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How to Create a Powerful, Future-Proof Culture for Remote and Decentralized Teams

Allwork

If you have a customer-is-always-right policy, describe what’s required to support it. Although many companies had to make a dramatic shift in office policies since the pandemic, goLance has been a fully remote company from the start, with the infrastructure, communications, and processes in place for this environment.

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Take the “Jingle” out of Holiday Stress

The Office Professionals Place

Wednesday, December 9, 2009 Take the “Jingle&# out of Holiday Stress Are you planning the holiday party in your office? Or are you stressed just thinking about the holidays? Here are a few ways to ‘deck the halls’ and have a worry free holiday. Use your days off during the holidays to relax.

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5 Etiquette Lessons for the Workplace

On The Job

Is it OK to tweet during a business conference? Do you get the boss a holiday gift this year? If you're attending a conference where you're expected to tweet updates, the speaker usually understands that. Remembering you don't owe anyone a holiday gift. But some things stick around -- like the importance of good manners.

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All work and some play: the rise of the ‘Bleisure’ travellers

Practically Perfect PA

We’ve chosen holiday destinations specifically because they are close to where the business travel took us,’ said Deborah, who chronicles her experiences on the blog, TagAlongTravel.com. ‘I If you’re curious about your company culture or even its policy towards bleisure travel you could approach the subject with your manager. ‘As

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Organising business travel is changing… Are you?

Practically Perfect PA

Or in other words, tacking on some holiday time to your business trip. I think most of our Executives have done this at some point and usually we will be asked to also manage the holiday side of the trip. Bleisure travel is apparently (hey, I’m only just a Millennial!) the mixture of business and leisure travel.

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Increase Productivity

Ian's Messy Desk

Attend brown-bag lunches, trade shows and conferences. Others carry on self-directed learning in recreational arts and hobbies, matters of health, family and community, or simply to increase their intellectual resources. Take productivity courses online and read up. Ask them for the ideas, tips or secrets to their productivity success.

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A Telephone Etiquette Test

Ian's Messy Desk

com) Will Someone Please Answer The Phone – 8th Digital Dealer Conference (slideshare.net) Office voice mail system proving advantageous to different offices (slideshare.net) Related Posts: Test Are you a hoser? The person who initiate the original call should dial back. Another Test Post Communication Did you enjoy this post?

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