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	<title>Slow Leadership &#187; Guest post</title>
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	<description>Articles on returning humanity to working life.</description>
	<pubDate>Mon, 13 Oct 2008 12:34:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Don’t Just Do Something, Stand There!</title>
		<link>http://www.slowleadership.org/blog/2008/08/don%e2%80%99t-just-do-something-stand-there/</link>
		<comments>http://www.slowleadership.org/blog/2008/08/don%e2%80%99t-just-do-something-stand-there/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Aug 2008 12:04:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Vajda</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[How many times have you regretted an impulsive action — but realized the error too late? How often have you found that, after jumping in like that, you maybe didn't get the whole story or see the complete picture? Are you obsessed with the feeling that you need to do something, so you  shut down collecting information in favor of acting on the little you already know — or think you do. Peter Vajda has some important questions to ask anyone with a knee-jerk, reactive response to engage in some way, rather than take enough time to listen first.]]></description>
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		<title>How Far Have Today&#8217;s Women Come?</title>
		<link>http://www.slowleadership.org/blog/2008/08/how-far-have-todays-women-come/</link>
		<comments>http://www.slowleadership.org/blog/2008/08/how-far-have-todays-women-come/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Aug 2008 12:03:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nina Simosko</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[While not necessarily perfect, today’s corporations do in fact offer far greater opportunities for women to achieve influential leadership positions than any other time in our history. And these trends seem as though they will continue. But, as with anything else, don’t wait for society or a corporation to ‘make things right’ on their own. Take responsibility for your circumstances and proactively request what you genuinely believe you deserve.]]></description>
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		<title>Those @!$##*!! &#8216;Loser&#8217; Lanyards</title>
		<link>http://www.slowleadership.org/blog/2008/08/those-loser-lanyards/</link>
		<comments>http://www.slowleadership.org/blog/2008/08/those-loser-lanyards/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Aug 2008 12:47:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Katherine Lockett</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[Self-preservation]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Kath Lockett can't stand the thought of wearing her ID card on a lanyard around her neck and joining all the other 'lanyard losers'. But even she has to give in eventually. So much for being a contrarian!]]></description>
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		<title>How to deal with the unexpected</title>
		<link>http://www.slowleadership.org/blog/2008/07/how-to-deal-with-the-unexpected/</link>
		<comments>http://www.slowleadership.org/blog/2008/07/how-to-deal-with-the-unexpected/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jul 2008 13:03:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Fletcher</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[Change]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.slowleadership.org/blog/?p=769</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Prussian general Von Moltke famously said that no plan survives contact with the enemy. There doesn't need to be a literal enemy for this to be true of other sectors also. The real challenge for an organization is how it deals with the unexpected, bearing in mind that the unexpected is the one thing that always happens.  These days, most organizations, with their cultures of central command and micro-management, don't deal with it very well. John Fletcher explains one reason why.]]></description>
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		<title>When it&#8217;s right to fight</title>
		<link>http://www.slowleadership.org/blog/2008/07/when-its-right-to-fight/</link>
		<comments>http://www.slowleadership.org/blog/2008/07/when-its-right-to-fight/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2008 12:43:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Vajda</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Many managers, supervisors and employees have become conflict-averse. The corporate culture demands an environment where all are in agreement, always smiling and saying "yes". Yet all leaders have a responsibility to foster dissent in the organization, since conflict is the genesis of creativity. It's also how you get people engaged. No conflict, no passion; all that 'niceness'  leaves people feeling little or no interest in the outcome. ]]></description>
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		<title>Physical Antidotes to Stress</title>
		<link>http://www.slowleadership.org/blog/2008/07/physical-antidotes-to-stress/</link>
		<comments>http://www.slowleadership.org/blog/2008/07/physical-antidotes-to-stress/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 13:07:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Katherine Lockett</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ In Part 3 of her series of tips on how to de-stress yourself and manage demands in all areas of your life, Kath Lockett looks at steps 6, 7 and 8: eating only quality food, learning to meditate, and blowing your cares away through cardio-vascular exercise. These are all good ways to find better physical, as well as mental, balance and clear out the stress hormones your body will have created when stress comes along.]]></description>
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		<title>Are You a Firecracker or a Dud?</title>
		<link>http://www.slowleadership.org/blog/2008/07/are-you-a-firecracker-or-a-dud/</link>
		<comments>http://www.slowleadership.org/blog/2008/07/are-you-a-firecracker-or-a-dud/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jul 2008 13:32:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Vajda</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Does your leading, managing and supervising performance and behavior provide cause for celebration on this Fourth of July? Here's a not-quite-lighthearted quiz from Peter Vajda to help you find out.]]></description>
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		<title>Look to Become a Leader</title>
		<link>http://www.slowleadership.org/blog/2008/07/look-to-become-a-leader/</link>
		<comments>http://www.slowleadership.org/blog/2008/07/look-to-become-a-leader/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 12:31:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brett Farmiloe</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.slowleadership.org/blog/?p=655</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The three essential steps in leadership can all be defined by the act of looking: first within, then to the future, and finally behind, to see who is willing to follow you. Do this, again and again, and you won't go far wrong.]]></description>
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		<title>The &#8216;Five O&#8217;clock Walk of Shame&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.slowleadership.org/blog/2008/07/the-five-oclock-walk-of-shame/</link>
		<comments>http://www.slowleadership.org/blog/2008/07/the-five-oclock-walk-of-shame/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2008 12:22:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Katherine Lockett</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[Civilized work]]></category>

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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.slowleadership.org/blog/?p=653</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Life in the 21st Century should be getting easier to manage, not harder. Our working hours have increased in line with jobs being vacated but not filled, and employers expecting overtime as the norm instead of the exception. All of which is leaving us with less time for anything else but work. Do we have to stick with this gloomy way of living? Maybe there is another way.]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Know Thyself&#8217; and Workplace Conflict</title>
		<link>http://www.slowleadership.org/blog/2008/06/know-thyself-and-workplace-conflict/</link>
		<comments>http://www.slowleadership.org/blog/2008/06/know-thyself-and-workplace-conflict/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2008 12:49:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Vajda</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.slowleadership.org/blog/?p=647</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[To be an effective leader, you need to support people to engage in reducing the negative effects of workplace conflict. Focusing on the 'technical' alone won't do it &#8212; never has, never will. What's required is 'Knowing thyself' &#8212; an in-depth understanding of 'who I am' and 'how I am', derived from consistent and conscious reflection on your experiences and the lessons learned (including the good, the bad and the ugly). Where the majority of employees are not self-aware, workplace conflict may well be insidious, toxic, all-pervasive and destructive.]]></description>
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		<title>Hey, Give Yourself a Break!</title>
		<link>http://www.slowleadership.org/blog/2008/06/hey-give-yourself-a-break/</link>
		<comments>http://www.slowleadership.org/blog/2008/06/hey-give-yourself-a-break/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 12:59:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Katherine Lockett</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.slowleadership.org/blog/?p=643</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[ In Part 2 of her series of tips on how to de-stress yourself and manage demands in all areas of your life, Kath Lockett looks at three more steps: taking time out, finding ways to laugh more and rediscovering romance. Use them to bring back a better sense of balance and enjoyment and deal with some of the stress hormones your body will have created at other times.]]></description>
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		<title>From Lily Dipping to Pulling Your Full Weight</title>
		<link>http://www.slowleadership.org/blog/2008/06/from-lily-dipping-to-pulling-your-full-weight/</link>
		<comments>http://www.slowleadership.org/blog/2008/06/from-lily-dipping-to-pulling-your-full-weight/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 12:22:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Douglas Ross</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.slowleadership.org/blog/?p=639</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A 'lily dipper' in a multi-person canoe is someone who looks from the outside like they are paddling like everyone else, though they're just going through the motions of real work. It's important that each paddler carry their own weight by digging into the water long and hard; otherwise, someone else on the team has to carry it for them. In this story of paddling through the Canadian wilderness, the writer discovers how lily dippers can become a high performance team.]]></description>
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		<title>Talk, talk, talk — and moving furniture</title>
		<link>http://www.slowleadership.org/blog/2008/06/talk-talk-talk-%e2%80%94-and-moving-furniture/</link>
		<comments>http://www.slowleadership.org/blog/2008/06/talk-talk-talk-%e2%80%94-and-moving-furniture/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jun 2008 13:12:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Vajda</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.slowleadership.org/blog/?p=634</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[One of the most frustrating and irritating experiences at work is the endless talk, conversation and sharing of thoughts that takes place and leads to nowhere. That's all many meetings consist of: moving the existing 'mental furniture' around. There's nothing new because the door stays closed. Nothing comes in. Nothing gets out. Only the arrangement of the furniture changes. So why doesn't anyone open the door?]]></description>
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		<title>You&#8217;re Imperfect, So Get Used to It</title>
		<link>http://www.slowleadership.org/blog/2008/06/youre-imperfect-so-get-used-to-it/</link>
		<comments>http://www.slowleadership.org/blog/2008/06/youre-imperfect-so-get-used-to-it/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2008 12:21:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Katherine Lockett</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.slowleadership.org/blog/?p=633</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[To build the kind of lifestyle that allows you truly to live, work/life balance needs to be more than a buzzword. It needs to be a way of life. In the first of a series of items on how to de-stress yourself and manage demands in all areas of your life, Kath Lockett looks at two critical steps: learning to take pride in your imperfections and saying ‘No’ more often.]]></description>
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		<title>Whack-a-Mole Management</title>
		<link>http://www.slowleadership.org/blog/2008/06/whack-a-mole-management/</link>
		<comments>http://www.slowleadership.org/blog/2008/06/whack-a-mole-management/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jun 2008 13:41:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Douglas Ross</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.slowleadership.org/blog/?p=628</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Whack-a-mole management is the common game of 'whacking' business problems as fast as they pop their heads up, using a 'mallet' made up of whatever suggests itself as the simplest, easiest and shortest-term action. Yet because it's more concerned with looking good than with <i>being</i> good, and ignores systemic factors, whack-a-mole management always ends by making things worse. You do not have to manage that way.]]></description>
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