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<description><![CDATA[Kevin Eikenberry is a speaker, trainer, consultant, author, and entrepreneur. Kevin is the Chief Potential Officer of The Kevin Eikenberry Group, a learning consulting company that provides a wide range of services, including training delivery and design, facilitation, performance coaching, organizational consulting, and speaking services. Kevin has worked with Fortune 500 companies in the areas of leadership, consulting, customer service, teamwork, creativity and developing potential. His client list includes, the American Red Cross, Chevron Phillips Chemical Company, John Deere, Purdue University, Shell, Southwest Airlines, and the U.S. Marine Corp. Kevin's goal is to reach organizations and individuals who believe in ... ]]></description>
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<title>You Were Born to Win</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 09:18:30 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Zig Ziglar's ideas about goal setting and goal achievement have influenced millions. In this article, this author shares seven powerful life and career lessons he learned from Ziglar.]]></description>
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<title>There's No Such Thing As Organizational Change</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 10:42:26 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Organizations can't change; only individuals can. If you want to bring about change in your organization, you must begin with people. This author outlines five ways you can influence change in others.]]></description>
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<title>Ten Great Morning Habits</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 11:45:27 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[If you are looking for a way to be more successful in the new year, try setting your alarm for a half hour earlier and creating one of the ten habits from this article. This author suggests ten new habits that could jump start your success. Read more and integrate one of these habits, today!]]></description>
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<title>Is Your Work Space Productive?</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 10:52:08 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Whether you work in an office, cubicle, or your favorite coffee shop, your environment influences your productivity. The author of this article offers some questions to consider about your work space and some suggestions you can implement to make your work environment as productive as possible.]]></description>
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<title>Six Ways to Build on Recent Success</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 06 Oct 2011 08:06:03 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[You've had a success - congratulations! Now what do you do? The author, leadership and learning expert, has 6 steps to help you turn this success into your next success (and more).]]></description>
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<title>Five Key Conversations to Have With Your New Boss</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 04 Oct 2011 14:47:26 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Recently promoted? The author of this article, who is a leadership and learning expert, shares the 5 conversations you need to have with your new boss - right away. (These work even if you're a veteran.)]]></description>
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<title>Six Ways to Avoid Being a Micro Manager</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 04 Oct 2011 13:30:36 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Think about your perfect supervisor/manager/leader for a minute. Build a mental list of the attributes that perfect person would possess and think about the words you would use to describe that person.]]></description>
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<title>Using the Four Types of Feedback Effectively</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 04 Oct 2011 13:26:56 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[You've likely heard when you deliver feedback it should be balanced. When you have heard that, what people typically are suggesting that you should strive to give people a balance of positive and negative feedback.]]></description>
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<title>Take a Leadership Listening Tour</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 04 Oct 2011 11:46:17 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Joan is new on the job. She's leading an entire organization and wants to make some changes. But before she does anything she decides to go on a listening tour. Learn more about why you should too from the author, a leadership and learning expert.]]></description>
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<title>Making Better Decisions in Meetings</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jun 2011 08:12:41 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[As a leader you must make decisions. However, often the way you make them is as important as the decision itself. This leadership and learning expert gives you five keys to better decision making.]]></description>
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<title>Valuing Your Own Expertise</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jun 2011 08:09:07 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[To give the best feedback and advice, this leadership and learning expert says it's critical for you to recognize and value your own personal expertise. These tips will help you own your strengths.]]></description>
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<title>The Difference Between Feedback and Advice</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jun 2011 08:06:54 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Leaders are in the coaching business. However to be most successful as a coach, this leadership and learning expert says you need to know the difference between giving feedback and giving advice.]]></description>
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<title>Nine Steps to Greater Team Ownership</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jun 2011 08:05:11 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[This leadership and learning expert shares 9 steps to for creating and maintaining team engagement. You might be surprised by at least one of his recommendations. (He says you need to shut up!)]]></description>
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<title>Creating and Communicating a Compelling Vision for Change</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jun 2011 08:02:18 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[If you're interested in creating real change with your team or in your organization, this is the article for you. This leadership and learning expert wants to help you create and communicate the vision you need for lasting change.]]></description>
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<title>Seven Ways to Properly Set the Size of Your Goals</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jun 2011 08:21:45 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[How do you characterize the 'size' of your goals? Are you dreaming big or are you playing it safe? This leadership and learning expert offers 7 ways to consider the size of your goals to make sure you and your team are stretching the limits.]]></description>
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<title>How to Get Lazy People to Work</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jun 2011 08:04:07 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[In our Bud to Boss Workshops we get asked different versions of this question frequently. Sometimes it is asked in a more politically correct way. Sometimes it is asked as a curiosity.]]></description>
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<title>Six Ways to Overcome Your Biggest Attitude Challenge</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jun 2011 07:39:33 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[If someone 'caught' your attitude would she catch a cold or walk with a purpose? This leadership and learning expert wants to help you overcome your personal and professional barriers to a great attitude for you today - and every day.]]></description>
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<title>Three Ways to Effectively Show Your Gratitude</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jun 2011 16:25:54 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Sharing an attitude of gratitude will make a positive difference in your professional life. This leadership and learning expert shows you how to share your gratitude at the office - and why it's more than just "the right thing to do."]]></description>
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<title>Five Ways to Visualize Your Goals</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jun 2011 16:22:23 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[This leadership and learning expert wants to help you achieve - even exceed - your goals. Visualization is a powerful tool he wants to help you put in your leadership toolbox. If it works for Olympians, why wouldn't it work for you?]]></description>
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<title>Coaching Success by the Alphabet</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 23 Dec 2010 14:11:10 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Coaching in any setting is a complex task. However, coaching on the job can often be more challenging than the athletic field. This leadership and learning expert shares three core principles to help you be more successful coaching your team.]]></description>
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<title>Six Strategies for Boosting Morale</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 21 Dec 2010 21:49:31 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[How's the morale within your organization or your team? This leadership and learning expert shares six strategies to help boost morale - right away.]]></description>
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<title>Leadership Costumes</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 21 Dec 2010 21:44:38 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[How many costumes do you wear daily as a leader? This leadership and learning expert suggests losing the costume and just being y-o-u.]]></description>
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<title>Seven Ways to Be More Comfortable and Confident When Receiving Feedback</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 21 Dec 2010 21:30:46 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Much has been written on giving feedback, but surprising little has been written on how to receive feedback. This leadership and learning expert offers seven ways to more effectively receive feedback.]]></description>
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<title>5 Reasons Stories Are Powerful Communication Tools</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 21 Dec 2010 21:20:44 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA["Once upon a time..." Those four words invoke a powerful response. This leadership and learning expert shares why using stories improves your communication.]]></description>
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<title>Ten Decisions Leaders Make Every Day</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 13 Oct 2010 08:14:41 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[In the course of your day as a leader you are faced with many decisions. Some come in emails, some in inquiries, and some in meetings. Some you have time to consider, for some you will rely on input from others, and others you must make immediately.]]></description>
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<title>12 Ways to Celebrate Progress</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 12 Oct 2010 22:04:14 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[When used effectively celebrations can create focus, momentum and even greater morale and productivity. This leadership and learning expert shares 12 ways to make your celebrations more successful and more meaningful.]]></description>
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<title>How to Deal With a Complacent Person</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 12 Oct 2010 21:27:40 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Do you have any of "those people" on your team - the ones who don't seem to do enough or seem perfectly happy to just skate by? This leadership and learning expert shares five tips for turning complacent people around.]]></description>
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<title>I Heard It Through the (Office) Grapevine</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 12 Oct 2010 20:26:32 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Gossip can be detrimental to morale and productivity and can lead to stress, anxiety and worry. This leadership and learning expert shares strategies on how you can reduce office gossip and (even better) use it to your advantage.]]></description>
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<title>Are You Walking the Talk?</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 12 Oct 2010 20:11:29 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[You've heard the phrase "walking the talk". This leadership and learning expert offers ideas about why you are always walking and how someone is always watching.]]></description>
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<title>Are You a Responder Or a Reactor?</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2010 15:23:57 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Do you ever lose your cool in the moment? Have you looked back and thought, why did I do that? Does your team hesitate to share negative news/information? This leadership and learning expert wants to give you six ways to respond instead of react to help you be more successful and influential.]]></description>
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<title>Six Ways to Think Outside the Box</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2010 15:20:18 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[This leadership and learning expert hands you six ways to generate bigger, bolder, more innovative ideas. Now is the time to help your team get outside the box!]]></description>
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<title>3 Ways to Keep Your Next Meeting Out of the Weeds</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2010 15:11:26 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[If you ever participate in a meeting of any kind - you probably have experienced conversations and tangents that have nothing to do with the ultimate goals of that meeting. You're not alone. This leadership and learning expert shares 3 ways to keep your meetings "out of the weeds."]]></description>
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<title>10 Ways to Make a Great First Impression</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2010 09:14:11 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Whether you're conscious of it or not, every encounter you have with another person leaves that person with an impression or perception of you. This leadership and learning expert wants you to make a great first impression and shares 10 ways to make that possible.]]></description>
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<title>Five Reasons Why Every Leader Is a Salesperson</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2010 09:10:48 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Want to be a successful leader? Embrace your inner salesperson. This leadership and learning expert offers five reasons why successful salespeople and successful leaders share common skills.]]></description>
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<title>Eight Supportive Behaviors Every Coach (and Every Person) Should Use</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 18 Aug 2010 09:18:15 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[This leadership and learning expert shares eight ways you can be more supportive. Acting on these suggestions will make you a better coach - and a better person.]]></description>
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<title>Searching For the Holy Grail of Work-Life Balance</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 18 Aug 2010 09:08:41 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Is it possible to truly find work-life balance? This leadership and learning expert may not have the perfect answer, but does offer three truths and four tips about balancing your personal scale.]]></description>
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<title>Developing the Right Attitude to Support Goal Achievement</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 18 Aug 2010 08:54:12 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[When you get your attitude right, you will be on the fast-track towards achieving your goals. This leadership and learning expert offers strategies for adjusting your - and your team's - attitude to catapult your goal achievement opportunities.]]></description>
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<title>Four Leadership (And Life) Lessons From a Water Park</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 18 Aug 2010 08:51:43 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[There are leadership lessons to be learned wherever you go and whatever you do! This leadership and learning expert shares four lessons he observed at the water park during his family vacation.]]></description>
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<title>7 Strategies When People Don't Want to Change</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jul 2010 13:26:08 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Have you ever been frustrated because someone on your team "just won't get with the new game plan?" This leadership and learning expert understands your pain and shares a 7-step template to help you positively influence those change resisters.]]></description>
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<title>5 Leadership and Life Lessons From John Wooden</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jun 2010 17:57:49 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Basketball legend John Wooden didn't remain relevant for 35 years after his coaching career ended just because he was a great coach. This leadership and learning expert offers leadership commentary on five Wooden axioms that may not be thought of first as relating to leadership.]]></description>
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<title>Five Barriers to Innovation and How to Avoid Them</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jun 2010 17:41:58 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[At its core innovation is an exercise in change. Most leaders know resistance to even the littlest change is common. This leadership and learning expert shares five common barriers to innovation and how to avoid them.]]></description>
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<title>Four Ways Location Influences Results</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jun 2010 17:20:42 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[When you understand why location matters you can make conscious choices to take the greatest advantage of your location - whether it is a location you love or loathe. This leadership and learning expert explains four reasons why location matters.]]></description>
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<title>Do You Lead From Your Values?</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jun 2010 15:49:34 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Values is a topic not that often talked about but one that plays a huge role in behavior and results. Because values are personal, and not always clearly defined, they remain an important but under-discussed and under-appreciated part of who you are as a person and as a leader.]]></description>
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<title>What Do You See? - How Your Vision Drastically Affects Your Results</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jun 2010 11:33:04 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[To create the future you want you must have a clear vision - and you must be able to see the world you want to create. This leadership and learning expert reminds that you will see what you look for and helps you think about ways to look for what you really want.]]></description>
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<title>I've Read the Book - Now What?</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jun 2010 11:30:05 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[How many books have you read lately? More importantly, what have you actually applied from what you've read? This leadership and learning expert offers five ways to make the most out of your reading - personally and professionally.]]></description>
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<title>Five Reasons to Read More Biographies</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jun 2010 11:21:49 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Abraham Lincoln, Walt Disney and Dr. Suess all had at least one thing in common - they all believed in the importance of learning from our past. This leadership and learning suggests five reasons why reading biographies will improve your results - personally and professionally.]]></description>
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<title>How to Win a Customer For Life</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jun 2010 10:28:11 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[A service mistake can, and should be, seen as an opportunity to regain trust and create a lasting connection with the customer. This leadership and learning expert shares 5 ways to turn mishaps into life-long fans.]]></description>
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<title>The Virtues and Vices of Consistency</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jun 2010 09:54:38 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Consistency and traditions can be of great value. They also can be a challenge when they obscure or work against your overall goals. This leadership and learning expert offers 5 ways to identify, learn from and take action on the virtues and vices of consistency.]]></description>
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<title>The Walls Are Talking - Stress, Passion and High Performance</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 20 May 2010 10:19:42 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Stress can bring out the best in you, when the conditions are right. This article from this leadership and learning expert's global headquarters shows when you mix passion and commitment with stress, you will almost always see performance at very high levels.]]></description>
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<title>Have You Read This Memo?</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 20 May 2010 09:32:19 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[This leadership and learning expert tackles what for many has become a long standing struggle. Breaking down department silos and working in the best interest of the entire organization.]]></description>
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<title>The Powerful Question to Which We All Need an Answer</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 20 May 2010 09:15:50 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Looking to unlock top performance and achievement? This leadership and learning expert explains how providing a crystal-clear answer to one key question will dramatically change your results.]]></description>
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<title>Seven Key Actions to Greater Personal and Professional Development</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 20 May 2010 08:40:51 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[If you want greater results in any area of your life, you must devote yourself to learning and growing. This leadership and learning expert shares a 7-step plan for overcoming status quo and activating your inner genius.]]></description>
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<title>Seven Leadership Lessons From Great Basketball Coaches</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 19 May 2010 09:17:41 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Whether you love the game or have never dribbled the ball, there are leadership lessons you can learn from great basketball coaches. This leadership and learning expert - and college basketball fan - shares seven lessons you can apply today.]]></description>
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<title>Creating Results Out of Thin Air</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 19 May 2010 09:08:08 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[There are tools, seminars, books, CDs, teleseminar, webinars and workshops (and more) to help you learn and improve in any area of your life. I should know, I have bought and attended many of them, and sold a great number of them as well.]]></description>
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<title>Are You Living Life Like an Olympian?</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 19 May 2010 08:56:31 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Leaders and high performers can learn a great deal by examining and emulating Olympic athletes (and other world-class competitors). This leadership and learning expert shares five of those lessons.]]></description>
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<title>Seven Ways to Nurture Business Relationships</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 19 May 2010 08:38:03 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Early in my consulting career I started telling people the consulting business is a relationship business. I was right, just a little short sighted.]]></description>
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<title>Five Powers of Coaching</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 19 May 2010 08:26:15 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Spiderman, Wonder Woman and Superman all had super powers; they had special skills that allowed them to be super heroes. They had great powers given to them at birth that made them special. ]]></description>
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<title>Getting Back to the Basics of Problem Solving</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 10:15:43 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[No matter how many problem solving books you read or processes you master, successful problem solvers know it's always important to remember the fundamentals. This leadership and learning expert shares seven problem solving fundamentals to help you succeed.]]></description>
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<title>Get Out of Your Comfy Chair</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 10:05:16 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Do you want to improve in any area of your life? Then you need get uncomfortable! This leadership and learning expert has five reasons why being uncomfortable will help you implement the changes you want to see in your world.]]></description>
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<title>Six Secrets to Building Your Confidence</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 09:58:36 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Your confidence level impacts your productivity, your happiness and ultimately your paycheck. With this systematic approach to building your confidence, this leadership and learning expert will help you proactively create better results for yourself and your team.]]></description>
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<title>Six Ways to Defeat Complacency</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 07:07:59 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[You can, and you must, diagnose and defeat complacency - for yourself and your team. This leadership and learning expert shares six ways to help you achieve greater results in the future than you ever have in the past.]]></description>
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<title>Five Ways to Pick Your Best Development Tools</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 21:35:06 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[You have many, many choices when it comes to finding resources to help you achieve goals. This leadership and learning expert offers five tips on how you can pick the best tools for your growth and development.]]></description>
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<title>Unleash Your Energy</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 16:56:44 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[When you focus on recharging your mental and emotional batteries, you'll have greater energy in every area of your life. The leadership and learning expert shares five tips on how to maximize your results, productivity and life satisfaction.]]></description>
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<title>The Starting Point of Any Change</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 16:52:33 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Take a minute and mentally put yourself in a place that you love. You love the sights, the sounds, the activity you are engaging in. If there are others around they are people you are excited to be with. Take a minute and put yourself in that situation mentally right now.]]></description>
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<title>Unlocking the Passion Paradox</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 15 Feb 2010 11:56:40 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[In my opinion, passion is one of the most attractive qualities a person can possess. When you are passionate about something, others are drawn to you; you are able to influence more effectively and lead more successfully.]]></description>
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<title>Five Performance Lessons From the Biggest Loser</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 15 Feb 2010 11:38:33 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[My wife's favorite television show is the The Biggest Loser. If you're not familiar, it's an NBC reality television show that chronicles a group of seriously overweight people from all walks of life as they try to become more healthy - and lose lots of weight.]]></description>
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<title>The 4 Fundamentals of Leadership Gratitude</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 28 Dec 2009 16:00:16 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Genuine gratitude is always appropriate and always in season. This leadership and learning expert explains the four fundamentals of leadership gratitude and how they positively impact your organization's bottom-line.]]></description>
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<title>Five Approaches to Being More Proactive</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 28 Dec 2009 15:59:57 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[You must take action to achieve anything in life. Simple concept, yes; but not always easy. This leadership and learning expert suggests five approaches to being more proactive.]]></description>
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<title>The Superpower of Persuasion</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 28 Dec 2009 15:43:30 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[If you want to be a more successful leader, you must be able to persuade others. This leadership and learning expert wants to show you the secret superpower for persuasion and how you can put that power to great use.]]></description>
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<title>Five Ways to Keep People Focused on Their Goals</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 28 Dec 2009 15:42:21 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[As a leader you (hopefully) want people to reach their goals. And in order for any of us to reach goals, we must be able to maintain our focus on those goals. This leadership and learning expert believes that you do have the ability to help people find and maintain that focus!]]></description>
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<title>Leadership Lessons From the Berlin Wall</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 28 Dec 2009 15:41:23 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Leaders often unknowingly erect walls between themselves and their team. This leadership and learning expert says when you begin the process of systematically tearing them down your efforts will be richly rewarded.]]></description>
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<title>Five Keys to Lasting Inspiration</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 22 Dec 2009 09:53:35 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Continual inspiration requires continually fanning your own inspirational flames. This leadership and learning expert shares five to make your spark a raging bonfire.]]></description>
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<title>Reading - Why We Should and Why We Don't</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 22 Dec 2009 09:44:16 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[There's a correlation between reading and income. On average, people who read more have higher incomes. This leadership and learning expert shares five reasons why people don't read - and five reasons (beyond income) why you should.]]></description>
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<title>A Leadership Primer on Celebrations</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 22 Dec 2009 09:31:31 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[When's the last time you celebrated at work? No time? No cause for celebration? No one interested? Nonsense! This leadership and learning expert offers bottom-line improving reasons on why you and your team should celebrate!]]></description>
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<title>Four Ways to Engage Your Team Every Day</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 22 Dec 2009 08:42:01 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[When you help people become more engaged in their work they are more effective. Your job as a leader is to create the environment and provide the support and tools to nurture greater individual engagement. This leadership and learning expert offers four tips for doing that every day.]]></description>
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<title>7 Reasons Why Education is a Wise Investment</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 06 Dec 2009 10:10:29 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[While different people will have different opinions about "education" and its value, I don't know anyone who wouldn't agree that "learning more" is better than "knowing less". Education, as I define it for this article, includes school, seminars, workshops and all manner of formal approaches; as well as coaching, mentoring, apprenticeships, focused reading, online learning, planned experiences and more. As you read this article I urge you to think broadly and expansively about your definition of education.]]></description>
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<title>Capturing Your Flashes of Brilliance</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 06 Dec 2009 10:09:04 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[We've all heard the phrase a "flash of inspiration" or a "flash of brilliance". I don't know where those phrases came from exactly, but they create a perfect metaphor. Think about the flash from a camera (or if you are old enough, from a disposable flashbulb).]]></description>
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<title>To What Do You Pledge Your Allegiance?</title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 05 Dec 2009 11:55:57 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[What values do you hold most dear? This leadership and learning expert shares why crafting your own, personal, pledge of allegiance tied to your values will help you increase your satisfaction, success and productivity.]]></description>
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<title>4 Ways to Create Greater Accountability in Meetings</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2009 17:05:38 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[This leadership and learning expert shares four relatively simple steps to more successful, better attended and more meaningful meetings. Yes, they can exist.]]></description>
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<title>Are You Serious? Six Ways to Answer That Important Question</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2009 17:05:30 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[So, just how serious are you about reaching that milestone, renovating the kitchen, launching your blog, dropping 25 pounds, or any number of other hopes, dreams or wishes? This leadership and learning expert shares six questions to test your seriousness and get you on track.]]></description>
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<title>It's Time to Go Back to School</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 13:20:25 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[In my mind, those three words together conjure a whole swirl of thoughts emotions and memories from shopping for school clothes, to new teachers and friends, to fresh notebooks and more than a little anticipation of what is to come. And while you are likely reading this as an adult and you aren't preparing to put yourself back in a classroom this fall, I`m suggesting you should, though perhaps not in the traditional sense.
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<title>Motivation Or Inspiration - There is a Difference</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 13:19:30 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Often on airplanes people ask me, in casual conversation, what I do for a living. After explaining it in a few sentences, they often knowingly smile, and say:]]></description>
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<title>The Most Powerful - And Potentially Dangerous - Question of All</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 11:59:20 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Why? We hear it all the time (especially from kids) and ask it often (more on that later). "Why?" is a question used in all sorts of situations, and its prevalence should hint to its usefulness.]]></description>
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<title>What You Can Learn From Christopher Columbus</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 11:57:35 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Looking for insights into leading your team, organization, association, family or more? This leadership and learning expert offers these five lessons from Christopher Columbus.]]></description>
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<title>Unlocking the Biggest Communication Challenge</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 11:55:35 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[And you communicate in every role you play - friend, colleague, parent, spouse, coworker, leader, you name it. Since we communicate all the time, you'd think we'd all be pretty good at it, yet sadly that isn't the case.]]></description>
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<title>4 Reasons You Need Bigger Goals</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 09:52:03 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The fastest way to mediocrity is to consistently set really attainable goals. This leadership and learning expert offers four reasons why setting BIG goals is the way to go.]]></description>
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<title>4 Ways Goal Alignment Creates Great Leverage</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 09:14:12 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA["Working hard" doesn't always create massive success. This leadership and learning expert suggests four ways goal alignment creates the leverage required for higher team performance and massive goal achievement.]]></description>
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<title>5 Ways to Share Your Leadership Influence</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 08:17:04 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[You are influential far more than you may think. As a leader everything you do is noticed, analyzed and dissected for meaning. This leadership and learning expert suggests the five ways your influence is shared with your team and others.]]></description>
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<title>Programming Your Personal Remote Control</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 11 Oct 2009 14:40:00 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[You have the power to create the future of your dreams - especially when you program your personal remote to automatically do the things successful people do. This leadership and learning expert offers a quick-start guide to programming your remote.]]></description>
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<title>Take a Tip From Tiger, Lance and Kobe</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 11 Oct 2009 14:39:40 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The greatest achievers - in any profession - have coaches who help them achieve higher levels of success. This leadership and learning expert shares why leaders can benefit from following the lead of all other great achievers.]]></description>
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<title>5 Reasons Why Creativity Matters to Leaders</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2009 15:24:39 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[This leadership and learning expert says to be a truly effective leader takes a fair amount of creativity. Here are five reasons why creativity matters to all leaders.]]></description>
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<title>Will You Graduate Or Commence?</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2009 15:24:22 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Is there a difference between graduation and commencement? This leadership and learning expert says there absolutely is and offers five choices you can make to change your life for the better, forever, when you make the distinction between the two.]]></description>
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<title>How to Become Well Connected</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2009 15:17:26 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Make sure you get the most out your next conference and/or off-site meeting by making networking an objective. Learn these 11 ways to get more connected.]]></description>
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<title>The Best Gifts Ever</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2009 15:16:22 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The five gifts that keep on giving - no matter the occasion. I don't know about you, but I can pretty easily make a top five list of gifts I've received for my birthday or Christmas. Some things stand out for their usefulness, some for the thought that was behind them and some just because they were cool.]]></description>
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<title>5 Ways You Serve Others As a Leader</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2009 08:59:47 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Serving others is a fundamental role of being a leader. Learn 5 ways you can - and should - be serving those you lead.]]></description>
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<title>The Unexpected Perils of Balance</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2009 16:29:36 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[A leadership and learning expert says striving for balance may not be the best goal. He shares four reasons why and what you should think about instead (or at least in addition to) creating balance.]]></description>
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<title>The Best Things to Plant in Your Life</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2009 15:41:19 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[All farmers know you can only reap what you sow. A leadership and learning expert offers six things to plant now to make your future even more remarkable.]]></description>
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<title>How to Lead in Tough Times</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2009 16:03:07 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[No matter the news, in times of bust or boon, the only way to thrive is to focus on what you can control. A leadership and learning expert suggests five things you can do to lead more effectively - especially in tough times.]]></description>
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<title>It is Time For Spring Cleaning!</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2009 15:58:38 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[I don't know how spring cleaning became a tradition, and I know that phrase means different things to different people. And while some of that cleaning could take place at any time of the year (and often does), there's just something about the spring to help you think about airing things out and fluffing things up for the coming months of growth. While this makes sense for homes, it makes at least as much sense for lives. Your year is starting to heat up and there are many opportunities, you also may feel like you're coming out of a long winter mentally... so it's time. Here are five things you can do to prepare yourself for better results the rest of the year!]]></description>
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<title>Speed Kills</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2009 12:54:55 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Even in our 24/7 world where speed is king and rapid results are revered, a leadership and learning expert says you need balance and to recognize that speed doesn't always get you to your destination in the fastest way. You've all heard that on the highway speed kills. When you drive too fast you put yourself at greater risks of both being in an accident and suffering grave results if that accident happens. And yet, most people speed.]]></description>
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