THE WAY'
Ranks of "Silent Night," "White Christmas," "Oh Holy Night" and "Jingle Bells" on the list of the holiday songs people most look forward to hearing when the holiday season comes around: 1, 2, 3, 4
Ranks of "Jingle Bells," "Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer," "Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer" and "White Christmas" on the list of holiday songs which, by the end of the holiday season, people wish they could never hear again: 1, 2, 3, 4
BONUS SLIGHT
Percentage of companies who say that they did not award holiday bonuses this year, according to a study conducted by Hewitt Associates: 63
Percentage of companies that say they rely on variable pay plans (performance-based bonuses that must be re-earned annually) to show their appreciation to hardworking employees: 90
Percentage of companies that have never offered a holiday bonus: 53
TIPPING SCALES
Ranks of restaurant people, regular customers, small-business owners, hairdressers, liquor salesmen, limo drivers and salesmen on the list of the best tippers, according to a study conducted by Bartender Magazine and its publisher, Ray Foley: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
Ranks of doctors, lawyers, bankers, 21- to 25-year-olds, teachers, computer nerds and pipe smokers on the list of the worst tippers: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
SHOPPING EXPERIENCES
Percentage of Americans who selected finding a parking space as the biggest holiday jam they faced, according to a survey by Deep Blue Insight Group on behalf of the GBC Document Finishing Group: 50
Rank of buying something that they thought was on sale but really wasn't: 2
Percentage who reported that bringing their significant other along shopping was a mistake: 10
NO-SMOKING BENEFITS
If all Medicaid beneficiaries who smoke would quit, the estimated savings to America's Medicaid system within five years, according a study released by the American Legacy Foundation: $10 billion
Percentage of costs to Medicaid that could be cut by effective smoking prevention and cessation programs: 5.6
HAWAI'I TRIP NO. 2
Rank of the Caribbean, Hawai'i, Paris, New York City, the Maldives, Las Vegas and Tahiti on the list of the top holiday escape, according to Trip Advisor survey: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
BOOMER LIFESTYLES
Percentage of baby boomers who say they want more time with loved ones this holiday season, according to TeeBeeDee: 47
Percentage of baby boomers who said they want peace and quiet from their active lives: 40
Percentage who want an open bar: 5
Percentage who want a flat-screen TV: 8.5
SEEKING BALANCE
Percentage of CFOs who said that employment candidates are now more likely to ask about work/life balance programs during interviews than they were five years ago, according to a Robert Half Finance and Accounting survey: 57
DRESS FOR SUCCESS
Percentage of U.S. workers who say that if they dress more like their boss, they get more respect, according to a survey by Yahoo HotJobs Workforce: 55
IDLE THOUGHT
"A painter is a man who paints what he sells; an artist, on the other hand, is a man who sells what he paints."
— Pablo Picasso, artist and sculptor
Readers can contact John MacIntyre at johnmacintyre@bwr.eastlink.ca
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