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Girls & Sports: A Winning Combination  |
Sports participation is crucial for girls. Studies show that a constructive, long-term sporting experience makes a positive difference in a girl's physical and psychological wellbeing.
By Lisa Carpenter
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| Writing Center - Maintaining Staff Writing Skills |
Effective business and technical writing skills improve communication, increase productivity and enhance customer satisfaction. "Maintaining Your Staff's Writing Skills" gives you five quick ways to move toward these goals.
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| Business Etiquette: Braving the Buffet - Don't Be Baffled |
The buffet meal scene may resemble the siege of the Bastille. Somehow, ordinarily sensible people seem to think the food will be taken away before they get some or that others will take all of the food, leaving them to starve. This irrational approach results in the two major buffet blunders: approaching the table too quickly and putting too much food on your plate.
By Mary Mitchell
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| Business Etiquette - Take Care of What Matters Most |
Class Acts take the time to take care of themselves. If we do not treat ourselves and our bodies with respect and kindness, how can we truly and genuinely be respectful and kind toward anybody else? Honor yourself. Eat healthy. Drink healthy. Get enough sleep and exercise. Simple yet anything but easy tasks in this complicated world of ours.
By Mary Mitchell
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| Business Etiquette - Avoid These Mistakes |
Learning from the mistakes of others is far less painful than having to experience them firsthand. The Mitchell Organization surveyed business executives and uncovered the top ten complaints regarding the way people conduct themselves at work.
By Mary Mitchell
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| Business Etiquette - Profile of a Civil Man in a Rude World |
This is a profile of a civil man. His name is Clarence and he is my hero and my "Angel of Civility". Clarence reminds me, just by his daily example, of the inherent dignity of each and every human being. And in this world of pandemic
rudeness, this is a very good thing.
By Mary Mitchell
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| Business Etiquette - Just What is Good Corporate Governance? |
When it comes down to it, good corporate governance is simply good manners. With the messes produced at Enron, WorldCom, Global Crossing, and far too many other companies, we are learning about some very arrogant, greedy, and downright rude people. Sadly, these rude individuals — the corporate executives, directors, lawyers, accountants — need to be reminded of noblesse oblige, or that rank, their rank specifically, compels obligation. Remembering this would help bring into focus their duties and responsibilities.
By Mary Mitchell
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| Business Etiquette - How to Act and Interact in Today's World |
How can corporations and individuals establish a sense of balance and stability, to once again operate from a base of trust and fairness with employees, co-workers, customers and associates? This is both easy and challenging. The first step is to accept that Good Manners Create Good Relationships and Good Relationships Create Good Business. This is the essential paradigm necessary to bring responsible, personal, and professional traits back into the corporate environment.
By Mary Mitchell
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| Working with Life's Weirdness |
We all know that life can be weird at times! Most of us find those weird twists of life disturbing, if not frightening. Yet as Tom Graves shows in this brief Lesson, by going back to an older understanding of 'weird', we can open up new possibilities for ourselves and others - and put those weirdnesses to practical use in everyday life.
by Tom Graves
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