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		<title>Motivation or Meaning?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Clients often ask me how to &#8220;motivate&#8221; their team. Some ask how to find their own inner motivation. But motivation seems to me a pretty limited construct. The big thing that motivates most of us (beyond getting by) is meaning. Do we find what we are doing meaningful? Do we feel we are making a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Facilitative Leadership &#8211; What does that mean?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Over coffee recently, a leader told me about a meeting with his team that shifted the team dynamic significantly. It was a simple thing, really. He asked each team member to write down the one thing they most wanted to change in their department. They then shared their one thing with the team and the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Year&#8217;s intentions</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It is my strong intention this year to love my work. It&#8217;s easy to love the &#8220;fun&#8221; parts of my job &#8211; helping a client find a new perspective on her team&#8217;s challenges, leading an organization as they set new directions, strengthening a leadership team through honest dialogue. Sometimes it&#8217;s not so easy to love [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Thank you for your leadership!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This Thanksgiving holiday, I offer my gratitude to the many leaders whose paths have crossed with mine. You have taught me much. LaNelle, Dennis, Gary, Ed, Jerry, Kathy, Don, Patty, Ross, Julie, Will, Anna, Charlie, Melissa, John, Mary, Bill, Angie, Cass, Elizabeth, Boogie, Dee, Richard, Charlyn, Travis, Natalie, Dan, and so many more. I’m thankful [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Culture, Innovation, and Gumption</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Innovation is a &#8220;must do&#8221; these days. Hard to innovate if the 800 pound Gorilla of corporate culture doesn&#8217;t support it. The question is &#8212; does your Gorilla like innovation? One key ingredient is gumption. Kevin Leahy (the Mind Athlete trainer) defines gumption as will + intent + belief. Here&#8217;s a look at each of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Balance and Paradox &#8211; keys to leadership</title>
		<description><![CDATA[What would you invest to dramatically increase the power of your leadership and the personal satisfaction of leading? Would you spend a week in a workshop? Travel to a distant city? You may not need to do any of those. Developing a practice of reflection and journaling has the potential to take you far on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>leadership matters!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Yes, leadership matters! As I transition from my role as Founding Director of the Concordia MBA back to my focus on consulting, one of the clearest “take aways” from this incredible learning experience is a renewed awareness of how very much leadership matters. To the organization, the people in it, and to our communities. We [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Leadership coaching &#8211; maximize your learning</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Every coaching engagement is different. That’s what I love about this work! And yet there are some patterns. As a coaching client, you wear different “hats” in the coaching engagement at different times. Consciously choosing which hat to wear when can help you get more value for your coaching investment Briefly, there are six hats [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://fordbusinessconsulting.com/index.php/leadership/leadership-coaching-maximize-your-learning/</link>
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		<title>Leadership &#8211; when right has a price</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When &#8216;right&#8217; has a price So there you are, faced with unethical behavior from your boss. What do you do? Let&#8217;s make it a little harder &#8211; your boss is very tight with his boss so you&#8217;re pretty sure taking it up the channel would be a career limiting move. You can Do nothing. Spread [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://fordbusinessconsulting.com/index.php/leadership/leadership-when-right-has-a-price/</link>
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		<title>Appreciation and employee engagement</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you could improve employee engagement and reduce turnover without spending any money or time, would you do it? Of course you would! That’s what appreciation can do for you. A simple comment expressing your genuine appreciation for something one of your staff has done makes a huge difference. It says you care and that [...]]]></description>
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