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		<title>How Important Are Informal Leaders?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 00:56:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cheryl Dilley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are many articles out there asking questions like:  Are great leaders born or bred? And there are many answers to this question. I like this quote as an answer: &#8220;Leaders born to be bred.&#8221; Hierarchy or Not Most of us realize that leadership does not have to come from the top in order to be [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=linked2leadership.com&amp;blog=4217272&amp;post=21811&amp;subd=linked2leadership&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Leadership Lesson from Captain Picard</title>
		<link>http://linked2leadership.com/2011/12/19/leadership-lesson-from-captain-picard/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 00:30:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bryan Moore</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Leadership lessons come from all sorts of different places.  Persons, events, articles, conversations, quotes, scriptures. Some intended as motivational and inspirational, some happenstance and epiphanic. As a fan of the sci-fi genre, I have spent too much time traveling &#8220;where no person has gone before.&#8221; While those hours at first blush may seem like time [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=linked2leadership.com&amp;blog=4217272&amp;post=21035&amp;subd=linked2leadership&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Occupied With Ethics</title>
		<link>http://linked2leadership.com/2011/11/09/occupied-with-ethics/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Nov 2011 04:39:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>George Brymer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The following comments, spoken by a once-prominent business executive, appear to be a warning for graduates about the ethical challenges awaiting them in the business world. As it turns out, his words provide a hint that the speaker is a crook. “You will be confronted with questions every day that test your morals. Think carefully, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=linked2leadership.com&amp;blog=4217272&amp;post=20971&amp;subd=linked2leadership&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Leadership: How to Make an Elephant Fly</title>
		<link>http://linked2leadership.com/2011/09/06/make-an-elephant-fly/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Sep 2011 14:43:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy Uskavitch</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;I seen a peanut stand, heard a rubber band, I seen a needle that winked its eye. But I be done seen ‘bout ev’rything When I see an elephant fly.&#8221;                                                   [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=linked2leadership.com&amp;blog=4217272&amp;post=19716&amp;subd=linked2leadership&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Articles of Faith: Tools of the Trade</title>
		<link>http://linked2leadership.com/2011/09/03/aof-tools-of-the-trade/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Sep 2011 16:00:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chadwick Taylor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[—————————————————————————– This post is part of our Sunday Series titled “Articles of Faith.” We investigate leadership lessons from the Bible. See the whole series here. Published only on Sundays. —————————————————————————– Have you ever felt that you were overwhelmed with a task?  Did you feel that you were not properly prepared?  Did you look up to that [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=linked2leadership.com&amp;blog=4217272&amp;post=19550&amp;subd=linked2leadership&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Articles of Faith: Leading through Challenges</title>
		<link>http://linked2leadership.com/2011/07/23/aof-leading-through-challenges/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Jul 2011 20:03:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chadwick Taylor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[—————————————————————————– This post is part of our Sunday Series titled “Articles of Faith.” We investigate leadership lessons from the Bible. See the whole series here. Published only on Sundays. —————————————————————————– We all face challenges on our path to achieving our goals.  But what do we do when we face challenges from specific people? Do we run [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=linked2leadership.com&amp;blog=4217272&amp;post=18808&amp;subd=linked2leadership&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Your Best Single Piece of Leadership Advice</title>
		<link>http://linked2leadership.com/2011/07/01/best-leadership-advice/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jul 2011 04:03:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. Merlin Switzer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What is the single most important advice you would offer a person new to leadership? Big Question How would you respond to this question: &#8220;If you were assigned to mentor a person new to leadership and could only share one thing with them to help them be most effective, what advice would you give them?&#8221; [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=linked2leadership.com&amp;blog=4217272&amp;post=18563&amp;subd=linked2leadership&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Hope Actually IS a Strategy</title>
		<link>http://linked2leadership.com/2011/06/14/hope-actually-is-a-strategy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jun 2011 04:03:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christa Dhimo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Where to start, where to start.  I have, for the most part, loyally posted a monthly blog for nearly two years on this fabulous and support-my-crazy-blogs site.  But last month?  Nothing. I know… there was no blog post from me.  My shelves were empty, my inspiration went desert, my fun balloon shot around the room [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=linked2leadership.com&amp;blog=4217272&amp;post=18286&amp;subd=linked2leadership&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>How to Lead Opportunity in a Downhill Market</title>
		<link>http://linked2leadership.com/2011/04/11/how-to-lead-opportunity/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Apr 2011 04:03:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Baerbel Bohr</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lessons From a Start-Up in the Music Industry Leadership starts with first leading one&#8217;s self. This is a compelling story in leading one&#8217;s self toward a grand vision and doing what it takes to succeed. While established artists like Jon Bon Jovi curse the new distribution schemes of the music business, others take a reverse [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=linked2leadership.com&amp;blog=4217272&amp;post=16887&amp;subd=linked2leadership&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>John Wooden’s Winning Principles</title>
		<link>http://linked2leadership.com/2011/04/07/john-wooden%e2%80%99s-principles/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Apr 2011 04:03:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kristi Royse</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have always been a BIG follower of John Wooden! I have read every book on him and have worked to apply his principles to my business, my relationships, and my life. A Standard of Excellence I recently came across this INCREDIBLE strategy of standards of excellence and code of conduct to find happiness. I now [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=linked2leadership.com&amp;blog=4217272&amp;post=16884&amp;subd=linked2leadership&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Leadership According to Leroy Jethro Gibbs</title>
		<link>http://linked2leadership.com/2011/04/05/leadership-according-to-gibbs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Apr 2011 04:03:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>George Brymer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Human resource directors who watch the hit television series NCIS must cringe at the leadership style of Leroy Jethro Gibbs. Special Agent Gibbs, played on the long-running show by actor Mark Harmon, is the fictional head of a team of federal agents who investigate crimes involving U.S. Navy personnel. His methods result in plenty of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=linked2leadership.com&amp;blog=4217272&amp;post=17114&amp;subd=linked2leadership&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Exceptional Strength of Followership</title>
		<link>http://linked2leadership.com/2011/03/28/strength-of-followership/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Mar 2011 04:03:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christa Dhimo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This month marks a remarkable time in all of our lives. It doesn&#8217;t matter where you live, how you were raised, or which side of any current news-story you are on, these are remarkable times! It seems that we have opened this decade with a torrent of “worst-that-could-happen” news.  In fact, the USA political, social, and economic [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=linked2leadership.com&amp;blog=4217272&amp;post=16876&amp;subd=linked2leadership&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Leadership: Idealism vs. Realism</title>
		<link>http://linked2leadership.com/2011/03/24/leadership-idealism-vs-realism/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Mar 2011 04:03:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eleanor Biddulph</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Balancing the emotional, psychological, and empirical aspects of what it takes to be a strong leader is always at play in the minds of those who study leadership. For me, I recently took a journey through the aspects of what it means to balance idealism and realism. In his newest book, “Poke The Box,” Seth Godin shares [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=linked2leadership.com&amp;blog=4217272&amp;post=16872&amp;subd=linked2leadership&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Have You Capped Your Potential?</title>
		<link>http://linked2leadership.com/2011/02/14/have-you-capped-your-potential/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Feb 2011 05:03:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Andrew</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s an unusual looking building I often walk past in New York at 11 Madison Avenue. And it got me thinking recently&#8230; All Base, No Stride Today the stout-looking building in the picture above is home to Credit Suisse&#8217;s World Headquarters. Back in 1909 the Met Life Tower on the site was the tallest building [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=linked2leadership.com&amp;blog=4217272&amp;post=16124&amp;subd=linked2leadership&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Katie Couric&#8217;s Evolution to Leadership</title>
		<link>http://linked2leadership.com/2011/02/07/katie-courics-evolution-to-leadership/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Feb 2011 05:03:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christa Dhimo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[While tiptoeing through the tulips of online nice-to-knows, I stumbled upon a time capsule of sorts. Er, wait a second.  That really doesn’t do it justice.  Let me try this again. While in search of what seems a nearly impossible task of satisfying my curious and insatiable mind for learning something new (that’s better), I [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=linked2leadership.com&amp;blog=4217272&amp;post=15993&amp;subd=linked2leadership&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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