If you do that, however, it can be expedient to schedule some re-entry time to catch up on messages before you return to your desk.

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Depending on the situation, your employee may be ready to return to his or her desk after regaining composure, and the rest of your team may be a little unsure of how to proceed.

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He bases these forecasts of return on his readings of institutional desk ownership and hedging of exposure to each of the exploration and production stocks.

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