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	<itunes:subtitle>Leadership Caffeine Podcast</itunes:subtitle>
	<itunes:summary>Host Art Petty interviews leaders, leadership authors, management thinkers and other professionals about creating high performance teams and organizations and developing effective leaders at all levels, during this weekly program. The goal is to share practical, powerful ideas to help listeners improve their performance and the performance of their teams and organizations.</itunes:summary>
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		<title>New Leader Tuesday-Beware Under or Over Managing</title>
		<link>http://artpetty.com/2012/05/22/new-leader-tuesday-beware-under-or-over-managing/</link>
		<comments>http://artpetty.com/2012/05/22/new-leader-tuesday-beware-under-or-over-managing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 11:54:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Art Petty</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Leadership]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New Leader Tuesday]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[first-time leader]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New Leader Challenges]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The first year of your first job responsible for others (supervisor, lead, manager) is the early-awkward phase. Your technical or functional expertise and someone’s perception of your potential for leadership got you here. Your as of yet undeveloped or at least under-developed communication and coordination skills are what will carry you forward. Here are 5 suggestions to help you get this right. ]]></description>
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		<title>Just One Thing: Services ARE Performances</title>
		<link>http://artpetty.com/2012/05/20/just-one-thing-services-are-performances/</link>
		<comments>http://artpetty.com/2012/05/20/just-one-thing-services-are-performances/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 20 May 2012 22:57:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Art Petty</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Just One Thing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Leadership]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Performance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Customer Service]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Leadership Accountability]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Few things evoke as much negative emotion in otherwise kind and gentle souls as a bad experience as a customer. Focus in your mind on your last really bad customer service experience and you can sense the tension in your neck growing along with the rise in blood pressure. That bad experience becomes “the company” for us. What do your team's performances say about you as a leader and about your firm? ]]></description>
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		<title>Leadership Caffeine Podcast-Executive Coach Mary Jo Asmus</title>
		<link>http://artpetty.com/2012/05/17/leadership-caffeine-podcast-executive-coach-mary-jo-asmus/</link>
		<comments>http://artpetty.com/2012/05/17/leadership-caffeine-podcast-executive-coach-mary-jo-asmus/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 13:00:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Art Petty</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Leadership Caffeine Podcast]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Aspire CS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Executive Coaching]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mary Jo Asmus]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[There’s a secret to why I have so much fun producing this podcast. I only interview people who fascinate and inspire with their ideas. The subject of this interview, , Executive Coach, business owner at Aspire CS and popular leadership blogger, Mary Jo Asmus, hits the bullseye on all criteria.]]></description>
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		<itunes:duration>0:29:40</itunes:duration>
		<itunes:subtitle>There’s a secret to why I have so much fun producing this podcast. I only interview people who fascinate and inspire with their ideas. The subject of this interview, , Executive Coach, business owner at Aspire CS and popular leadership blogger, Mary[...]</itunes:subtitle>
		<itunes:summary>There’s a secret to why I have so much fun producing this podcast. I only interview people who fascinate and inspire with their ideas. The subject of this interview, , Executive Coach, business owner at Aspire CS and popular leadership blogger, Mary Jo Asmus, hits the bullseye on all criteria.</itunes:summary>
		<itunes:keywords>Caffene, Ldrshp, Profesional, Dev, Ledership, Ldrshp, Caffeine, Proff&#039;l, Dev</itunes:keywords>
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		<title>New Leader Tuesday-Gaining Critical Context for Your Team&#8217;s Mission</title>
		<link>http://artpetty.com/2012/05/15/new-leader-tuesday-gaining-critical-context-for-your-teams-mission/</link>
		<comments>http://artpetty.com/2012/05/15/new-leader-tuesday-gaining-critical-context-for-your-teams-mission/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 14:05:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Art Petty</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[New Leader Tuesday]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Context for Leading]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[new leaders]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New Team]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the art of asking questions]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Many first-time leaders are given the equivalent of “battlefield” promotions with no more context than, “You’ve done a great job, you’re in charge.”  If you end up on the receiving side of this “Go get ‘em Tiger,” philosophy of leadership development, it’s important for you to quickly gain context for your team’s role and accountabilities. ]]></description>
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		<title>Just One Thing-Vary Your Routine For A Change</title>
		<link>http://artpetty.com/2012/05/14/just-one-thing-vary-your-routine-for-a-change/</link>
		<comments>http://artpetty.com/2012/05/14/just-one-thing-vary-your-routine-for-a-change/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 14:23:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Art Petty</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Career]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Just One Thing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Professional Growth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Breaking the Routine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[learning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Routine]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Routines are comfortable..and at the risk of being redundant, habit forming. Eventually, routines become mind numbing. Here are five ideas to help jump-start your thoughts on breaking the routine: ]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Leadership Caffeine-7 Suggestions to Strengthen Your Group&#8217;s Performance</title>
		<link>http://artpetty.com/2012/05/07/leadership-caffeine-7-suggestions-to-strengthen-your-groups-performance/</link>
		<comments>http://artpetty.com/2012/05/07/leadership-caffeine-7-suggestions-to-strengthen-your-groups-performance/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2012 13:13:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Art Petty</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Leadership]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Leadership Caffeine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Performance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Improving Performance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Leader's Role in Promoting Team Performance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[team performance]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://artpetty.com/?p=7653</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Performance counts. Efforts are nice, but ultimately, you are evaluated on the results of your team, not the amount of work you put into achieving your results. Here are 7 ideas to promote high performance with your team: 

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		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>Leadership Caffeine Podcast-Getting Ahead with Joel Garfinkle</title>
		<link>http://artpetty.com/2012/05/04/leadership-caffeine-podcast-getting-ahead-with-joel-garfinkle/</link>
		<comments>http://artpetty.com/2012/05/04/leadership-caffeine-podcast-getting-ahead-with-joel-garfinkle/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2012 16:19:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Art Petty</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Leadership Caffeine Podcast]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Getting Ahead]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joel Garfinkle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[personal branding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Self Promotion]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://artpetty.com/?p=7567</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Unfortunately, good work alone is not always enough to stand-out from the crowd. In a noisy, competitive workplace, where others choose us for big projects and new opportunities, finding a way to stand-out...while not becoming one of those aforementioned obnoxious characters, is a fact of life. Joel Garfinkle, a leading executive coach, speaker and author, offers some excellent and practical guidance on this important but awkward topic in his latest book, Getting Ahead-Three Steps to Take Your Career to the Next Level.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<itunes:duration>0:32:33</itunes:duration>
		<itunes:subtitle>Unfortunately, good work alone is not always enough to stand-out from the crowd. In a noisy, competitive workplace, where others choose us for big projects and new opportunities, finding a way to stand-out...while not becoming one of those aforement[...]</itunes:subtitle>
		<itunes:summary>Unfortunately, good work alone is not always enough to stand-out from the crowd. In a noisy, competitive workplace, where others choose us for big projects and new opportunities, finding a way to stand-out...while not becoming one of those aforementioned obnoxious characters, is a fact of life. Joel Garfinkle, a leading executive coach, speaker and author, offers some excellent and practical guidance on this important but awkward topic in his latest book, Getting Ahead-Three Steps to Take Your Career to the Next Level.</itunes:summary>
		<itunes:keywords>Caffene, Ldrshp, Profesional, Dev, Ledership, Ldrshp, Caffeine, Proff&#039;l, Dev</itunes:keywords>
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		<title>6 Ideas to Help You Move Forward on What Matters</title>
		<link>http://artpetty.com/2012/05/03/moving-forward-on-what-matters/</link>
		<comments>http://artpetty.com/2012/05/03/moving-forward-on-what-matters/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2012 14:37:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Art Petty</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA["To Do" List]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Career]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Professional Growth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Achieving Our Dreams]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dreams]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[moving forward]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://artpetty.com/?p=7549</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Whether professional or personal, it seems that most of us carry around ideas and dreams that inspire us and give us hope for our future. Unfortunately, many of us don't do much more than think about those dreams as they age and then spoil in our mental cellars. Here are 6 slightly different ideas to help you get going on pursuing yours: ]]></description>
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		<title>Don&#8217;t Get Blindsided by Organizational Politics</title>
		<link>http://artpetty.com/2012/04/30/dont-get-blindsided-by-organizational-politics/</link>
		<comments>http://artpetty.com/2012/04/30/dont-get-blindsided-by-organizational-politics/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2012 15:45:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Art Petty</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Career]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Professional Growth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Values]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Organizational Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics with Integrity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[power]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Your Career]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://artpetty.com/?p=7536</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[For all of us, ignoring this very real human behavior that manifests itself as organizational politics, is a sure-fire way to end up at best on the fringe of irrelevance, and at worst, to end up outside, wondering what happened.  Here are 7 ideas you can apply to "play politics" and maintain your integrity:]]></description>
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		<title>Leadership Caffeine Podcast: Brook Manville on Judgment Calls</title>
		<link>http://artpetty.com/2012/04/26/leadership-caffeine-podcast-brook-manville-on-judgment-calls/</link>
		<comments>http://artpetty.com/2012/04/26/leadership-caffeine-podcast-brook-manville-on-judgment-calls/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2012 12:12:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Art Petty</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Leadership Caffeine Podcast]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brook Manville]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Decision Making]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Judgment Calls]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://artpetty.com/?p=7498</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Run a literature search on decision-making, and you'll find a broad range of content, much of it focused on the cognitive issues and traps surrounding the process, and the balance focused on the disasters so widely dissected in our culture.  For a fresh and refreshing view, enter Tom Davenport and Brook Manville with their book, Judgment Calls-12 Stories of Big Decisions and the Teams that Got Them Right.
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<itunes:duration>0:30:56</itunes:duration>
		<itunes:subtitle>Run a literature search on decision-making, and you'll find a broad range of content, much of it focused on the cognitive issues and traps surrounding the process, and the balance focused on the disasters so widely dissected in our culture.  For a f[...]</itunes:subtitle>
		<itunes:summary>Run a literature search on decision-making, and you'll find a broad range of content, much of it focused on the cognitive issues and traps surrounding the process, and the balance focused on the disasters so widely dissected in our culture.  For a fresh and refreshing view, enter Tom Davenport and Brook Manville with their book, Judgment Calls-12 Stories of Big Decisions and the Teams that Got Them Right.</itunes:summary>
		<itunes:keywords>Caffene, Ldrshp, Profesional, Dev, Ledership, Ldrshp, Caffeine, Proff&#039;l, Dev</itunes:keywords>
		<itunes:author>Art Petty</itunes:author>
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		<title>Leadership Caffeine: Listen with Intent</title>
		<link>http://artpetty.com/2012/04/24/leadership-caffeine-listen-with-intent/</link>
		<comments>http://artpetty.com/2012/04/24/leadership-caffeine-listen-with-intent/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2012 13:54:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Art Petty</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA["To Do" List]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Career]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Leadership]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Leadership Caffeine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Professional Growth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Values]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Beyond Active Listening]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Empathy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Listen with Intent]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday, a valued colleague described a fascinating professional interaction and used the phrase, “listening with intent.”While I imagine it is something on the level of “seek first to understand,” the phrasing works for me. It connotes a significant and deep personal investment in focusing on another human…something lacking from most of our interchanges in life and in the workplace.]]></description>
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		<title>Bringing Back Professional Courtesy</title>
		<link>http://artpetty.com/2012/04/19/professional-courtesy/</link>
		<comments>http://artpetty.com/2012/04/19/professional-courtesy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2012 14:05:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Art Petty</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA["To Do" List]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Career]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Professional Growth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Values]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Professional Courtesy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rules to Lead By]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Set an Example]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The issue of professional courtesy (or seeming lack thereof) came up at a recent networking group meeting. With permission, I’m sharing the spontaneous suggestion list we generated, including ideas for live and social media settings. Please add to the list and let’s all strive to put these into practice in real-time. At Least 15 Ideas to Help Bring Professional Courtesy Back:]]></description>
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		<title>The Cruel, Bitter and Crushing Taste of Dump-Truck Feedback</title>
		<link>http://artpetty.com/2012/04/17/the-cruel-bitter-and-crushing-taste-of-dump-truck-feedback/</link>
		<comments>http://artpetty.com/2012/04/17/the-cruel-bitter-and-crushing-taste-of-dump-truck-feedback/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Apr 2012 13:24:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Art Petty</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA["To Do" List]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Leadership]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Professional Growth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Surviving Lousy Leaders]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[feedback]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Performance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Poor Feedback Habits]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Feedback "But" Sandwich]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Right after avoiding it, the most commonly employed managerial strategy for dealing with feedback is, delaying it. The first approach is poor form… the latter approach is cruel.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>7</slash:comments>
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		<title>Leading in the Matrix-7 Ideas to Cultivate the Right Skills</title>
		<link>http://artpetty.com/2012/04/11/leading-in-the-matrix/</link>
		<comments>http://artpetty.com/2012/04/11/leading-in-the-matrix/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Apr 2012 15:07:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Art Petty</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Leadership]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Leading Change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Performance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Project Management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Culture Change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Integrators as Leaders]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Matrix Leadership]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[If speed, adaptability, learning…and the need to innovate are more than buzzwords and corporate clichés, but in fact are the requirements for success in this fast-moving world, then building cultures, teams and people capable of succeeding in the matrix must be a priority.

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		<title>Leadership Caffeine-For a Change, Do Something Unconventionally Unorthodox</title>
		<link>http://artpetty.com/2012/04/09/leadership-caffeine-for-a-change-do-something-unconventionally-unorthodox/</link>
		<comments>http://artpetty.com/2012/04/09/leadership-caffeine-for-a-change-do-something-unconventionally-unorthodox/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Apr 2012 14:11:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Art Petty</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Leadership Caffeine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Breaking Routine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Innovation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stimulating Creativity]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://artpetty.com/?p=7458</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[We tend to love our life and work routines. They are comfortable and comforting. And while there’s a certain amount of routine that’s inherent in successfully running any organization, the best leaders seek and create opportunities to breakaway from the mind-numbing, sense-dulling pursuit of routine. Here are 5 ideas to stimulate your own-thinking on breaking the routine with your team: ]]></description>
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		<title>Web Construction Update</title>
		<link>http://artpetty.com/2012/04/04/web-construction-update/</link>
		<comments>http://artpetty.com/2012/04/04/web-construction-update/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Apr 2012 15:45:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Art Petty</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m erring on the side of sharing a little more rather than a little less on some of the work going on here. A few days ago, I highlighted upcoming changes. Last night, the new format for the site went live, although much work continues on content refinement and new content and resource creation. A [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Leadership Caffeine Podcast #14-Bob Frisch on Who&#8217;s In the Room?</title>
		<link>http://artpetty.com/2012/04/04/leadership-caffeine-podcast-14-bob-frisch-on-whos-in-the-room/</link>
		<comments>http://artpetty.com/2012/04/04/leadership-caffeine-podcast-14-bob-frisch-on-whos-in-the-room/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Apr 2012 15:13:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Art Petty</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Leadership Caffeine Podcast]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bob Frisch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Decision Making]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Role of Senior Management]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://artpetty.com/?p=7410</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Bob Frisch is one smart professional, with some great guidance for senior managers and CEO's in his new book: "Who's In the Room? How Great Leaders Structure and Manage the Teams Around Them." His lifetime experience as a strategy consultant working with senior management teams comes through loud and clear as he shares some fairly blunt and important perspectives on how decisions at the top are really made. ]]></description>
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		<itunes:duration>0:32:11</itunes:duration>
		<itunes:subtitle>Bob Frisch is one smart professional, with some great guidance for senior managers and CEO's in his new book: "Who's In the Room? How Great Leaders Structure and Manage the Teams Around Them." His lifetime experience as a strategy consultant working[...]</itunes:subtitle>
		<itunes:summary>Bob Frisch is one smart professional, with some great guidance for senior managers and CEO's in his new book: "Who's In the Room? How Great Leaders Structure and Manage the Teams Around Them." His lifetime experience as a strategy consultant working with senior management teams comes through loud and clear as he shares some fairly blunt and important perspectives on how decisions at the top are really made.</itunes:summary>
		<itunes:keywords>Caffene, Ldrshp, Profesional, Dev, Ledership, Ldrshp, Caffeine, Proff&#039;l, Dev</itunes:keywords>
		<itunes:author>Art Petty</itunes:author>
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		<title>Leadership Caffeine-Why You Might Want to Pause Before Voicing that Decision</title>
		<link>http://artpetty.com/2012/04/02/leadership-caffeine-why-you-might-want-to-pause-before-voicing-that-decision/</link>
		<comments>http://artpetty.com/2012/04/02/leadership-caffeine-why-you-might-want-to-pause-before-voicing-that-decision/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Apr 2012 13:46:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Art Petty</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Decision-Making]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Leadership]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Leadership Caffeine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Performance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Professional Growth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[decisions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Leader's Role]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Teaching Decision-Making]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://artpetty.com/?p=7404</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Teaching others to employ effective decision-making processes is one of the most important and often ignored responsibilities of those in leadership roles. Unfortunately, training your team to look to you for the calls on how to fix problems and move forward is much easier than teaching your team members to stand on their own for most issues.]]></description>
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		<title>Website Construction-Pardon Our Dust</title>
		<link>http://artpetty.com/2012/04/01/website-construction-pardon-our-dust/</link>
		<comments>http://artpetty.com/2012/04/01/website-construction-pardon-our-dust/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Apr 2012 17:23:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Art Petty</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Website Maintenance]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://artpetty.com/?p=7387</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Much like the orange road construction signs springing up like dandelions on a Chicago lawn in April, you'll notice some construction challenges here at artpetty.com and the Management Excellence blog. We are in the process of updating the website and it is highly likely this will occasionally impede navigation temporarily. Blog posts will continue as usual. ]]></description>
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		<title>Marketing Myopia Redux-Time to Recognize What Your Customers Really Need</title>
		<link>http://artpetty.com/2012/03/30/marketing-myopia-redux/</link>
		<comments>http://artpetty.com/2012/03/30/marketing-myopia-redux/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Mar 2012 17:31:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Art Petty</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Marketing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Strategy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Customer Problems]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marketing Myopia]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It amazes and disappoints me all at the same time how many businesses have no clue what their customers really need from them.
This problem is epidemic in the technology world (consumer electronics and business technology) in particular, where feature, function and price wars continue to dominate the landscape in spite of the reality that most of us buy for reasons other than feature, function or price.]]></description>
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		<title>Leaders, Principles and the Pursuit of High Performance Teams</title>
		<link>http://artpetty.com/2012/03/28/leaders-principles-and-the-pursuit-of-high-performance-teams/</link>
		<comments>http://artpetty.com/2012/03/28/leaders-principles-and-the-pursuit-of-high-performance-teams/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Mar 2012 15:30:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Art Petty</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Leadership]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Project Management]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Values]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Agile Leadership]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[high performance teams]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://artpetty.com/?p=7315</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Every high performance team I’ve experienced as a participant, a sponsor or an outside advisor, was governed by an overarching set of principles or values that formed and framed the culture. And while good words alone don’t create success, the combination of the leaders and participants living and acting according to those words everyday made things work.]]></description>
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		<title>Leadership Caffeine-6 Reasons Why You Should Pass on the Happy Hour Invite</title>
		<link>http://artpetty.com/2012/03/26/leadership-caffeine-6-reasons-why-you-should-pass-on-the-happy-hour-invite/</link>
		<comments>http://artpetty.com/2012/03/26/leadership-caffeine-6-reasons-why-you-should-pass-on-the-happy-hour-invite/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Mar 2012 14:47:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Art Petty</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Career]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Leadership]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Leadership Caffeine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Professional Growth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bonding with Your Team]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Common Sense for Bosses]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Socializing with the Boss]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://artpetty.com/?p=7305</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Just say “No” to the post-work invite from the team for the beer. While you’ll feel torn because you enjoy social time as much as the next person, pay attention to that little voice in your mind trying to get your attention with, “You shouldn’t, you’re the boss.” No moralizing here. I’ve simply known too many who shut this voice out and paid with their credibility and on a few occasions, their jobs. Not convinced? Here are 6 reasons why I believe you should pass on the post-work happy hour invite: ]]></description>
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		<title>Leadership Caffeine Podcast-Free the Idea Monkey with G. Michael Maddock</title>
		<link>http://artpetty.com/2012/03/21/leadership-caffeine-podcast-free-the-idea-monkey-with-g-michael-maddock/</link>
		<comments>http://artpetty.com/2012/03/21/leadership-caffeine-podcast-free-the-idea-monkey-with-g-michael-maddock/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Mar 2012 21:39:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Art Petty</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Leadership Caffeine Podcast]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Free the Idea Monkey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[G Michael Maddock]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Innovation]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://artpetty.com/?p=7290</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[After a brief hiatus, the Leadership Caffeine podcast is back! I'm excited to be on the air again and I'm excited about the great line-up of experts, authors and executives ready to share their big ideas!

Speaking of big ideas, there's no one better to kick us off for this round of podcasts than G. Michael Maddock (Mike), the leader of the innovation agency Maddock-Douglas, author of multiple books, serial entrepreneur and someone who is a one-person idea generating machine. Mike is here with his latest literary effort: "Free the Idea Monkey...to focus on what matters most," a follow-on to his excellent book, Brand New: Solving the Innovation Paradox.

]]></description>
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		<itunes:duration>0:33:43</itunes:duration>
		<itunes:subtitle>After a brief hiatus, the Leadership Caffeine podcast is back! I'm excited to be on the air again and I'm excited about the great line-up of experts, authors and executives ready to share their big ideas!

Speaking of big ideas, there's no one bet[...]</itunes:subtitle>
		<itunes:summary>After a brief hiatus, the Leadership Caffeine podcast is back! I'm excited to be on the air again and I'm excited about the great line-up of experts, authors and executives ready to share their big ideas!

Speaking of big ideas, there's no one better to kick us off for this round of podcasts than G. Michael Maddock (Mike), the leader of the innovation agency Maddock-Douglas, author of multiple books, serial entrepreneur and someone who is a one-person idea generating machine. Mike is here with his latest literary effort: "Free the Idea Monkey...to focus on what matters most," a follow-on to his excellent book, Brand New: Solving the Innovation Paradox.</itunes:summary>
		<itunes:keywords>Caffene, Ldrshp, Profesional, Dev, Ledership, Ldrshp, Caffeine, Proff&#039;l, Dev</itunes:keywords>
		<itunes:author>Art Petty</itunes:author>
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		<title>Energy, Engagment and Some Science to Support High Performance Team Development</title>
		<link>http://artpetty.com/2012/03/21/energy-engagment-and-some-science-to-support-high-performance-team-development/</link>
		<comments>http://artpetty.com/2012/03/21/energy-engagment-and-some-science-to-support-high-performance-team-development/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Mar 2012 14:11:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Art Petty</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Decision-Making]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Leadership]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Leading Change]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Science and Team Building]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As a lifelong team participant and now devotee of leveraging the power of teams, I was fascinated and excited to see the article, “The New Science of Building Great Teams,” in the April, 2012 issue  of Harvard Business Review. I suspect we are all for adding some science to the stick, squishy and often problematic issue of how to get people to not only play nice together in the sandbox, but how to do so at a sustained high-level of performance. Here are a few thoughts and "blink reactions" to this interesting article and study: ]]></description>
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		<title>At Least 10 More Things to Stop Doing if You&#8217;re the Boss</title>
		<link>http://artpetty.com/2012/03/19/at-least-10-more-things-to-stop-doing-if-youre-the-boss/</link>
		<comments>http://artpetty.com/2012/03/19/at-least-10-more-things-to-stop-doing-if-youre-the-boss/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Mar 2012 13:26:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Art Petty</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Leadership]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Surviving Lousy Leaders]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Advice for Bad Bosses]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bad bosses]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lousy Leaders]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A few years ago, I wrote a post entitled, “At Least 20 Things to Stop Doing as a Leader” Reader comments quickly quadrupled that number. It seems there's no shortage of Bad Boss habits. Here’s a few more "fresh" suggestions  provided by clients for publication purposes since I wrote the original post. (Note to readers, this and the predecessor post with comments are ideal for printing and quietly leaving behind on the boss’s chair.)]]></description>
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