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		<title>Ping Pong</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 12:00:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Holly</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Do you ever feel like a ping pong ball being bounced around every day?  Think about your actions.  Who are you rewarding?  Disrupters or schedulers?  How are you training people to interact with you?  Do you give your attention to squeaky wheels?  Whose agenda is it anyway &#8211; yours or are you allowing it to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Exceptional Performance</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 12:00:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Holly</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.achievingskills.com/?p=2133</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Exceptional performance is not a one time event.  It is something to work on and add to every day.  Perhaps that sounds exhausting?  Too much work? It’s really very easy.  You’re performing anyway, so why not make it exceptional?  Here’s the challenge, pick one of the following each week to be exceptional.  Don’t forget to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Performance Appraisals</title>
		<link>http://www.achievingskills.com/performance-appraisals</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 11:50:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Holly</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.achievingskills.com/?p=2124</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8216;Tis the season to write those year end performance appraisals.  I’ve never met anyone who enjoys this task.  I’ve also never met anyone who doesn’t want to receive a performance appraisal. You may have to muddle through this year and do the best you can.  I’ve got a process that can make it a breeze [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gold Star</title>
		<link>http://www.achievingskills.com/gold-star</link>
		<comments>http://www.achievingskills.com/gold-star#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 12:00:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Holly</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.achievingskills.com/?p=2115</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Are you competitive?  Do you always have to be first?  When you’re not first, do you think less of yourself?  Being competitive is great.  It can be a wonderful motivator to strive to do more and to do better. It’s also fun to let others win and come in first.  Some supervisors and managers feel [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hold ‘er Newt</title>
		<link>http://www.achievingskills.com/hold-er-newt</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 11:40:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Holly</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.achievingskills.com/?p=2099</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I first heard the phrase from my husband.  He was raised in Iowa and was surprised that I hadn’t heard it (I’m from North Dakota).  “It’s Mom&#8217;s way of telling us to hang on for just a minute before taking some (ostensibly) unwise action.” I tend to forge ahead with decisions and actions.  I get [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Volunteer Boards &#8211; Yeah! Or eeeek?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 11:57:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Holly</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I work with a lot of organizations with a volunteer board of directors.  Volunteers can be an asset and a liability to any organization.  When the role of the volunteer is clearly defined and followed, the volunteer has a better chance of enhancing the organization.  If the roles aren’t clearly defined or a volunteer isn’t [...]]]></description>
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		<title>One word &#8211; Organize!</title>
		<link>http://www.achievingskills.com/one-word-organize</link>
		<comments>http://www.achievingskills.com/one-word-organize#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 12:14:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Holly</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.achievingskills.com/?p=2083</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I’ve heard from a few clients recently “THIS IS THE YEAR I’M GOING TO GET ORGANIZED”.  Organized is an appealing word to many and can be hard to implement.  “Being”organized starts as any “being-ness” &#8211; it is based on habit.  Following are some tips to “being” organized. Disclaimer &#8211; only introduce one tip at a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Searching for the Noun?</title>
		<link>http://www.achievingskills.com/searching-for-the-noun</link>
		<comments>http://www.achievingskills.com/searching-for-the-noun#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 12:30:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Holly</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.achievingskills.com/?p=2075</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[When you’re working it’s common to define your self as what you do.  At a social gathering or networking event you are a [fill in the blank] lawyer, doctor, CEO, manager, etc. What happens when that goes away?  You may be out of a job, retiring, changing careers or have decided to stay home with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>You’ve got to have skin in the game!</title>
		<link>http://www.achievingskills.com/youve-got-to-have-skin-in-the-game</link>
		<comments>http://www.achievingskills.com/youve-got-to-have-skin-in-the-game#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 12:45:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Holly</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.achievingskills.com/?p=2069</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I heard a story the other day which struck me as brilliant. A husband and wife with three children were going out for the evening.  The oldest had been lobbying to be the sitter and earn some money.  The parents agreed to pay each child an hourly babysitting rate on a sliding scale (the youngest [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Say it, believe it, become it!</title>
		<link>http://www.achievingskills.com/say-it-believe-it-become-it</link>
		<comments>http://www.achievingskills.com/say-it-believe-it-become-it#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 13:15:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Holly</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I’ve attended, listened to and read all kinds of self development and motivational seminars, tapes and books.  Almost every one has something about self talk.  What we say to ourselves is what we believe and what we will become &#8211; or what we are.  Easy concept! Taking an easy concept like self talk and using [...]]]></description>
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