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		<title>Is Equity-Based Compensation a Good Thing?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Oct 2010 21:50:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stever</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Do you think an equity-based compensation plan is a good way to motivate employees? &#160; My first instinct was to write, “Yes, of course.” Halfway through my third rewrite, however, I discovered it’s a wickedly complex question. Yes, equity motivates, &#8230; <a href="http://www.steverrobbins.com/articles/is-equity-based-compensation-a-good-thing.htm">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Managing Execs Who Didn’t Get the Promotion</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Oct 2010 21:44:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mritter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160;The managing director heads an organization with three vice presidents under him. For the last two years the company has been run this way and has been successful in turning around. With reorganization on the agenda, it is proposed that &#8230; <a href="http://www.steverrobbins.com/articles/managing-execs-who-didnt-get-the-promotion.htm">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Why Diversity Is an Opportunity</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Oct 2010 21:36:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mritter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[How should we think about the importance of diversity, and how best to understand and value cultural differences? Diversity, the misunderstood child of the Age of Aquarius and Political Correctness, is an incredibly powerful tool for an organization. Diversity brings &#8230; <a href="http://www.steverrobbins.com/articles/why-diversity-is-an-opportunity.htm">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Good customer service requires substance and style</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 00:51:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stever</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Good customer service requires more than just nice phone manners. I had a customer service need today. I called the company, whom we’ll call Canadian Mozy, and got a very nice young man named “Johnny.” He seemed to have a &#8230; <a href="http://www.steverrobbins.com/articles/customer-service-substance-and-style.htm">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>One Price Doesn&#8217;t Fit All</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 02 May 2009 14:12:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stever</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[But offering lots of options can destroy the buying experience. I’m flying this morning. More accurately, I’m waiting in line after line after line at the airport. Once, I needed my boarding pass. Then I needed my boarding pass and &#8230; <a href="http://www.steverrobbins.com/articles/price-less-not-priceless.htm">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Cause and Effect in Current Events</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Feb 2009 14:47:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stever</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Don&#8217;t be surprised when you get the expected result. Stupidity is running rampant, world wide. It’s frustrating, because the mistakes aren’t rocket science. They’re really simple stuff. People forget their actions have consequences. Let’s explore some cause/effect you should keep &#8230; <a href="http://www.steverrobbins.com/articles/know-cause-and-effect.htm">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Nightmare or Hope? Your decision.</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Nov 2008 13:58:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stever</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You have only yourself to blame for the quality of your decisions. Improve it. Start today. Are you committed to becoming a spot-on decision-maker who can make great decisions that actually guide your world? Because chances are, your personal decision-making &#8230; <a href="http://www.steverrobbins.com/articles/nightmare-or-hope.htm">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Groupthink, brainwashing, and politics: eek!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2008 19:40:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stever</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Maybe you've been successfully brainwashed and just don't know it. How would you? ... <a href="http://www.steverrobbins.com/articles/groupthink-brainwashing-politics.htm">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Update your user experience&#8230;or die!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Feb 2008 22:20:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stever</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Your survival could depend on it! Are you up to date with your user experience? I have been coveting my friend&#8217;s iPhone. It is true I have both a Palm Pilot and a Blackberry but the iPhone is getting more &#8230; <a href="http://www.steverrobbins.com/articles/user-experience.htm">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Just Flip a Coin Instead</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Dec 2007 20:08:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stever</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sometimes decisions aren&#8217;t worth the cost of deciding Click to hear the original Get-it-Done Guy podcast. [Subscribe at iTunes (search for "Get It Done Guy") or http://GetItDone.QuickAndDirtyTips.com] This article is a reprint of an episode of my new podcast. You &#8230; <a href="http://www.steverrobbins.com/articles/111707-newsletter-just-flip-a-coin-instead.htm">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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