Success

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

We all know expenses exist, but the numbers keep adding up—rent, water, trash, electricity, cable, Internet, car insurance, renter’s insurance, gas, cell phone. According to a Gallup survey , only one in three Americans prepares a detailed household budget. It all feels a bit much.

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Success

MARCH 13, 2022

Or what about an elegant restaurant that has a dress code prohibiting shorts? Instead of turning someone away, a restaurant staffer escorts him to a private closet that has “loaner pants.” A couple of hours later, the happy patron pays his $200 tab; he will return to the restaurant nine times the next year.

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Ideas.Ted

JULY 8, 2021

Most were small companies with fewer than 100 people, and they included creative and professional service firms but also software startups, restaurants, factories and nursing homes — industries where overwork is common and deadlines can be inflexible.

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Service Untitled

FEBRUARY 17, 2011

Customer service representative Donna Petrosini was speaking with Karen Ford, a customer since 2008, when Ford began to slur her words and dropped the phone. “I was on the phone with one of our long-time customers, and suddenly she was unable to respond to my questions. Good service valued over good food?

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Service Untitled

FEBRUARY 26, 2010

So we have a few of Panera’s policies that set them apart from other restaurants, and that includes antibiotic free chicken, no trans fat, many natural ingredients and an impressive list of whole grain breads, but does that have a significant impact on customer service and the Business Week’s award?

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Stephanie LH Calahan

FEBRUARY 26, 2010

This topic came back up the other day as I was working with an extremely successful medical professional.  MYM_Organizing Depends-car, couch, restaurant-but not at desk   deusami at desk, shortened days so I can get my kids after school. Snacks, too. Usually reading or checking e-mail. Never skip [I'd pass out.]

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On The Job

JUNE 1, 2009

Another said she was looking for contacts in “restaurant work” because she was so burned out and wanted to leave the industry where she had built a successful career. We recently came out with a survey looking at the stress that those left behind after a layoff feel. She adds that those seeking work are at all levels. “I

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