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		<title>Comrades &#8211; Heading Home</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jun 2011 17:06:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Heading home! A quiet morning as we got ready to head home.  After breakfast, we packed and hung out around the hotel until Ruth and Lindsay picked us up &#8211; again at their insistence.  What great friends they have become &#8211; we have enjoyed them so much and their hospitality has been extraordinary.  They took [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Comrades &#8211; Day Four</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jun 2011 17:05:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Day Four At breakfast this morning it was very obvious who yesterday&#8217;s marathon runners were.  Their plates were piled high pretty much everything you could imagine, and most were walking very gingerly, particularly up and down steps. The mood was different, too.  Where yesterday and the day before, there was a buzz in the air [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Comrades &#8211; Day Three</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jun 2011 17:04:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wow, where to start &#8211; what a day.  First things first &#8211; the marathon is over and Sharon did really well.   She looked strong at the end as she went across the finish line and says she is very pleased with the way she ran.  We were both up well before the alarm clock and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Comrades &#8211; Day Two Postscript</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jun 2011 17:04:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Day two postscript The day is almost over with race bags packed and alarms set for tomorrow&#8217;s event.  Sharon&#8217;s alarm is for 3:45am and I get to sleep in until 4:15am at the latest.  The hotel is buzzing with activity as different groups congregate around planning their last minute strategies.  A trio of young Russians [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Comrades &#8211; Day Two</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jun 2011 17:03:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amelia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Day two It&#8217;s been a relatively quiet day today so far.  We got up around 9am and made our way to breakfast at the hotel. Filled with runners, as you can imagine, and as far as I can tell, mostly from outside South Africa.  Breakfast was a typical European-style buffet with lots of meats and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Comrades Marathon, 2011 &#8211; Day One</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jun 2011 17:02:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I recently accompanied my best friend of many years, as she competed in the Comrades Ultra Marathon in South Africa.  So many people have asked about the experience, I decided to put the updates I sent to several of my friends on my blog.  Hope you enjoy!  Cheers,  Amelia Day One Arrived in Durban after [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Succession Planning Below the C-Suite</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Jan 2011 14:46:03 +0000</pubDate>
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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>
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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>
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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>Best Business Advice</title>
		<link>http://www.ameliasperspective.com/2010/06/best-business-advice/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jun 2010 00:47:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amelia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Once a month, I have the opportunity to spend a half day with about 10 CEO&#8217;s from a variety of different businesses, talking about issues they are facing and sharing perspectives. It&#8217;s a great group who really care about each other and offer thoughtful, insightful advice. Last month, on a whim, I asked them to [...]]]></description>
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