Get into the local swing of things and load your breakfast plate with tangy sheep's-milk cheese, plump olives, flavourful tomatoes, crisp cucumbers, home-made jam and freshly-baked crusty white bread or simit (a sesame-encrusted bread ring).

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Yes, it is an investment of time and effort to have lunch (or breakfast or afternoon tea) with your direct reports and get to know them as people.

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