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Smart Business Moment

Make Change Happen

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Make Change Happen

Be a Change Agent

The Postal Service is committed to accelerating innovation to provide excellent customer experiences, build an engaged and empowered workforce, grow new revenue and maximize profits, and create opportunities for long-term growth and profitability in all areas.

Our success in all of these areas depends on our ability to adapt to change. Everyone has a role in making positive changes happen at USPS.

Here are some tips for effecting change:

Act with a sense of urgency in implementing the change.
Work together as a team.
Understand the vision and strategy.
Empower yourself and others to act.
Produce short-term wins.
Don’t let up.
Help create a new culture.

Implementing positive changes at the Postal Service ensures our continued success.

And that’s smart business.

Alternate business moment

Buy a Snack, Not a Whole Vending Machine

Vending Machines

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Buy a Snack, Not a Whole Vending Machine

Vending Machines

Postal employees may not own or operate vending machines on postal property.

Employees are prohibited from engaging in sales activities on behalf of themselves or any other person while on duty, in uniform, or on postal property. Employees are also prohibited from soliciting and vending for commercial purposes on postal property without a contract with the Postal Service.

Use postal property for postal business only.

And that’s smart business.

Contact the Ethics Office (ethics.help@usps.gov) for guidance.

Smart Safety Moment

Headlight use

We’re going to illuminate you on the use of headlights.

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Headlight use

We’re going to illuminate you on the use of headlights.

They’re not just for driving at night. Headlights are required to be turned on from sunset to sunrise, when driving in smoke or fog, if visibility is less than a thousand feet, or when windshield wipers are in continuous use because it’s raining, sleeting or snowing.

Turning on your headlights can play an important role in keeping you — and those around you — safe on the road.

And that’s smart safety!

For additional information or guidance, contact your safety office.

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Office hazards

So you think you have a safe office job.

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Office hazards

So you think you have a safe office job.

You spend most of your day sitting in a chair. What could go wrong? The National Safety Council says employees are two-and-a-half times more likely to suffer a disabling fall in an office setting than anywhere else. How to avoid them?

Safely store boxes, files and other items away from walkways.
Reduce clutter.
Don’t stretch cords across walkways or under rugs.
Use a stepladder to reach items stored on high shelves. Never stand on office chairs.
Use care when making turns in hallways and around blind corners to prevent collisions.
Carpeting and other skid-resistant surfaces can reduce falls, especially at entrances where employees might have shoes wet from rain or snow.

By raising awareness among employees, office injuries caused by falls can be prevented.

And that’s smart safety!

For additional information or guidance, contact your safety office.

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