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		<title>Spotlight on Association Leadership: 4 critical skills to develop before 2020</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This guest post is by Shelly Alcorn, CAE, an association-management consultant. Reach her on Twitter @shellyalcorn, on LinkedIn or at the Association Subculture Blog. This is the final post in a series exploring 10 critical skills that association leaders need to possess or develop in the next 10 years. Read about the first post and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Are you ready for a promotion? 4 questions to ask yourself</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Joel Garfinkle is recognized as one of the top 50 coaches in the U.S., having worked with many of the world&#8217;s leading companies, including Oracle, Google, Amazon, Deloitte and The Ritz-Carlton. He is the author of seven books, including &#8220;Getting Ahead: Three Steps to Take Your Career to the Next Level.&#8221; View his books and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>VIP Corner: Nancy Koehn on reasons family must be a part of business values</title>
		<description><![CDATA[SmartBrief is partnering with Big Think to create a weekly video spotlight in SmartBrief on Leadership called &#8220;VIP Corner: Video Insights Powered by Big Think.&#8221; This week, we&#8217;re featuring Nancy Koehn, a professor of business administration at Harvard University. The business community is due for a change in the way it values families and work-life [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://smartblogs.com/leadership/2012/02/07/vip-corner-nancy-koehn-on-why-family-must-be-part-of-business-values/</link>
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		<title>How good of an example of living a balanced life are you for your team?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[SmartPulse — our weekly nonscientific reader poll in SmartBrief on Leadership — tracks feedback from more than 160,000 business leaders. We run the poll question each Tuesday in our e-newsletter. Last week, we asked: How good of an example of living a balanced life are you for your team? I&#8217;m a perfect example. My life [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://smartblogs.com/leadership/2012/02/07/how-good-of-an-example-of-living-a-balanced-life-are-you-for-your-team/</link>
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		<title>Network purposefully to be the first to know about unadvertised jobs</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Debra Feldman, the JobWhiz™, is an executive talent agent and job search expert who arranges one-on-one meetings with hiring decision makers that expedite offers and provide lifetime career insurance. Her gift for Networking Purposefully™ banishes employment roadblocks, expands inside connections and leverages virtual relationships to tap into the hidden job market. Learn more about her groundbreaking [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://smartblogs.com/leadership/2012/02/06/network-purposefully-to-be-the-first-to-know-about-unadvertised-jobs/</link>
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		<title>Spotlight on Association Leadership: CEO of the National Confectioners Association</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Larry Graham, president of the National Confectioners Association since 1992, provides leadership for members, including U.S. and international confectionery manufacturers and suppliers, to meet complex challenges and problems that have confronted the industry. Graham founded the World Cocoa Foundation, a nonprofit farmer-outreach organization, in 2000. Before joining the candy industry, Graham served in executive posts [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://smartblogs.com/leadership/2012/02/06/spotlight-on-association-leadership-ceo-of-the-national-confectioners-association/</link>
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		<title>This week&#8217;s most clicked</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Why you can&#8217;t be the only go-to person on your team; how Brian Henson strives to live up to his father&#8217;s legacy; and tips for ensuring you&#8217;re an effective manager. It&#8217;s all in this week’s top five most-clicked links in SmartBrief on Leadership: Are you being a good manager or just a pain? Build a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://smartblogs.com/leadership/2012/02/03/this-weeks-most-clicked-113/</link>
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		<title>Replacing a missing star: How to deal with losing a high-performing worker</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Sometimes if you scratch beneath the surface of a good team, you might find that team performance depends upon the efforts of one or two high achievers. That may be OK for the short term, but what happens when one or two of those stars move on? In this video, I offer suggestions on how [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://smartblogs.com/leadership/2012/02/03/replacing-a-missing-star-how-to-deal-with-losing-a-high-performing-worker/</link>
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		<title>How thinking like a child can help any leader achieve more goals</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Becky Robinson is the director of social marketing for The Kevin Eikenberry Group and the owner and chief influence officer of 12 Minute Media. Follow Robinson on Twitter @beckyrbnsn, or read more of her work at 12MinuteMedia.com or WeavingInfluence.com. Lucie, the daughter of an old friend of mine, wrote this list of “things I whant [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://smartblogs.com/leadership/2012/02/02/why-becoming-more-like-a-child-will-help-any-leader-achieve-more-goals/</link>
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		<title>Spotlight on Association Leadership: 3 invaluable skills to learn by 2020</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This guest post is by Shelly Alcorn, CAE, an association-management consultant. Reach her on Twitter @shellyalcorn, on LinkedIn or at the Association Subculture Blog. This is the second in a series of three posts exploring critical skills that association leaders need to possess or develop in the next 10 years. Read about the first three [...]]]></description>
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