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making change stick

English translation: endure/last/stay put/stay in place once the changes are made

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English term or phrase:making change stick
Selected answer:endure/last/stay put/stay in place once the changes are made
Entered by: Anna Maria Augustine (X)

01:24 Nov 18, 2006
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Management / mergers
English term or phrase: making change stick
...companies can greatly increase solve problems by:

-reassuring customers
-changing people
-changing the business, and
-making change stick

I can't think:) ... what does the author mean by "stick"... make it continuous, to endure?

Can someone xplain this easier?
alen botica (X)
Local time: 06:06
endure/last/stay put/stay in place once the changes are made
Explanation:
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Anna Maria Augustine (X)
France
Local time: 06:06
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5 +7endure/last/stay put/stay in place once the changes are made
Anna Maria Augustine (X)


Discussion entries: 3





  

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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +7
endure/last/stay put/stay in place once the changes are made


Explanation:
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Anna Maria Augustine (X)
France
Local time: 06:06
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 10

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Dave Calderhead
1 min
  -> Ta muchly
agree  Christina Keating (X)
13 mins
  -> Thank you
agree  Kim Metzger: Make changes and stick to them.
19 mins
  -> Thank you
agree  Martine Brault: Da Kim
24 mins
  -> Thank you
agree  Alexander Demyanov
1 hr
  -> Thank you
agree  RHELLER
1 hr
  -> Thank you. Long time no read.
agree  Alfa Trans (X)
1 day 18 hrs
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