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44 Ways to Kick-Start Your New Year

Success

Find a mentor. Ask questions of mentors and peers. Todd Duncan , sales expert and co-author of The 10 Golden Rules of Customer Service: The Story of the $6,000 Egg. Ask restaurant servers for low-sodium options—you’d be surprised how eager they are to help. Take stock and charge forward. Attend training.

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How to Survive a Recession, According to a 91-Year-Old Business

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To keep the 76,000-square-foot store running with only 120 employees, down 40% from the prior year, and with 50% fewer staff in the restaurant, they had to find efficiencies like streamlining the restaurant menu. My dad told me: ‘Rick, if you want the restaurant to run well, be in the restaurant.’ Great advice.”

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Ep 218: Naomi White on Language Models Like ChatGPT and How Executive Assistants Can Utilize Them

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ezCater’s simple-to-use platform provides a network of over 100,000 restaurants nationwide, business-grade reliability, food spend management tools, and 24/7 support from their highly trained customer service team.

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Ep 230: Yolanda Hunte on Changing How the World Sees Executive Assistants

LEADERASSISTANT.COM

Nelson Mandela CONNECT WITH YOLANDA Yolanda on LinkedIn ABOUT YOLANDA Yolanda Hunte is an enthusiastic advocate for leadership and has served as a council member for the Ambitious Women Conference where she has collaborated with female colleagues in sales and marketing helping to organize, mentor and motivate other women.

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The Power of Reinvention: 5 Major Career Pivot Stories with Happy Endings

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Beyleveld’s marketing strategy was to exceed expectations at every touchpoint, from aesthetics to customer service to the quality of instructors. “I I liked that we were meeting whistleblowers in the back of pizza restaurants. To gain that confidence, take practical steps—surround yourself with mentors who have taken that leap.

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Collaborating With The Enemy: Competitive Advantage? | THE SMALL.

The Small Business Blog

Within his business he has established what he calls a Mentor Board of Advisors, a group of people he turns to for advice and learning. Not surprisingly this group includes mentors within his own industry, but what is unique about Scudamore is that some of these mentors run the businesses he competes against every day.

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Competitive Intelligence: Not Just For Big Business | THE SMALL.

The Small Business Blog

Top 5 Tips for Working With a Mentor » « Previous Entries This entry was posted on Wednesday, January 20th, 2010 at 3:38 pm and is filed under SME-Blog. Steve Said on January 26th, 2010 at 3:38 pm I often find that CI is overlooked by small businesses especially regarding restaurants for example.

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