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		<title><![CDATA[Meeting Don'ts | Leila's House of Corrections]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Poorly-run meetings can cause a team to lose focus.  Learn how meetings can be a manager's best friend and how to make them more productive.]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Dec 2009 21:04:41 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[O'Brien urges vote on Independent's future]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Denis O'Brien, the Irish businessman and second-largest shareholder in Independent News & Media, reignited a long-running feud with the board on Wednesday as he called for an extraordinary meeting to vote on the disposal or closure of The Independent and Independent on Sunday newspapers.Mr O'Brien, who owns a 26...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[What Your Attitude to Meetings Reveals About You]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you're still developing your approach to that ubiquitous office reality the Meeting, programmer Paul Graham may be able to help you sort out your thinking on the issue. Meetings are loved by some and loathed by others. Graham says that's because your attitude towards meetings reveals whether your office...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 08:43:23 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Asking for Undisclosed Information |Dodging Landmines]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[When there is something going on behind closed doors at your company, Ed Muzio, CEO of Group Harmonics, says that it is perfectly acceptable to ask for more information but only if it is your intention to offer help.  Under these circumstances the best approach is to find a...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[1:1 Meetings |Leila's House of Corrections]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[During stressful and uncertain times, you may be tempted to cancel your one on one meetings with each team member. Don't! Your employees look forward to these meetings and they are one of the best ways for you to remain an effective, involved manager.   If you have questions...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[How to Run an Effective Staff Meeting]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[What is it about staff meetings that brings out the worst in otherwise reasonable and intelligent business folks? Most managers are so inept at conducting effective meetings you'd think it's rocket science or a rare genetic trait. Nevertheless, they're necessary for companies to operate effectively. Here are five tips that...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Answering Questions about the Downturn |Dodging Landmines]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ed Muzio, CEO of Group Harmonics, suggests you sit down with a piece of paper and divide it into 3 types of information: things you know, things you don't know, and things you're not allowed to talk about yet. This way you can anticipate questions and prepare answers.]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jan 2009 09:16:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Hill of Influence]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Team meetings can be tricky. You want everyone to participate, but no one to dominate.  So, how do you determine the amount of interaction and how do you shift the balance?  Ed Muzio offers up the self-regulating "Hill of Influence" model.]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Oct 2008 10:13:18 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Turbo-Charge Your Meetings]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Are employees' eyes glazing over at meetings? Do you start to wonder why you're even there? Edward Muzio of Group Harmonics explains how to turbo-charge meeting agendas by adding 'expected outcomes'.]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Make Your Meetings Matter]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Long silences. Tapping PDAs. The faint buzz of snoring. Sound like a meeting you led recently? Use our tips to make face-time more focused and productive.There's nothing worse than attending a boring, unnecessary meeting — except, of course, presiding over one. With our step-by-step guide to better meetings, you can...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Robert Grossman: Delivering the Message]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Robert Grossman founded Focus Creative Group, an award-winning consulting and communications firm, after noticing the need companies have to market their message to employees and shareholders in a way that captures the audience and inspires change.  Started in 1993, Focus Creative Group is dedicated to turning corporate messaging into...]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[Meeting Miser, a handy new time management tool for BNET users to track time spent - or wasted - in meetings. The Miser runs a tab of your meeting's actual cost.      Track the true cost of meetings  It's a cliché in every workplace: Meetings...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Time Management: Common Meeting Failures]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Meetings are indispensable when you don't want to do anything. Why is it that in the world of corporations and government that meetings, more times than not, do not work? What characterises the behaviour of individuals and the teams who meet that destroys the ability of any meeting to actually...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Making Your Meetings Matter]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a perfect world, when you call a meeting, everyone shows up on time, comes prepared, is not distracted by their PDA or laptop, and stays alert and engaged. But it's not a perfect world. BNET talks to Bert Decker a communications expert, best selling author and entrepreneur, to find...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Ten Tips to Tune Up Your Teleconferences]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tired of hearing dead air on the speaker phone? Use these helpful hints to liven up your long-distance meetings.     Before the Meeting:    Know Your Gear  If you're using videoconferencing technology, spend some time learning how it works before your meeting. Use the...]]></description>
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