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				<title><![CDATA[Ah...there`s no sleep for the we]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[Ah...there`s no sleep for the weary! LOL!! :-D

Policies and Procedures isn`t about the most minute detail of each
business process. The two words actually go together, they`re not
separate]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[Thanks very much, Craig.&nbsp; I]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[Thanks very much, Craig.&nbsp; I see the value in a P&amp;P Manual and
appreciate your perspective of "reading such information in the privacy
of their own space."&nbsp; 

I have attempted many times in the past year to codify in writing our
p]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[Ah...! Then I
would put togethe]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[Ah...! Then I
would put together a Policies &amp; Procedures manual. Few people are
aware of just how important such a document can be, particularly at the
start of a new employee "journey." 
]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[I want to ensure that a "world o]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[I want to ensure that a "world of understandings and expectations" is instilled from the get-go.&nbsp; When you start a journey, so much is dependent on which of the 10,000 available paths is chosen.&nbsp; 
Operations on a day-to-day basis are s]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[I guess I don`t
understand the ]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[I guess I don`t
understand the question. Maybe it`s that I don`t hire employees, but I
do understand the word "culture," as applied to "corporate culture."
Could you expand on what it is you`re aski]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[Although we employ a number of n]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[Although we employ a number of non-family employees in our retail
store, I just hired our first non-family employee to work side-by-sid
with myself and my wife in our niche, the website.&nbsp; 

I will appreciate a discussion about any and all ]]></description>
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