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		<title>Five Ways to Become a Better Active Listener</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Nov 2011 19:34:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[An old aphorism is “Listen, else your tongue will make you deaf.” That describes perfectly the need for active listening, which the Center for Creative Leadership (CCL) defines as “a person’s willingness and ability to hear and understand someone else.” Hearing is only half of that equation: understanding is the other half (and the more [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Becoming a manager</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2009 18:48:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By D. Quinn Mills Making a transition into management is a major challenge and some people don’t succeed at it. New managers need to be very careful about identifying, and employing, the keys to success. Management is about tasks, including what and how things are done. Managers need to know the objectives of their department [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Use Sales Skills to Give Effective Presentations</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2009 21:42:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Karen McHenry Even if your job title isn’t “Sales Executive”, there’s an element of sales involved in everyday business interactions. Sales techniques can be particularly useful when preparing and giving presentations. Key to effective presentations is body language, understanding the audience, and giving the right communication signals. Words + Body Language = Successfully Communicated [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rethinking and revising</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2009 21:32:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Jefferson Flanders Writers differ in the way they move from outlining, whether formal or informal in nature, to composing. In creating their initial draft, some writers find they are most comfortable writing sequentially: they prefer composing, and polishing, their opening paragraph before moving on the second paragraph, their second before their third, and so [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Delegating: when there aren&#8217;t enough hours in the day</title>
		<link>http://www.atworknewswire.com/2009/02/07/delegating-when-there-arent-enough-hours-in-the-day/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Feb 2009 17:47:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Karen McHenry Do any of these statements sound familiar to you? I bring work home on most nights and weekends. I always seem to have more work to do than my subordinates. I don’t have time to do much planning. I wish I had more time for family, recreation, and vacations. If even one [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Leading in a Crisis: Avoiding the &#8220;Emotional Basement&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Feb 2009 17:42:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Eric J. McNulty How much of your response in a crisis remains under your conscious control? If you are called upon to lead in a crisis, it is a question you should be prepared to answer. In physiological terms, your initial response is largely hard-wired. A sudden threat or crisis&#8212;be it a mugger, a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dealing with a layoff</title>
		<link>http://www.atworknewswire.com/2009/01/30/dealing-with-a-layoff/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jan 2009 22:54:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Karen McHenry In this economic downturn, the reality of layoffs has become a common occurrence. Although the first thing to come to mind may be the financial challenges created by a layoff, people often don’t recognize the emotional turmoil that downsizing can cause. The key to surviving a layoff is your reaction to the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Managing virtual teams</title>
		<link>http://www.atworknewswire.com/2008/07/21/managing-virtual-teams/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jul 2008 20:26:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Karen McHenry In today’s global business environment, companies need to move quickly and operate in the most cost-effective ways possible. As a result, virtual teams have become commonplace for large and small organizations alike. Virtual teams are groups working across time, geography, and organizational boundaries by employing the Web and other communications technology. In [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rewriting for greater clarity</title>
		<link>http://www.atworknewswire.com/2008/07/18/rewriting-for-greater-clarity/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2008 20:25:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Jefferson Flanders When you have finished the initial draft of your essay or paper or report, reviewed your writing for logic and made any necessary structural adjustments, then it’s time for rewrite for clarity. While the focus in this rewriting is on the microcosm of writing (word choice, word meaning, phrase choice, sentence construction, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Individual contributors and leadership</title>
		<link>http://www.atworknewswire.com/2008/07/14/individual-contributors-and-leadership/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jul 2008 14:26:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Karen McHenry More and more companies have adopted a &#8220;flat&#8221; organizational structure as a way to reduce costs and become more nimble. With management positions few and far between, numerous professionals are electing to make careers through individual contributor roles. Is it possible to be both an individual contributor and a leader? The answer [...]]]></description>
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