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		<title>What A Wonderful World Of Work It Can Be!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2010 03:23:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barbara Brannen</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[When we know all the secrets to success the world of work can be wonderful, rewarding, and we can be more successful than we ever dreamed.
All of us deserve mentoring from people who sincerely care about us, people who will help us to see our gifts and talents, as well as our deficiencies, people who [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Beating the Odds in Business This Year</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 13:59:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barbara Brannen</dc:creator>
		
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Thank you New Orleans Saints! Winning the Super Bowl and changing the game!  Finally someone, most likely a Situational Specialist, gave a risky, gutsty play to the coach and said, &#8220;Let&#8217;s just do it!&#8221;
That beautiful on-side kick at the beginning of the second half of the game was the model for what needs to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Simple List to Leadership Success</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 14:36:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barbara Brannen</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[There is a lot of news at the moment about leaders in politics and business and their ability to lead well and with integrity.
While we may wish that everyone in a leadership position would always do the right thing, in the right way, at the right time, that is humanly impossible.
What is possible is to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How Do You Assess Your Value to Your Clients?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2009 03:07:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barbara Brannen</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[In March of 1969 the Cyganovich and Andrews Lumber Dimension Company in Owego, New York was burned to the ground.  The fire was so intense that large heavy equipment used to plane the wood, gluing machines, saws and more were melted to scrap. Nothing was salvageable.
The three owners, Ted, Tony and Bill were faced with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>If You Want to Find the Secrets of a Good Leader Look at Their Friends</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2009 14:36:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barbara Brannen</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[It is a little known fact that really good leaders got that way because of their friends.  The best leaders and executives are people who
•     Trust and respect the advice of friends
Leadership does not happen in a vacuum.  It takes many minds, many ideas, many debates and even more so, many different pieces of advice.
I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Situation, the Leader and 6th Grade Math</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2009 15:25:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barbara Brannen</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[In reading the book, “Red and Me” by Bill Russell this weekend I was struck by the secrets to leadership that came out in Bill’s description of Red Auerbach as his coach.  The reason these are so striking is that they are not all the normal things we see in leadership, executive teams and management.
•    [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Business Strategy and The Economic Stimulus</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Feb 2009 01:25:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barbara Brannen</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[As a nation we are preparing to receive the benefits of the recently passed Economic Stimulus package.  As a business you are now in a position to marry your strategic plan for 2009 to these benefits.
While the stimulus package will go to many things from police and teachers to the environment and rebuilding highways, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Do You Control Time or Does it Control You?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jan 2009 14:27:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barbara Brannen</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;We always have enough time to do what needs to be  done.&#8221;  Alan Cohen (A Deep Breath of Life)
My friend above, Alan Cohen, taught me many  valuable lessons in life, but none more important than this one, &#8220;If you are a  servant of time rather than letting time serve you, you are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Managers, Can You Handle 2009?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 22:12:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barbara Brannen</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[Change]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Nothing, absolutely nothing about 2009 and people and work will be the same as any year before this.
Yes, people will go to work.  Yes, they will receive money for their efforts.  No, their benefits, holidays, vacations and retirements will not be the same in many cases.  No, how you resolved issues in the past will [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What a Situation!  What Would You Do?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2008 19:06:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barbara Brannen</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday we got to see what a &#8220;situation&#8221; looks like and where it can really become a point of controversy if not handled correctly.  Rain came pouring down in Philadephia as they attempted to play the fifth game of the World Series.
Understanding that &#8220;situations&#8221; like this occur, not only in baseball, but in business and [...]]]></description>
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