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The What, Who and How of Outsourcing… So You Can Let Go

Success

She relied on these four experts to keep her company looped in on the tiny tweaks and massive overhauls in today’s quickly evolving technology. For example, anytime Apple changed its operating system or upgraded Siri, her company needed to adapt. “We Who you gonna call? com , are—as the name suggests—global.

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Not All Stories Have Happy Endings—For This Entrepreneur, It Was Still Worth It

Success

After a major activewear retailer copied multiple designs in 2015, K-DEER fans started the hashtag #IStandWithKDEER to express their support for K-DEER and call for a boycott, which ultimately led the brand to pull the items. This rendered the company unable to produce its signature fabric because no other mills in the U.S.

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Are companies’ climate pledges for real — or just hot air? Here’s how you can tell

Ideas.Ted

Consider that just 100 companies are responsible for more than 70 percent of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions since 1988. And the number of science-based climate commitments made by companies has more than doubled since late 2019. Which of these companies are walking the walk, and which are blowing hot air?

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Launching Assist Travel

Practically Perfect PA

First up we have Assist Travel taking place on Friday 4th September 2015 from 10am to 4pm in London. Choosing a supplier for your office is not easy, particuarly when it comes to business travel. meetings with our suppliers are completely optional. We have selected a specific number of suppliers in key areas.

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Launching Assist Travel 2016

Practically Perfect PA

Delegates at Assist Travel 2015. Choosing a supplier for your office is not easy, particularly when it comes to business travel. Assistants have to navigate their corporate travel policy while ensuring their Executives have a smooth business trip while relying on suppliers to make that happen. What are the key themes?

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Using social media to empower Assistants

Practically Perfect PA

Despite my passion for social media I haven’t always been adept at it and was a twitter virgin until The Assist Conference 2015. You can follow and connect with other Assistants, clients, colleagues, suppliers, brand ambassadors and influencers. It could be listed on your company intranet.

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From the archive: The role of workplace design in employee engagement

Workplace Insight

No two companies are the same. That will differ quite dramatically from what you need for a training session, interacting with a client or supplier, or for a videoconference with a colleague based on the other side of the globe. But the principles are universal. Here are seven ways in which you can address the engagement gap.