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		<title><![CDATA[Leadership: Facing Moral and Ethical Dilemmas]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=160482]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Taking a look at what went wrong and why many companies in U.S. failed reveals moral and ethical shortcomings. There are other obvious factors that contribute to a company's demise. A bad economy, financial risks that don't pay off, accounting manipulations that seemed smart at the time, loss of competitive...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Case History: Executive Coaching]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=349181]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Senior level executive is overly involved in tactical initiatives, not getting traction on strategic issues and experiencing breakdowns with boss, peers, and direct reports. Coaching with executive to help him clearly identify the issues, locate the causes, and bring about needed changes. Clear goals and outcomes were identified; mutual expectations...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 2007 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Case History: Fast-Track Team Development]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=349182]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[A new group of high caliber analysts has been formed to creatively identify and capture revenues that are currently being overlooked due to the size and complexity of the business. Members are all very intelligent and self-directed but have no central focus. The VP of Finance sees the unrealized potential...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 2007 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The Future Of Work]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=353752]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The economy is booming. Everywhere you read about unprecedented stock prices. Interest rates are low. Unemployment has dropped to low levels. Demand for labor in services, retail and technology has generated more jobs in some sectors of the economy than the number of available workers to fill them, making it...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Love 'EM Or Lose 'EM: Retaining Talented Employees]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=353753]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Retaining key employees is now the number one problem for corporations. With unemployment rates going toward all-time lows, attracting and holding top talent is a serious concern. Some organizations offer dry-cleaning services, car-detailing, concierge services to run errands, child-care, pet-sitting, gym programs, and chair massages. But you can't buy love....]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 2007 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Generations At Work: Boomers, Genxers & Nexters]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=353754]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Never before in the history of the American workplace are so many different age groups working together in such close quarters. Veterans, Baby Boomers, GenXers and now the Nexters are working shoulder to shoulder, cubicle to cubicle. Not only is workspace reduced, but as organizations flatten out, there is less...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 2007 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Creating A Climate For Innovation]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=353755]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA["The business enterprise has two, and only two, basic functions: marketing and innovation. It is not necessary for a business to grow bigger; but it is necessary that it constantly grow better." An enterprise, whether a business or any other institution, that does not innovate will not survive long. And...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 2007 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The Dangers Of Using 360° Feedback For Performance Appraisal]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=353756]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[There is a rising demand in organizations for improved performance and results. Nowadays, organizations in all sectors, including government, are similarly challenged to operate more efficiently and effectively. Raising individual and team performance levels is central to this process and 360° feedback is increasingly used as part of the solution....]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 2007 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The Business Case For Coaching]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=353757]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[For years most organizational pundits have known that it is not how much you know but how well you relate to other people in the organization that really matters. Research by the Center for Creative Leadership has found that the primary causes of derailment in executives involve deficits in emotional...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 2007 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[In Awe Of Experts]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=353758]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[What does it mean to be an expert? How is expertise different from a lucky amateur performance? Experts consistently outperform their peers. Real experts produce concrete results. Real expertise can be measured and reproduced in a laboratory environment. Although outperforming one's peers, achieving concrete results that can be measured and...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 2007 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Flipping The Coin For Talent: How Well Are You Hiring?]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=353759]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA["Having the most talented people in each of our businesses is the most important thing. If we don't, we lose." How do great leaders of successful companies spend half of their time? They spend it on people: recruiting new talent, picking the right people for positions, grooming young stars, developing...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 2007 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Grow Your Own - The Way To Get The Best Leaders]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=353760]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The fact that the Baby Boomers have begun to retire and will soon do so in record numbers has alerted the business world to the growing urgency to find or develop the next generation of leaders. In 2005 and 2006, the Hay Group conducted surveys of over five hundred companies...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 2007 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The Leadership Skills Gap]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=353761]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Quite naturally, most companies allocate the bulk of their training dollars to industry-specific training - sales training for sales organizations or Information Technology IT training for companies which rely heavily upon computer and/or internet technology. However, current research suggests that some of the largest and most damaging gaps in skill...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 2007 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The Level 5 Leader]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=353762]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The transformation of a company from good or mediocre to great happens very rarely. In a ground-breaking study published in few years back, results showed that it occurred in less than one percent of cases. What researchers found even more astounding were the striking characteristics of the leaders whose companies...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 2007 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Success Insurance For Leaders]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=353763]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA["If it ain't broke, don't fix it" - a familiar expression often heard in many organizations. But there's no need to wait for something to break down before attending to it. Total Quality Management, Kaizen, Continuous Improvement, Six Sigma, Process Re-engineering and other similar processes attest to that. If observant,...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Leadership And The Art Of Asking Questions]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=353764]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[We have all encountered problems with bosses and colleagues, and especially with spouses from asking the wrong question at the wrong time. The problem is that we were raised by parents and teachers who asked us the wrong questions for most of our lives. Parents ask their children questions designed...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 2007 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Personality Type In Leaders: What Works?]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=353765]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator is one of the most frequently used self-report assessment tools in management and leadership development programs around the world. It is a way to provide information about a person's preferred way of behaving and can be beneficial for building self-awareness and ultimately emotional intelligence. It is...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 2007 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The Leader-Follower Partnership: It's A New Day]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=353766]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Leaders rarely use their power wisely or effectively over long periods unless they are supported by followers who have the stature to help them do so." Organizations are successful or not partly on the basis of how well their leaders lead, but also in great part on the basis of...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[The Three Laws Of Success]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=353767]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[As a human capital consulting firm one of the ways in which we help client organizations create and maintain sustainable success is by strengthening their ability to change and adapt with their environment. This is essential to long term health and prosperity at both the personal and organizational levels. The...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[401(k) Rules Restated With Some New Twists]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=72259]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The IRS last updated its regulations governing 401k plans in 1994. A lot has happened since then, including enactment of catch-up contributions, the growth of automatic election plans, and numerous changes to the discrimination rules. The IRS has issued periodic guidance concerning these changes, but the basic 401k/401m regulations have...]]></description>
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