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The Smart Manager’s Guide to Serving Cake
In tough times, a little show of sweetness does a lot to make colleagues hang together.
Let us eat cake!
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Blue Monday, the third Monday in January and traditionally the most miserable day of the year, is thankfully behind us. But it’s still grim out there. The weather is freezing, while war, strikes and soaring costs dominate the headlines.
But as the sun sets in the middle of the afternoon, we have some solace: that cup of tea and slice of cake that some employers and work colleagues provide.