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		<title>Succession Planning Below the C-Suite</title>
		<link>http://www.ameliasperspective.com/2011/01/succession-planning-below-the-c-suite/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Jan 2011 14:46:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amelia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[An article in today’s Wall Street Journal entitled Sudden Leader Loss Leaves Firms in Limbo, says that according to research done by the American Management Association, more than one-fifth of senior managers say that their companies are &#8220;not at all prepared&#8221; in the event of a sudden loss of a key member of the company&#8217;s senior [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What Makes a Good Boss?</title>
		<link>http://www.ameliasperspective.com/2010/08/what-makes-a-good-boss/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Aug 2010 23:27:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amelia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Almost 25 years ago, an article in ‘Business’ magazine described the ten qualities employees most wanted their bosses to possess.  A lot has changed in the world since then, but these (with some updating by me) still look good. 1. Establishing organization clarity a.  Establishing clear goals and standards b.  Communicating group (not just individual) [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Keeping the Right People on the Bus</title>
		<link>http://www.ameliasperspective.com/2010/06/keeping-the-right-people-on-the-bus/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jun 2010 18:01:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amelia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m the guest author in the June edition of the STRe Solutions Newsletter. You can find the entire newsletter here, or read my article below. What&#8217;s your secret for keeping your best employees engaged and motivated? In the classic business book Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap&#8230; and Others Don&#8217;t, Jim Collins [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is Your Strategy MOSTLY Right?</title>
		<link>http://www.ameliasperspective.com/2009/08/is-your-strategy-mostly-right/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2009 20:35:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amelia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the 1987 classic movie, &#8220;The Princess Bride,&#8221; there is a scene where the hero, Westley, is thought have been killed by his nemesis, Prince Humperdink. His friends bring him to the home of Miracle Max, who proclaims that in fact, Westley is not completely dead, but merely MOSTLY dead. Perhaps an odd transition to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;How Would You Know?&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.ameliasperspective.com/2009/05/how-would-you-know/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 May 2009 16:58:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amelia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[That’s the question posed to Jim Collins (best-selling author of ‘Good to Great’, ‘Built to Last’, etc.) that became the inspiration for his latest book, How the Mighty Fall. In the cover story of the May 25th edition of Business Week, Collins identifies the FIVE STAGES of corporate decline, and how organizations at (almost) any [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Clarity, Alignment and Focus are Keys to Success in any Market</title>
		<link>http://www.ameliasperspective.com/2009/05/clarity-alignment-and-focus-are-keys-to-success-in-any-market/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2009 20:26:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amelia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When Anne Mulcahy took over as head of Xerox in 2001, few believed that anyone could save the company, particularly an unknown ‘insider’ with limited financial acumen, who had joined the company right out of college. The company was facing bankruptcy, in the midst of a SEC investigation, and was staggered with a debt load [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Everything Old is New Again&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.ameliasperspective.com/2009/04/65/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2009 21:46:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amelia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday&#8217;s Wall Street Journal included an interesting interview with Nancy F. Koehn, a business historian, author and professor of business administration at Harvard Business School. In the interview, entitled We&#8217;ve Been Here Before, Ms. Koehn reminds us that even back in 1869, people like Henry Heinz (founder of Heinz Co.) were able to survive and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jim Collins on Thriving in 2009</title>
		<link>http://www.ameliasperspective.com/2009/04/jim-collins-on-thriving-in-2009/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2009 15:29:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amelia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Inc editor, Bo Burlingame (author of Small Giants, a great read about companies that choose to be great vs big), interviews Jim Collins (author of Good to Great, Built to Last, etc.) in this month&#8217;s edition: How to Thrive in 2009. It&#8217;s a long article, but well worth the read. Here are some of my [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Leadership Observations from the new eBay CEO</title>
		<link>http://www.ameliasperspective.com/2009/04/leadership-observations-from-the-new-ebay-ceo/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2009 18:31:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amelia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last Sunday&#8217;s New York Times had an interesting interview with John Donahoe, the new CEO of eBay. In it he talks about leadership (you can&#8217;t change someone &#8211; only help them help themselves), tough questions for job candidates (when have you failed and what did you learn), the importance of open, objective feedback (it&#8217;s okay [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to Make Layoffs Worse</title>
		<link>http://www.ameliasperspective.com/2009/03/how-to-make-layoffs-worse/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Mar 2009 20:08:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amelia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As many of you know, The Thornton Group is fortunate to be consulting partners with Patrick Lencioni&#8217;s company The Table Group. Pat has been doing a lot of writing lately, and this &#8216;point of view&#8217; entitled How Executives Botch Layoffs from the March 6, 2009 Wall Street Journal is particularly relevant these days. In this [...]]]></description>
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