For example, a company that falls in the 50th percentile on employee motivation improves only to the 56th by boosting performance on one drive, but way up to the 88th percentile by doing better on all four drives. Thatâs a powerful gain in competitive advantage that any business would relish.Getting people to do their best work, even in trying circumstances, is one of managersâ most enduring and slippery challenges. Indeed, deciphering what motivates us as human beings is a centuries-old puzzle.hatâs a powerful gain in competitive advantage that any business would relish. Getting people to do their best work, even in trying circumstances, is one of managersâ most enduring and slippery challenges. Indeed, deciphering what motivates us as human beings is a centuries-old puzzle.
GNP released the First Contact soundtrack on December 2, 1996. The album contained 51 minutes of music, with 35 minutes of Jerry Goldsmith's score, 10 minutes of additional music by Joel Goldsmith, Ooby Dooby and Magic Carpet Ride.
Coastal.com is an online retailer of contact lenses, eyeglasses and sunglasses founded in 2000 by Roger Hardy and his sister Michaela. They are one of the largest online contact lens retailers in North America, and the largest seller of prescription eyeglasses online in the world.n 2004, Coastal Contacts raised $6 million in an initial public offering, which they used to expand into the United Kingdom and parts of Europe. In late 2004, they acquired a mail order contact lens business in Europe, LensWay.