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		<title>Crucial Conversations&#8230; this stuff works!</title>
		<link>http://www.yourfocalpoint.net/2012/02/03/crucial-conversations-this-stuff-works/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:23:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m amazed at the power of healthy dialogue. You&#8217;d think communication would be the easiest thing in the world. I mean we all grow up talking to each other. We spent hours chatting with friends over the phone. We talked at length to try to impress a date. We basically grew up developing all the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Should CEOs BLOG?</title>
		<link>http://www.yourfocalpoint.net/2011/11/30/should-ceos-blog/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2011 16:51:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As you are preparing for the new year you may want to consider blogging&#8230; if you aren&#8217;t already doing it. You will want to consider the risks of doing this if you&#8217;re in upper leadership, but it&#8217;s definitely worth considering for 2012. John Kador discusses the question &#8220;Should CEOs Have Personal Blogs?&#8221; in his article [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hi Tech, Hi Touch</title>
		<link>http://www.yourfocalpoint.net/2011/08/31/hi-tech-hi-touch/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Sep 2011 03:23:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;As we become more hi tech we will need to become more hi touch.&#8221; Sam Sikes, experiential learning author and facilitator, told this to a group he was working with years ago. At that time email was just becoming common in businesses, cell phones were huge with visible antennas, texting and social media weren&#8217;t invented [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Summer&#8230; at last!</title>
		<link>http://www.yourfocalpoint.net/2011/05/31/summer-at-last/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jun 2011 04:25:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well Summer break is here once again. I always have mixed feelings about the break. On the one hand it&#8217;s fun to have the girls out of school and have the activities slow down from that frantic pace the end of school always brings. However, having the kids home more means it&#8217;s easier to justify [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mojo &amp; Coaching</title>
		<link>http://www.yourfocalpoint.net/2011/04/30/mojo-coaching/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Apr 2011 21:17:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Mojo &#8211; that positive spirit toward what we are doing now that starts from the inside and radiates to the outside.&#8221; Marshall Goldsmith defines and breaks down what Mojo is. It is what distinguishes the truly successful people from the rest. You know when you&#8217;re operating in it&#8230; you just feel it. You&#8217;re good, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dictators &amp; Unions</title>
		<link>http://www.yourfocalpoint.net/2011/03/13/dictators-unions/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Mar 2011 14:15:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Leadership]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Middle East rebellions make me think of when organizations get unionized. I&#8217;m no big fan of unions, but I also believe that in most cases they wouldn&#8217;t have any ground to stand on if leadership were doing the right things. If the leaders of that organization were providing leadership that served both the people [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Don&#8217;t Hire Jerks&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.yourfocalpoint.net/2011/02/01/dont-hire-jerks/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Feb 2011 20:20:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I just read a New York Times article based on an interview with Michael Lebowitz, founder and C.E.O. of Big Spaceship about hiring talent. I especially liked this section of the interview&#8230; “Don’t hire jerks, no matter how talented.” I became very attuned to this early on, when we were still a small start-up, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Years Questions</title>
		<link>http://www.yourfocalpoint.net/2011/01/04/new-years-questions/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Jan 2011 18:04:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Leadership]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The beginning of the new year is the natural time to set new resolutions or goals. It just makes sense to ponder the past year and plan for the new year during this season. Karlin Sloan in a recent blog lists five good questions for you to ponder in January. 1.) What can you stop [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Serve to Lead</title>
		<link>http://www.yourfocalpoint.net/2010/09/30/serve-to-lead/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Sep 2010 17:11:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[accountability]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Four Questions&#8230;. 1. Who are you serving? 2. How can you best serve? 3. Are you making your unique contribution? 4. Are you getting better every day? These four questions are the heart of a new book I&#8217;m reading called &#8220;Serve to Lead&#8221; by James M. Strock. The book basically acts as a field [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Summertime</title>
		<link>http://www.yourfocalpoint.net/2010/06/29/summertime/</link>
		<comments>http://www.yourfocalpoint.net/2010/06/29/summertime/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jun 2010 18:59:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Self Leadership]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Summer tends to be slower in most businesses. This can be a great time to re-focus on your priorities. Time management is great for getting more done. But, the ultimate goal in time management is being able to spend more time on what&#8217;s most important in life. Covey refers to these as your &#8220;big rocks.&#8221; [...]]]></description>
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