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		<title>Getting Leadership Direction: 3 Reliable Sources</title>
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		<title>Leadership: Idealism vs. Realism</title>
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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&#038;blog=4217272&#038;post=16872&#038;subd=linked2leadership&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Leadership Follies &#8211; Clearly Speaking</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Nov 2010 05:03:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anil Saxena</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Have you ever been in a business meeting or conference and hear someone in the audience whisper loudly &#8220;BINGO!&#8221; If so, they were probably entertaining themself by playing along in an under-the-radar-game called Buzzword Bingo. There is nothing more confusing than to try to figure out exactly what is meant by jargon-laden sayings. Early on, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=linked2leadership.com&#038;blog=4217272&#038;post=14152&#038;subd=linked2leadership&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Leaders Living Their Choices</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Oct 2010 04:03:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anthony Roberts</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As I travel the country training leaders, it still amazes me how many people say the actions of others make them angry, upset, or disappointed. People believe the actions of others MAKE them act out in a certain manner. Of course, when we put some thought behind it, we realize no one has the ability to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=linked2leadership.com&#038;blog=4217272&#038;post=13483&#038;subd=linked2leadership&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Do You Listen with Your Eyes?</title>
		<link>http://linked2leadership.com/2010/04/23/do-you-listen-with-your-eyes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Apr 2010 04:03:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gwenn Andahazy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Do You Listen with Your Eyes? I had just finished providing instructions to one of my team members. As was customary, she took notes and nodded. I concluded the conversation with my usual line, “Are you ready to get started?”  Her enthusiastic “Yes” was belied by the furrow in her brow and her reluctance to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=linked2leadership.com&#038;blog=4217272&#038;post=8822&#038;subd=linked2leadership&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Leaders: Abandon Ship or Row to Shore?</title>
		<link>http://linked2leadership.com/2010/03/31/abandon-ship-or-row-to-shore/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Mar 2010 04:03:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mandy Russell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What is it that makes a high performing team? Imagine this&#8230; You have just started your new job post and you are about to meet your new team. If it feels like the first day at school for you! But take moment and think about your team. Just imagine how they are feeling. Is it [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=linked2leadership.com&#038;blog=4217272&#038;post=7715&#038;subd=linked2leadership&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Leadership Balance: It&#8217;s About Spinning Plates!</title>
		<link>http://linked2leadership.com/2010/03/18/leadership-is-spinning-plates/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 04:03:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mandy Russell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving.&#8221;  Albert Einstein Leadership is about spinning plates, both in the workplace and outside of it. as a leader, our daily business goal is to create compelling vision and allow our future leaders to devise stretch-goals that drive business growth. We motivate, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=linked2leadership.com&#038;blog=4217272&#038;post=6857&#038;subd=linked2leadership&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Leadership Lessons Learned from the Playing Fields</title>
		<link>http://linked2leadership.com/2010/02/04/leadership-lessons-learned/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 05:03:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leah M. Fygetakis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When I was in college, I played on a women&#8217;s recreational touch football team.  We were known as the Iron Ovaries. Those were the days of women claiming our rightful place in being able to do whatever men could do.  Yes, the times were changing&#8230; but have they really? Ask yourself this question: Are women today [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=linked2leadership.com&#038;blog=4217272&#038;post=7118&#038;subd=linked2leadership&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Twas The Night In The Boardroom</title>
		<link>http://linked2leadership.com/2009/12/25/the-night-in-the-boardroom/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Dec 2009 05:03:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>George Brymer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8230;With Apologies to Clement Clarke Moore&#8230; ‘Twas a week before Christmas and all through the firm, The rumors were spreading like vaccine-resistant germs. The staff members huddled in the conference room, scared— Aware that the big boss soon would be there. The top dog’s the founder—kind of set in his ways. He’s led by oppression [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=linked2leadership.com&#038;blog=4217272&#038;post=6149&#038;subd=linked2leadership&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>What Color Is Your Leadership?</title>
		<link>http://linked2leadership.com/2009/12/22/what-color-is-your-leadership/</link>
		<comments>http://linked2leadership.com/2009/12/22/what-color-is-your-leadership/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Dec 2009 05:03:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eleanor Biddulph</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This time of year is filled with color. Strands of lights, garland &#38; glitter, ribbons &#38; bows; color can be found everywhere.  Holiday colors add to the festivity of the season, but the colors also carry important meanings to our celebrations and religious observances.﻿﻿﻿ Chanukah ﻿﻿﻿Blue and white, traditionally associated with Chanukah, come from the colors of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=linked2leadership.com&#038;blog=4217272&#038;post=6344&#038;subd=linked2leadership&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>It’s Selfish to Help Others!</title>
		<link>http://linked2leadership.com/2009/11/20/it%e2%80%99s-selfish-to-help-others/</link>
		<comments>http://linked2leadership.com/2009/11/20/it%e2%80%99s-selfish-to-help-others/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:03:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Christensen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You heard me right, IT&#8217;S SELFISH TO HELP OTHERS! &#8220;Sure others gain from your help, but ultimately why are you helping others?&#8221; It makes YOU feel good inside and really isn’t that what is all about; making YOU feel good? There are many theories out there about altruism, even seemingly selfless acts always have hidden [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=linked2leadership.com&#038;blog=4217272&#038;post=5747&#038;subd=linked2leadership&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Learn by Sharing</title>
		<link>http://linked2leadership.com/2009/11/19/learn-by-sharing/</link>
		<comments>http://linked2leadership.com/2009/11/19/learn-by-sharing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 05:03:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Sprague</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Typically, when people start blogging, the first thing they think of is sharing their ideas with other people. They may think how wonderful it will be to help somebody else or they may think how great it will be for people to know who they are or they may think about how much fun it [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=linked2leadership.com&#038;blog=4217272&#038;post=5846&#038;subd=linked2leadership&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Leadership Follies &#8211; Someday One Day</title>
		<link>http://linked2leadership.com/2009/09/28/someday-one-day/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 04:21:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anil Saxena</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Are there things in your life you have left undone? Do you regret not trying out something new?  Are there times that conversations take too long to be had? As I helped decorate my daughter’s room for a birthday celebration, reflecting on her age reminded me of how old I really am. It strangely occurred [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=linked2leadership.com&#038;blog=4217272&#038;post=5074&#038;subd=linked2leadership&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Icons, Heroes, and Leaders</title>
		<link>http://linked2leadership.com/2009/07/13/icons-heroes-and-leaders/</link>
		<comments>http://linked2leadership.com/2009/07/13/icons-heroes-and-leaders/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2009 04:03:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>George Brymer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[i·con (ī&#8217;kŏn&#8217;) n. An important and enduring symbol; one who is the object of great attention and devotion; an idol. www.answers.com I’m beginning to tire of the word icon. It’s not that I dislike the word itself. It’s just that we’ve begun describing everyone from entertainers to product spokespeople on television as icons. In the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=linked2leadership.com&#038;blog=4217272&#038;post=4081&#038;subd=linked2leadership&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>People Are Humans</title>
		<link>http://linked2leadership.com/2009/01/27/people-are-humans/</link>
		<comments>http://linked2leadership.com/2009/01/27/people-are-humans/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jan 2009 14:12:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kris Krueger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Suffice to say that moving into a management role is sometimes the only way organizations can reward people who are performing well at the individual level.  What that means is that often times, people who were good at and enjoyed their individual level role are asked to move into a management role that requires much [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=linked2leadership.com&#038;blog=4217272&#038;post=1300&#038;subd=linked2leadership&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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