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		<title>Moving from Insight to Action</title>
		<link>http://xponents.com/2013/06/07/moving-from-insight-to-action/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Jun 2013 17:12:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is a Japanese proverb:  Insight without action is a daydream.  Action without insight is a nightmare.  A fundamental principal of coaching is the premise that when one links insight to action, the possibility exists for transformation.  At Xponents, our fundamental coaching program, Context of Coaching, is built on this principal.  I believe with insight, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Emotional Intelligence and Leadership</title>
		<link>http://xponents.com/2013/05/02/emotional-intelligence-and-leadership/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2013 20:08:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[workplace bullying]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[workplace harassment]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Recently I was talking to someone I know about an incident that happened where they work. One person was trying to tell a co-worker what to do, and according to my friend this had been an on-going and annoying pattern for some time. For whatever reason, this particular day was the proverbially last straw that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Conflict Is Part of Collaboration</title>
		<link>http://xponents.com/2013/04/18/conflict-is-part-of-collaboration/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Apr 2013 17:28:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dsiverson</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Constructs of Trust]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dr. Dwayne Tway]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lone Star College]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lone Star College Women’s Leadership Conference]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; I just returned from speaking last week at the Lone Star College Women’s Leadership Conference in Houston.  I spoke about the value of collaboration.  It was the first time I spoke publicly about growing up in an environment that was high on dysfunction, low on trust, and often emotionally or physically violent.  One can’t [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Diversity at Work</title>
		<link>http://xponents.com/2013/04/03/diversity-at-work/</link>
		<comments>http://xponents.com/2013/04/03/diversity-at-work/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Apr 2013 16:27:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I recently worked with a group to support them on discovering new ways to collaborate together.  I designed the work around ways to practice cognitive diversity.  I hoped they could go beyond accepting others unique talents, opinions, and experiences.  Diversity today is not about merely accepting others, but rather embracing differences.  Diversity in today’s ever [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Engagement or Retention?</title>
		<link>http://xponents.com/2013/03/07/engagement-or-retention/</link>
		<comments>http://xponents.com/2013/03/07/engagement-or-retention/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Mar 2013 16:22:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dsiverson</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[career planning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[engagement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gen. y]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[generation y]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[generational differences]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[organizational ambassadors]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://xponents.com/?p=1444</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I posted an article this week on LinkedIn about generations at work.  The article asserted that we should prepare ourselves for the inevitability of shorter longevity of Generation Y employees in organizations, and that a smart strategy is to maximize Gen Y’s contribution during their employment and prepare them to be organizational ambassadors when they [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What Is Collaboration?</title>
		<link>http://xponents.com/2013/02/21/what-is-collaboration/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Feb 2013 19:06:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dsiverson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a recent survey, CEO’s identified critical skills needed to ensure success in this improving economy.  No surprise that the skill collaboration made it into the top three.  What does it mean to collaborate?  The word collaborate has its roots in Latin, and comes from collaboratus, past participle of collaborare to labor together, from Latin [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Book Review: The Anatomy of Peace</title>
		<link>http://xponents.com/2013/02/14/book-review-the-anatomy-of-peace/</link>
		<comments>http://xponents.com/2013/02/14/book-review-the-anatomy-of-peace/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2013 21:19:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dsiverson</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[active listening]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Arbinger Institute]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[book review]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Leadership and Self Deception]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[leadership effectiveness]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I recently revisited the book, The Anatomy of Peace by the Arbinger Institute.  If you are unfamiliar with that work, the authors also penned Leadership and Self-Deception which, in my opinion, is a must-read for all managers.  The fundamental principal of both books is that it isn’t always the behaviors on the outside that impact [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What is Happiness:  An Internal Game that Only You Can Decide to Play</title>
		<link>http://xponents.com/2013/01/16/what-is-happiness-an-internal-game-that-only-you-can-decide-to-play/</link>
		<comments>http://xponents.com/2013/01/16/what-is-happiness-an-internal-game-that-only-you-can-decide-to-play/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jan 2013 22:24:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dsiverson</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[authentic happiness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cultivate happiness]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://xponents.com/?p=1369</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[What does it mean to be happy?  Psychologist Ed Diener, author of Happiness: Unlocking the Mysteries of Psychological Wealth, defines happiness as life satisfaction and having more positive emotions than negative emotions. Since we know that the more fully one lives into his or her values, the more deeply satisfied they will be, Diener’s definition [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What is Hope: Realistic Goals, Persistence, and Belief</title>
		<link>http://xponents.com/2013/01/03/what-is-hope-realistic-goals-persistence-and-belief/</link>
		<comments>http://xponents.com/2013/01/03/what-is-hope-realistic-goals-persistence-and-belief/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jan 2013 17:11:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dsiverson</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[aligned]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alignment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[C.R. Snyder]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Future self-exercise]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[goals]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Missed goals]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[self-compassion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Set goals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[set realistic goals]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Values and vision]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Values clarification exercise]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[vision]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://xponents.com/?p=1333</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I sit here in front of the fire on the first day of the year and contemplate what I can do differently to more fully live my life in alignment with my truest self.   I like New Years, as it represents turning the page and starting anew with a clean slate.  It’s also a time [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Your Talent is Your Gift to the World</title>
		<link>http://xponents.com/2012/12/19/your-talent-is-your-gift/</link>
		<comments>http://xponents.com/2012/12/19/your-talent-is-your-gift/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Dec 2012 16:08:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dsiverson</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[gift]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gift and Talent]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gift talent]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[talent]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Talent gift]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Each of us is a gift.  We bring with us into the world a bundle of raw talent and possibilities.  When we take all that and mix it with our life experience it’s somewhat like having both the seed and the earth on standby, ready and willing to produce something special.  Yet only we can [...]]]></description>
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