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		<title>Firing Up Organizations in Tough Times</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Oct 2010 22:19:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stever</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160;Things are very tight right now. Our outlook is uncertain and people are afraid for their jobs. Under these circumstances I&#8217;d expect people to get more done, but somehow, we aren&#8217;t more productive than before. Any hints? &#160; It’s funny, &#8230; <a href="http://www.steverrobbins.com/articles/firing-up-organizations-in-tough-times.htm">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Organizational Learning is No Accident</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Oct 2010 22:17:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mritter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160;Why do companies fail to learn from their mistakes? &#160; With so much riding on success, you would think that companies would be better at learning. Amazingly, it seems as if they fight tooth and nail against learning, often with &#8230; <a href="http://www.steverrobbins.com/articles/organizational-learning-is-no-accident.htm">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>How Your Company Can Learn From Mistakes</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Oct 2010 22:05:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mritter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160;Any ideas about how to capture lessons learned for a knowledge base—i.e. getting colleagues to NOT fear repercussions of admitting &#8216;mistakes&#8217; and/or admitting what they did not know? &#160;First, the Truth: most of us are afraid to admit mistakes or &#8230; <a href="http://www.steverrobbins.com/articles/how-your-company-can-learn-from-mistakes.htm">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Young Leader, Veteran Team</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Oct 2010 22:03:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stever</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160;I am a projects and operations manager at a multinational oil giant based in Cape Town, South Africa. I have seven people reporting to me. I am twenty-four years old and the youngest member of my team—the ages range from &#8230; <a href="http://www.steverrobbins.com/articles/young-leader-veteran-team.htm">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Essence of Leadership</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Oct 2010 22:00:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stever</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160;As the author of this column, I receive a number of questions each month on the topic of leadership. Manu asks how young men and women in India can be taught to think about leadership. A pharmacy director in the &#8230; <a href="http://www.steverrobbins.com/articles/the-essence-of-leadership.htm">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>No Authority? Use Persuasion</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Oct 2010 21:58:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stever</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160;I am leading a cross-functional team in a company initiative but the members on the team do not report to me. How can I motivate them to stay committed to the team and stay focused on the goals established when &#8230; <a href="http://www.steverrobbins.com/articles/no-authority-use-persuasion.htm">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Great Leadership for Great Teams</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Oct 2010 21:57:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stever</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160;I am establishing a publishing house in Africa, and have put together a team with great potential. What strategies and skills must I employ to make the most of this potential? What is the best way to lead a crop &#8230; <a href="http://www.steverrobbins.com/articles/great-leadership-for-great-teams.htm">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Inspiring the Jaded Employee</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Oct 2010 21:54:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stever</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am interested in motivating long-term employees who have fifteen-plus years with an organization. This group has heard all the visions of transient leaders who were furthering their own careers, and have become apathetic to improving their own lot, space, &#8230; <a href="http://www.steverrobbins.com/articles/inspiring-the-jaded-employee.htm">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>How Leaders Use Questions</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Oct 2010 21:52:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stever</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160;Do you have anything to share regarding the subject of asking the right questions? Someone once said &#8220;Forget the answers; focus on asking the right questions.&#8221; &#160;I’ll always remember the mid-1980s commercials featuring Lee Iacocca, then considered one of America’s &#8230; <a href="http://www.steverrobbins.com/articles/how-leaders-use-questions.htm">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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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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