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5 Long-Term Financial Goals and How to Achieve Them

Success

In addition to your own contributions, many children receive cash gifts for birthdays or holiday presents over the years. Consider asking friends and family members to contribute to your child’s college fund instead of buying them yet another toy as a gift.

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Stress, anxiety and a beamish response to it all

Workplace Insight

We now have a policy of not offering ourselves as an outlet for any of the deluge of comment pieces and surveys that are published each year to accompany the various days – and increasingly weeks – dedicated to certain conditions like stress and anxiety. They are a gift both to and from the PR industry.

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The Best Client Retention Strategies to Use Now

Success

To achieve your goals, you must develop a customer care policy that’s understood and adhered to by every member of your team. In both cases, your teams may rely on “the fine print” to cover your company legally from overpromising. Offer sales, discounts and gifts as surprise perks. Then, overdeliver as possible.

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Menopause gift bags and monitoring toilet breaks: why are employers getting menopause support so wrong?

Workplace Insight

A recent story involving Avanti West Coast, who provided a gift bag to staff experiencing menopause, is the latest in a series of misjudgements of menopause support by employers. Developing a menopause policy setting out the support available and providing a point of contact for those experiencing symptoms.

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10 Tips for Taking Effective Phone Messages

Ian's Messy Desk

The date and time will be important if need to support a process for certification or legal reasons. The date and time of the call is essential. This will help you recall the conversation. When writing the information, make sure to ask for correct spellings.

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Want to expand your horizons? 35 new books from TED speakers that will enlarge your world

Ideas.Ted

In this book, she presents evidence that while large philanthropic donations and headline-making policy changes may get most of our media attention, they are not the only tools to achieve peace. White Americans today earn 13 times the median income as Black Americans, according to policy analyst and racial justice advocate Heather McGhee.

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Which Person Would You Talk To?

Men With Pens

Raw Food Gift Buying Guide for the Holidays Reply Rose December 2, 2009 at 12:55 pm *stifled fan-girl squeal* I hadn’t heard of Kevin Parent before James introduced me to his music, but his heartfelt lyrics and smooth sound work like an aspirin and a bubble bath after long, hard days, and he’s quickly become one of my favorites.

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