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Sustainable Gifts Everyone on Your List Will Love

Success

Woman-owned Packed with Purpose stands out for its amazing variety of gift box assortments, with each supplier committed to sustainability from small batch producers. Finding out your team’s preference is as simple as a quick, digital survey like you’d use for a luncheon event. Organic, fair trade coffees and teas.

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

Success

Or the physician who returns a prospective patient’s call on a Saturday, spends 20 minutes on the phone discussing symptoms, and then shares a private cellphone number with instructions to call back if further medical advice is needed. I do more than 700 phone calls, not emails, to clients on their birthdays each year.

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Why India Is a Rising Star Among Exporting Nations

The Small Business Blog

According to the 2013 Global Manufacturing Competitiveness Index (GMCI), a survey of 550 senior manufacturing executives from around the world, India currently ranks a surprising fourth in manufacturing competitiveness, behind only China, Germany and the U.S. That’s fourth with a bullet. Small businesses in the U.S. and China.

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8 Productivity Apps Every Business Owner Needs

Productivityist

Fortunately, there are numerous excellent and intuitive apps available for almost all phones using iOS and Android. For example, you cannot hope to be the best florist in your area without meeting with your team, suppliers, delivery drivers, and clients. Forest is a friendly app that turns staying away from your phone into a game.

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Serviced Apartments – pros and cons

Practically Perfect PA

I conducted a short project, where I surveyed all of the consultants to find out what they needed from their accommodation. In addition I met with a number of serviced apartment suppliers and from the outset it was clear that the apartments were considerably cheaper than the best corporate rate I was offered at a hotel.

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From the archive: The role of workplace design in employee engagement

Workplace Insight

But according to a recent survey by Deloitte while 87 percent of organisations cite culture and engagement as one of their top challenges, almost two-thirds of executives do not feel they are effectively driving this desired culture within their business.

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10 Tips to Get Your Office Organized

Productivity Bits

In fact, surveys have shown that the majority of people have so much clutter on their desk that they aren’t even able to see their workspace beneath it. Instead of dumping your keys, wallet, phone, and sunglasses in different areas, have one designated location for them. Tip #9: Keep Personal Items in One Place.

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