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10 Favors You Can Do for Yourself Every Day

Success

In my article on ideas for shaking up 2013, I mentioned the dependence we have on habit. 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.” But I did answer the pressing email! your mantra.

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Insight confirms partnership with Material Matters for sustainable design event

Workplace Insight

Launched in 2013, it publishes a weekly newsletter and has a readership of up to 8,000 unique users a day including workplace professionals, suppliers, purchasing, HR, IT and facilities managers and specifiers including fit-out firms, architects and designers.

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The Stunning Growth of Small Business Globalization

Small Business Labs

Key "wow" producing quote: the share of exports by large multinational corporations dropped from 84 percent in 1977 to 50 percent in 2013. Companies with fewer than 500 employees accounted for 97.8 percent  percent of all identified US exporters and 97.2 percent

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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. My company, international trading website Alibaba.com, currently has 2.9

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Working with other assistants

Practically Perfect PA

In my recent blog on what I think Assistants can expect in 2013 I briefly discussed the relationship between assistants and how teamwork and support of each other will become more important this year. 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.

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

Workplace Insight

That will differ quite dramatically from what you need for a training session, interacting with a client or supplier, or for a videoconference with a colleague based on the other side of the globe.

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Inside the Edinburgh PA Network

Practically Perfect PA

Meeting other assistants who work near by, who share the same suppliers, hotels, restaurants etc. Sherien : Being awarded the PA Executive Magazine/Hays Award ‘1 st runner up for the PA Newcomer of the Year’ 2013 Award was an amazing achievement for me. It is brilliant!