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How You Can Promote Social Responsibility in the Workplace

Success

While broader CSR goals may include progressive hiring policies, working with suppliers equally committed to sustainability and energy-reducing, greener windows and HVAC, these are not initiatives where most employees can participate. Even corporate parties and gift-giving makes a difference. Lead by example.

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5 Ways to Thrill Your Customers (Because a Thank You Email Just Doesn’t Cut It Anymore)

Success

These examples have one thing in common: From start to finish, these business people and their teams thrilled their customers. I look forward to working with you to reduce the time between your client’s call for repairs and when your service team arrives on-site.” She and her team captured more than 1,250 shots on our special day.

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10 Favors You Can Do for Yourself Every Day

Success

Here are some simple gifts you can give yourself every day to keep you focused on what you can do: Control the tapes in your head. The supplier doesn’t like the new product you designed. In 2013 a team member was devastated over a mistake she made in communicating with a business contact and “felt sick to her stomach.”

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Working with other assistants

Practically Perfect PA

I thought I would go into a bit more detail and give some tips on how we can work as a team. Working as a team. If your company is anything like mine then you will also have assistants spread out across different teams, floors, offices and Countries reporting into different managers with varying degrees of seniority.

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10 Questions To Find The Perfect Venue

Office Dynamics

This has proven very helpful to our team here in landing our clients in the right venue, and we hope it’s as helpful to you as you embark on your journey to find the ideal location for your event. Daniel was a part of the founding team at Peerspace , an online marketplace for unique venues. Daniel Watson, Peerspace.

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Job descriptions for Personal Assistants – Merited or inherited?

Practically Perfect PA

We lighten the load for executives and are vital members of any executive management team. The Skill-set of the modern PA is a far cry from tea and typing: Exceptional Communication – with colleagues, clients, suppliers, peers and the public (includes Active Listening). Business Continuity Planning Co-ordinator.

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Small Business World News Round-up – 2009/12/15

The Small Business Blog

Five More Small Biz Sales Tips Recent Comments Marusya I too agree that a strong team is really vital for any task. A recent survey of small-business owners or managers by American Express’ small-business division shows that fewer of them are planning to give gifts or cash. Also success stories. marusya-serial.ru What about B2B?

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