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What Are 5 Components of Emotional Intelligence & How Do They Shape Your Future?

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Consider, for instance, an entrepreneur who has a great relationship with an essential supplier. The product, price and speed of delivery are each excellent, yet their customer service could use some improvement. After a stressful day for this entrepreneur, one particular customer service representative behaves rudely.

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Why educate women – isn't it a waste of resources? | THE SMALL.

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Why educate women – isn’t it a waste of resources? by Stefan Töpfer on Apr 16, 2008 When my wife went to university in London in the eighties one of her professors was of the opinion that the education was wasted on women, since they would leave university, get married and have children. — ST. What rubbish !

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Top 5 Tips for Hiring New Employees

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Evans Said on February 25th, 2010 at 3:30 am Always look at the applicant’s educational background. Not just check that he/she graduated in the relevant field but the best candidate’s full educational history will tell the story. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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Small Business World News Round-up - 2009/11/17

The Small Business Blog

Restructuring – a word used by BIG Business to lower cost, fire employees and squeeze suppliers. do cost cutting do credit control do customer service export find funding grow your business handle problems keep data safe lower overheads manage your time market and sell motivate your staff not to do it!

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UK/Ireland small Business News Round-up – 11/04/2008 | THE SMALL.

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FPB calls for commitment to tackling the issues faced by small firms : With new research showing that just 9% of politicians have more than 10 years of business experience, the FPB is calling for those who make the laws in the UK and Europe to better educate themselves about the issues facing smaller firms. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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Entrepreneurship live and kicking! | THE SMALL BUSINESS BLOG

The Small Business Blog

But then my business education does not limit me to just ticking boxes on a form (-forgive me for this little side dig, but it had to be done!). Quality, customer service and a niche market, what could possibly go wrong. What have I learned yesterday? Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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Women In The Workplace

The Small Business Blog

A lot of money is invested in educating women; through school, university and even beyond. do cost cutting do credit control do customer service export find funding grow your business handle problems keep data safe lower overheads manage your time market and sell motivate your staff not to do it! Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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