Vantage Circle

JULY 8, 2019

Let’s take the example of the World’s leading online retailer, Amazon. Creative thinking boosts problem-solving, a quality that any future leader must have. It helps in finding alternative solutions to problems and break assumptions. On the other hand, when you empower them, they become more responsible, more invested.

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JUNE 27, 2018

Coworker takes too much food at meetings. I have a coworker who is pretty young (early 20s) who, when food such as bagels or muffins are brought into a meeting, has been known to grab four to five of them. I work for a tiny (five-person) company that offers both client work and retail. Do I just look the other way on this one?

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Launch Work Places

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Some common vendors include: Food suppliers (i.e., For example, if you own a retail boutique shop that buys wholesale clothing from a vendor, you need those items to arrive in a timely manner in order to sell them and earn profit. How can proper vendor management optimize performance, reduce costs, and mitigate risks?

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OCTOBER 8, 2021

I worked hard, networked, worked on a few projects that went live amongst a few states, helped problem solve, asked for coaching opportunities, trained 6 new hire classes, created job aids, etc. Years ago, I thought I was going to have to be a lifer in the food service industry. I had to pass 3 licensing tests.

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AUGUST 28, 2018

She works in retail and recently told me she felt too sick to work but couldn’t call in because her coworker, “Bob,” who has stage 4 cancer says he can’t work alone. He drinks beer, eats raw fish and junk food, and otherwise seems normal. From there, it’s her employer’s problem to solve.

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Ruby

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

A fair number of our own team members here at Ruby used to work in retail, hospitality, education, food service, and other careers that equipped them with strong customer communication skills. Many excellent job seekers come from adjacent or even entirely different careers altogether.

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DECEMBER 23, 2021

Plus, I was solving a structural problem for them in the easiest way possible. My upbringing also had shades of the toxicity I encountered in the working world (from my college jobs of fast food and retail, and later in nonprofits, to the job I was in when I wrote) so I didn’t know what was normal/healthy.

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MAY 11, 2015

They then told me that others in my position have gone to food banks or dinners for the poor so they could cut down on their food bills. Plus, suggesting that you rely on food banks to get by? What is the best way to solve this? For most people, it doesn’t cause any problems. That’s an outrage.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

No — that’s too short-term to strengthen your candidacy in any meaningful way, and you’ll just end up having to answer questions about what happened there (which isn’t necessarily a problem in itself, but in this case there’s no payoff in exchange for doing that, so there’s no point). Should I talk to her about the problems?

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OCTOBER 29, 2018

Usually there are good guidelines for people’s food to only be kept in specific areas/containers to cut down on pests in people’s offices, but there just are cockroaches and mice, especially visible when the weather is changing and they’re coming in from the cold. It really does vary by employer.

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Success

MARCH 13, 2023

Though legislation has made some strides to protect and accommodate pregnant people on the job, such as the recent Pregnant Workers Fairness Act , it won’t solve the problem in itself. Other fields which had an increased risk of no live births were “wholesale/retail trade, education… and public/social/personal service [occupations].”

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JULY 3, 2019

I had an interview today for a retail company. In my opinion, the interview went really well. ” which is fine; to “you’re so lucky, you can eat whatever you want and stay skinny,” which I do mind because if they knew the full extent of my health problems, they would absolutely not want to switch.

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MARCH 2, 2020

It has the potential to be an even bigger problem if you manage people. You’ll never be able to stop it, but you can decline to engage by making it really boring for them and determinedly asking about something else: * “Eh, I hate talking about food. I work in customer service for a hobby retailer. These people are annoying.

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Work Life

MARCH 12, 2025

Brands like Blackberry, Impossible Foods, Lucid, Sonos, Pentium, and many more. Impossible Foods (formerly Maraxi) aligned an audacious name with an audacious goal: producing great tasting and completely vegan alternatives to meat products. Solve bigger problems Future-facing brands dont chase trends; they create the future.

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Success

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

They are tackling complex challenges, solving real-world problems and, in the process, creating jobs and driving innovation. Her philanthropic spirit is evident in her active involvement with local charitable organizations, notably the Northshore Food Bank. But their success is not just about businessits also about purpose.

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