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	<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>Strategic Awareness: The Second Leg of the Emerging Leader’s Three Legged Stool</title>
		<link>http://artpetty.com/2009/07/08/strategic-awareness-the-second-leg-of-the-emerging-leader%e2%80%99s-three-legged-stool/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 14:51:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Art Petty</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the things that I truly love about this time we are living and working through is the front-row seats that we all have to some fascinating experiments in strategy. Things happen so quickly and with such widespread coverage in today’s world, that it often looks and feels like a strategist’s living laboratory on Miracle Gro.<div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style " addthis:url='http://artpetty.com/2009/07/08/strategic-awareness-the-second-leg-of-the-emerging-leader%e2%80%99s-three-legged-stool/' addthis:title='Strategic Awareness: The Second Leg of the Emerging Leader’s Three Legged Stool ' ><a href="//addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=250&#38;username=xa-4d2b47597ad291fb" class="addthis_button_compact">Share</a><span class="addthis_separator">&#124;</span><a class="addthis_button_preferred_1"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_2"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_3"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_4"></a></div>]]></description>
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		<title>The Potentially Profound Implications of Kindle</title>
		<link>http://artpetty.com/2009/04/23/the-potentially-profound-implications-of-kindle/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2009 12:38:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Art Petty</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Amazon's remarkable second version of their Kindle book reader has some profound implications for all of us.  Here's a "glowing" review and some speculative thoughts on what this device might just mean for a number of industries.  <div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style " addthis:url='http://artpetty.com/2009/04/23/the-potentially-profound-implications-of-kindle/' addthis:title='The Potentially Profound Implications of Kindle ' ><a href="//addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=250&#38;username=xa-4d2b47597ad291fb" class="addthis_button_compact">Share</a><span class="addthis_separator">&#124;</span><a class="addthis_button_preferred_1"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_2"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_3"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_4"></a></div>]]></description>
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		<title>Inspiration and Hope: Encouraging Sound Bites in a Challenging World</title>
		<link>http://artpetty.com/2009/03/10/inspiration-and-hope-encouraging-sound-bites-in-a-challenging-world/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2009 14:14:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Art Petty</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There’s enough negative going around.  Here’s a few worth reading that will leave you thinking and maybe even feeling a bit more upbeat. Students of strategy and performance excellence might want to take a closer look at how McDonald’s is using leadership, strategy, customer relations and information to successfully beat back the economic doldrums. And for an extended dose of hope and encouragement, check out the March issue of Fast Company, where the focus is on the world’s most innovative companies. <div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style " addthis:url='http://artpetty.com/2009/03/10/inspiration-and-hope-encouraging-sound-bites-in-a-challenging-world/' addthis:title='Inspiration and Hope: Encouraging Sound Bites in a Challenging World ' ><a href="//addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=250&#38;username=xa-4d2b47597ad291fb" class="addthis_button_compact">Share</a><span class="addthis_separator">&#124;</span><a class="addthis_button_preferred_1"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_2"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_3"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_4"></a></div>]]></description>
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		<title>No Leadership Training Budget, No Problem.  Nine Tips, No Charge</title>
		<link>http://artpetty.com/2009/02/10/no-leadership-training-budget-no-problem-nine-tips-no-charge/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2009 14:53:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Art Petty</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As someone who is passionate about leadership development, it is heartening to see articles like the one that ran recently in the Wall Street Journal, indicating, “Despite Cutbacks, Firms Invest in Developing Leaders.”  Good for these businesses and the leaders.  The notion that it is always time to work on identifying and grooming leaders is healthy.  However, if you happen to work in one of the firms that is not as fortunate or as enlightened as the ones highlighted in the article, don’t despair. You don’t have to have a stinking budget to improve your team’s/firm’s leadership development practices.  You do however, have to have your head screwed on straight about this process, and you need to be committed to executing on it as a core, everyday part of your job. <div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style " addthis:url='http://artpetty.com/2009/02/10/no-leadership-training-budget-no-problem-nine-tips-no-charge/' addthis:title='No Leadership Training Budget, No Problem.  Nine Tips, No Charge ' ><a href="//addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=250&#38;username=xa-4d2b47597ad291fb" class="addthis_button_compact">Share</a><span class="addthis_separator">&#124;</span><a class="addthis_button_preferred_1"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_2"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_3"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_4"></a></div>]]></description>
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		<title>A Rave Against Miserable Customer Service, Lousy Leaders and Protectionist Policies</title>
		<link>http://artpetty.com/2009/01/14/a-rave-against-miserable-customer-service-lousy-leaders-and-protectionist-policies/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jan 2009 17:44:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Art Petty</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of my favorite, provocative business thinkers, Gary Hamel, says what we’ve all been thinking about in his Wall Street Journal blog post, “Too Many Industries Suffering from Detroititis.”  Hamel appropriately skewers the U.S. Airlines as suffering from this malady of poor customer service and short-term thinking, all propped up by the government's artificial protectionist policies.  I offer a few of my own thoughts on the "delightful" experience of flying U.S. carriers and what you can do in your organization to avoid the dreaded new disease, "Detroititis."  <div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style " addthis:url='http://artpetty.com/2009/01/14/a-rave-against-miserable-customer-service-lousy-leaders-and-protectionist-policies/' addthis:title='A Rave Against Miserable Customer Service, Lousy Leaders and Protectionist Policies ' ><a href="//addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=250&#38;username=xa-4d2b47597ad291fb" class="addthis_button_compact">Share</a><span class="addthis_separator">&#124;</span><a class="addthis_button_preferred_1"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_2"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_3"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_4"></a></div>]]></description>
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		<title>If Ayn Rand Could See Us Now</title>
		<link>http://artpetty.com/2009/01/11/if-ayn-rand-could-see-us-now/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Jan 2009 15:46:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Art Petty</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Stephen Moore, an economics writer for the Wall Street Journal does a masterful job in his January 9th Opinion piece, “Atlas Shrugged, From Fact to Fiction in 52 Years,” articulating what I’ve been sensing as our government has moved quickly in the past few months to assert control.  The examples in Atlas and the parallels to what is happening today should send chills up the spine of any thinking being.<div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style " addthis:url='http://artpetty.com/2009/01/11/if-ayn-rand-could-see-us-now/' addthis:title='If Ayn Rand Could See Us Now ' ><a href="//addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=250&#38;username=xa-4d2b47597ad291fb" class="addthis_button_compact">Share</a><span class="addthis_separator">&#124;</span><a class="addthis_button_preferred_1"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_2"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_3"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_4"></a></div>]]></description>
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		<title>Managing Your Boss and Death to Slogans: Weekend Reading</title>
		<link>http://artpetty.com/2009/01/03/managing-your-boss-and-death-to-slogans-weekend-reading/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Jan 2009 16:23:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Art Petty</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Grab a cup of something hot and enjoy these two quick-reads.  Patrick Lencioni offers good advice for managing upwards and Dan and Chip Heath skewer the slogan writers.  <div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style " addthis:url='http://artpetty.com/2009/01/03/managing-your-boss-and-death-to-slogans-weekend-reading/' addthis:title='Managing Your Boss and Death to Slogans: Weekend Reading ' ><a href="//addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=250&#38;username=xa-4d2b47597ad291fb" class="addthis_button_compact">Share</a><span class="addthis_separator">&#124;</span><a class="addthis_button_preferred_1"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_2"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_3"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_4"></a></div>]]></description>
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		<title>So, What Are We Going to Call This Mess?</title>
		<link>http://artpetty.com/2008/12/30/so-what-are-we-going-to-call-this-mess/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2008 14:21:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Art Petty</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Every great disaster needs a name and it’s high time that we got on with naming this one.  The sooner we name it, the sooner we can begin to put it in the rear view mirrors of our Toyota Hybrids.<div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style " addthis:url='http://artpetty.com/2008/12/30/so-what-are-we-going-to-call-this-mess/' addthis:title='So, What Are We Going to Call This Mess? ' ><a href="//addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=250&#38;username=xa-4d2b47597ad291fb" class="addthis_button_compact">Share</a><span class="addthis_separator">&#124;</span><a class="addthis_button_preferred_1"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_2"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_3"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_4"></a></div>]]></description>
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		<title>Podcasts, Hamel, Dickens, Time Off and a Holiday Week of Reading</title>
		<link>http://artpetty.com/2008/12/21/podcasts-hamel-dickens-time-off-and-a-holiday-week-of-reading/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Dec 2008 16:39:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Art Petty</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For those of you seeking seasonal reading or looking for some cutting-edge thinking, I’ve got two very different suggestions for you.  The first comes from author and consultant Gary Hamel on his management reading recommendations that push the envelope on conventional thinking.  The second is a bit more seasonal as author Les Standiford takes a look at how Charles Dickens reinvented his career and changed the way we celebrate Christmas all at the same time.  <div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style " addthis:url='http://artpetty.com/2008/12/21/podcasts-hamel-dickens-time-off-and-a-holiday-week-of-reading/' addthis:title='Podcasts, Hamel, Dickens, Time Off and a Holiday Week of Reading ' ><a href="//addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=250&#38;username=xa-4d2b47597ad291fb" class="addthis_button_compact">Share</a><span class="addthis_separator">&#124;</span><a class="addthis_button_preferred_1"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_2"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_3"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_4"></a></div>]]></description>
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		<title>Ironically, Mid-Level Managers May Save Your Business</title>
		<link>http://artpetty.com/2008/07/07/ironically-mid-level-managers-may-save-your-business/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jul 2008 14:54:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Art Petty</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ever since terms like reengineering, right sizing and downsizing became part of the corporate lexicon; midlevel managers have been taking it on the chin.  This once populous class has been synergized and right-sized almost to extinction.  Those that remain often struggle with spans of control as wide as the Golden Gate Bridge and limited authority that is constantly challenged from above and below.  I find it just a bit ironic (and appropriate) that this much-abused class of leader may just hold the key to surviving and prospering in tough times.
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		<title>Sirius and XM: Does Satellite Radio Resonate?</title>
		<link>http://artpetty.com/2008/06/06/sirius-and-xm-does-satellite-radio-resonate/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jun 2008 16:25:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Art Petty</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If I'm XM/Sirius, I would be losing more sleep over why people aren't knocking down the proverbial doors to take advantage of their quality offerings.  I hope they make it, but if my class is representative of a large part of the potential subscriber base, satellite radio either doesn't resonate, or the companies have failed to communicate the value in a way that resonates.  I hope that the management teams are Tuning In.
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		<title>Stress at Work, Great Leadership Practices and Ignoring Bad Advice</title>
		<link>http://artpetty.com/2008/03/25/stress-at-work-great-leadership-practices-and-ignoring-bad-advice/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Mar 2008 16:30:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Art Petty</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Every once in awhile, a number of articles or blog posts converge nicely to build on each other.  Today over at Wally Bock's Three Star Leadership Blog in his post entitled Sunday Afternoons, Wally offers his perspective on an article describing that many people report feeling a high degree of anxiety about work as Monday looms in the foreground.  Wally's guidance for the leader's role in helping eradicate the causes of this unproductive stress is priceless and timeless (go ahead and click over and read it) and it puts the exclamation point on the leadership themes found in several other recent articles and posts.
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		<title>Improve Managerial Effectiveness by Broadening Span of Control?</title>
		<link>http://artpetty.com/2008/03/24/improve-managerial-effectiveness-by-broadening-span-of-control/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Mar 2008 15:29:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Art Petty</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tomorrow's effective leaders are better served focusing on bringing the right resources to bear at a point in time than they are being constrained by a consultant derived goal to reduce managers and costs by increasing span of control.  It's time to reengineer the old school thinking that leads to dangerous advice about leadership.

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		<title>What Are You Doing All Day If You Are Not Developing Talent?</title>
		<link>http://artpetty.com/2008/02/06/what-are-you-doing-all-day-if-you-are-not-developing-talent/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Feb 2008 13:03:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Art Petty</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I speak, counsel and write consistently about the critical need for an organization's leaders to institutionalize the process of identifying, developing and retaining talent.  In a recent workshop, less than 20% of the organizations represented indicated that they had any form of succession planning or early talent identification programs in place.  The numbers got worse when we talked about development activities for established associates.

While I suppose that I should be grateful for how miserably organizations perform in the area of talent development—after all, it means a large market for workshops, programs and books, it frankly pains me more than it pleases me.  This isn't that hard or expensive people.  What are you waiting for?
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		<title>Leader-Are You Willing to Admit and Showcase a Mistake?</title>
		<link>http://artpetty.com/2008/01/30/leader-are-you-willing-to-admit-and-showcase-a-mistake/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jan 2008 14:28:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Art Petty</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The question of the moment is how do you deal with your own mistakes?  Are you a leader that works hard to distance yourself from your mistakes or those of your team members, or do you embrace mistakes as learning experiences and place them in full view?  How you deal with mistakes says a lot about your character as a leader.

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