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	<title>Slow Leadership &#187; Better Management</title>
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	<description>Articles on returning humanity to working life.</description>
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		<title>The History of Risk</title>
		<link>http://www.slowleadership.org/blog/2009/06/the-history-of-risk/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 12:54:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Fletcher</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[“We need to re-think the culture of risk-taking,” writes John Fletcher. “In today’s bureaucratized and corporate world, individuals rarely suffer any major damage if the risks they take lead to disaster. Heads they win, tails we lose.”]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>Salvation, Sabotage or Suicide?</title>
		<link>http://www.slowleadership.org/blog/2009/06/salvation-sabotage-or-suicide/</link>
		<comments>http://www.slowleadership.org/blog/2009/06/salvation-sabotage-or-suicide/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 12:16:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Guest Author</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.slowleadership.org/blog/?p=4150</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[“We cannot persist with ‘business as usual’ and avoid sabotaging our future and risking corporate suicide,” writes read Bay Jordan.  “Only getting away from the old-fashioned, accountants' attitude to people as costs can offer salvation.”]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Procrastination: Are You a Victim?</title>
		<link>http://www.slowleadership.org/blog/2009/06/procrastination-are-you-a-victim/</link>
		<comments>http://www.slowleadership.org/blog/2009/06/procrastination-are-you-a-victim/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2009 12:39:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carmine Coyote</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Managing time]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.slowleadership.org/blog/?p=4019</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Are you a procrastinator . . . or are you being <em>made</em> to be one by your organization and your boss? Carmine Coyote explains.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>9</slash:comments>
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		<title>What is the True Value of Creativity to Organizations?</title>
		<link>http://www.slowleadership.org/blog/2009/06/what-is-the-true-value-of-creativity-to-organizations/</link>
		<comments>http://www.slowleadership.org/blog/2009/06/what-is-the-true-value-of-creativity-to-organizations/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2009 12:36:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carmine Coyote</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[“The conclusion that best fits the evidence,” says Carmine Coyote, “is that creativity and change mostly come about in organizations <em>in spite of</em> those in charge, not because of them; and that all the talk about needing creative people who think and ask questions is just that—talk.”]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>8</slash:comments>
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		<title>The Truth About Communications at Work</title>
		<link>http://www.slowleadership.org/blog/2009/06/the-truth-about-communications-at-work/</link>
		<comments>http://www.slowleadership.org/blog/2009/06/the-truth-about-communications-at-work/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2009 12:27:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carmine Coyote</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Better Management]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Hamburger Management]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Are organizational communications really as bad as they are made out to be? Or has ‘communications’ become a buzzword that allows senior management to divert the blame and avoid dealing with the real issues?]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Musings About Motivation</title>
		<link>http://www.slowleadership.org/blog/2009/05/musings-about-motivation/</link>
		<comments>http://www.slowleadership.org/blog/2009/05/musings-about-motivation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2009 12:01:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carmine Coyote</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Management myths]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Do we need managers to ‘motivate’ their staff? Motivation by management is mostly command-and-control carried on behind a smokescreen of smiling faces, so it’s hard to see that we do.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>16</slash:comments>
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		<title>Reviewing Boss:Subordinate Relationships</title>
		<link>http://www.slowleadership.org/blog/2009/05/reviewing-bosssubordinate-relationships/</link>
		<comments>http://www.slowleadership.org/blog/2009/05/reviewing-bosssubordinate-relationships/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 May 2009 12:38:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carmine Coyote</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Authenticity]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.slowleadership.org/blog/2009/05/reviewing-bosssubordinate-relationships/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Carmine Coyote takes a cool look at why relationships between bosses and subordinates are such a problem. ]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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		<title>Do Your Actions Match Your Words?</title>
		<link>http://www.slowleadership.org/blog/2009/05/do-your-actions-match-your-words/</link>
		<comments>http://www.slowleadership.org/blog/2009/05/do-your-actions-match-your-words/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2009 12:56:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nina Simosko</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.slowleadership.org/blog/?p=4037</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Words are just words. If you say you are going to do one thing and do another, of what value are the words you spoke? If you want to be considered an honest, authentic leader, you must maintain congruence between words and actions.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>Supervision: Take the Time for Proper Job Instruction</title>
		<link>http://www.slowleadership.org/blog/2009/05/supervision-take-the-time-for-proper-job-instruction/</link>
		<comments>http://www.slowleadership.org/blog/2009/05/supervision-take-the-time-for-proper-job-instruction/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2009 12:23:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Guest Author</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.slowleadership.org/blog/?p=3791</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Michael Taplin explains the real difference between leadership and supervision. Both are necessary, but they have to be done in the right order.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>Are Bonuses De-motivating Your Employees?</title>
		<link>http://www.slowleadership.org/blog/2009/04/are-bonuses-de-motivating-your-employees/</link>
		<comments>http://www.slowleadership.org/blog/2009/04/are-bonuses-de-motivating-your-employees/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2009 12:17:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Guest Author</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.slowleadership.org/blog/?p=3592</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By creating, then satisfying, high expectations, you may be hampering your employee’s perception of the value in their current work environment. Nationwide, writes Simon Oates, this is crushing the ability of small businesses to rethink strategies and cut costs during this recession. ]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>Management&#8217;s Achilles Heel</title>
		<link>http://www.slowleadership.org/blog/2009/04/managements-achilles-heel/</link>
		<comments>http://www.slowleadership.org/blog/2009/04/managements-achilles-heel/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2009 12:48:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carmine Coyote</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Management Achilles’ Heel is its tendency to ignore context and inflate the specific into the general. By doing so, managers convince themselves they have abilities that can function anywhere. Sadly, a few ordinary people, over-promoted and given untrammeled power, can quickly ruin any business.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>7</slash:comments>
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		<title>The lost art of supervision</title>
		<link>http://www.slowleadership.org/blog/2009/04/the-lost-art-of-supervision/</link>
		<comments>http://www.slowleadership.org/blog/2009/04/the-lost-art-of-supervision/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2009 12:25:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Guest Author</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.slowleadership.org/blog/?p=3484</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Michael Taplin wonders about the lost art of supervision. As leadership has taken over from management, he observes, the personal qualities associated with it have come to be seen to be more important than mastering a set of coherent management disciplines.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>9</slash:comments>
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		<title>You Can Be Fearless, Even in Uncertain Times</title>
		<link>http://www.slowleadership.org/blog/2009/03/you-can-be-fearless-even-in-uncertain-times/</link>
		<comments>http://www.slowleadership.org/blog/2009/03/you-can-be-fearless-even-in-uncertain-times/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2009 12:38:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Guest Author</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.slowleadership.org/blog/?p=3310</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[“In a crowded marketplace burdened by a sluggish economy,” writes Robin Fisher-Roffer, “only the fearless can survive.” Follow her suggestions to use your differences as a ‘lure’ to attract work and business. If you stay on the path to fearlessness, you can protect your security today and your future prospects as well.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>7</slash:comments>
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		<title>Communication is Critical</title>
		<link>http://www.slowleadership.org/blog/2009/03/communication-is-critical/</link>
		<comments>http://www.slowleadership.org/blog/2009/03/communication-is-critical/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2009 12:21:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nina Simosko</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.slowleadership.org/blog/?p=3174</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Nina Simosko reminds us all that communication is a critically important management activity, especially in a time like now when people feel insecure and our imaginations so easily run riot with doomsday scenarios.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>8</slash:comments>
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		<title>What is Business For?</title>
		<link>http://www.slowleadership.org/blog/2009/03/what-is-business-for/</link>
		<comments>http://www.slowleadership.org/blog/2009/03/what-is-business-for/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2009 12:06:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carmine Coyote</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As the recession tightens its grip, more and more people lose their jobs and we discover yet more dubious actions taken by large (and formerly respected) organizations, should we be reformulating our views about the purpose of work itself?]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>9</slash:comments>
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