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Whoops! What now?

Loosely Speaking

Kids home for the summer or holidays. RSS Comments RSS Subscribe in a reader Copyright 2004. Friday, October 9, 2009 at 5:08 pm // By: ktcosmos // Category: Business Strategies/Perspectives , Life of the Virtual Assistant There are many scenarios that can derail your well-oiled SOHO operation. And next thing you know, you’re out.

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Lovely Jubilee!

Practically Perfect PA

This weekend is the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee which means all of the assistants in the UK get a lovely long bank holiday weekend to celebrate and enjoy all that Great Britain has to offer. But she always manages to get it right in the end and admit when she could have done things differently, which just shows how human she really is.

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Canadians Caught in Time Crunch

Ian's Messy Desk

Despite an overall increase in volunteerism in Canada, the proportion volunteering for culture and recreation organizations dropped from 32% in 1997 to 22% in 2004. This is not just a simple case of individuals needing to better manage their time,” Romanow said. “We

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AZVAs the Podcast Episode 8: Publishing Industry Opportunities

Loosely Speaking

Contents of this episode: Tips: Katie shares a boatload of other business podcasts that can help you stay current in your profession and Tara makes a suggestion about creative holiday marketing ideas. She writes and speaks extensively on publishing, employee ownership and participative management, and business planning.

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If You Think You’re Unbiased, You’re Wrong

Success

But he made diversity in the workplace a strategic initiative , laid down goals and linked those goals to manager pay. Thomas and Ayesha Kanji for Harvard Business School in 2004, Childs, as vice president of workforce diversity, executed a plan that created eight task forces. Krzanich didn’t pretend to have a can’t-miss plan.

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Interview with Rob Siefker of Zappos – Part 1 of 4

Service Untitled

And I started in the company as a temp worker in 2004. And then the manager that oversees that has other areas in the call center that they’re responsible for but then they have their piece and making sure that they stay connected with the team. Service Untitled: So tell me about your role and what you do at Zappos.

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Insurer Puts Integrity in its Name and Appreciation at its Core

Energage

In 2006, company President and CEO Bob Ritchie created American Integrity Insurance after the 2004 multiple hurricane season significantly reduced the number of sound homeowners insurance options in Florida. Human Resources Manager Michael Goodman said that environment starts with Ritchie and flows throughout the organization. “We’re