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	<description>Amelia Tess Thornton&#039;s Thoughts on Life, Business and the World Around Us</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>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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		<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>Business Week Debate: The recession is no time to worry about employee engagement. Pro or con?</title>
		<link>http://www.ameliasperspective.com/2009/06/business-week-debate-the-recession-is-no-time-to-worry-about-employee-engagement-pro-or-con/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ameliasperspective.com/2009/06/business-week-debate-the-recession-is-no-time-to-worry-about-employee-engagement-pro-or-con/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2009 23:24:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amelia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Business Week recently posted a debate starting with the premise that a recession is no time focus on employee engagement. The &#8216;Pro&#8217; position stated that organizations should concentrate on the business, not the workers. The &#8216;Con&#8217; position stated that employees need a morale boost now more than ever. Here&#8217;s the comment I added: Healthy companies [...]]]></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>
		<comments>http://www.ameliasperspective.com/2009/05/clarity-alignment-and-focus-are-keys-to-success-in-any-market/#comments</comments>
		<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>Our Deepest Fear&#8230; a reminder</title>
		<link>http://www.ameliasperspective.com/2009/04/our-deepest-fear-a-reminder/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2009 16:22:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amelia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I came across this poem again the other day, and was struck by how true this is &#8211; now more than ever&#8230; It was a good reminder to me &#8211; how about you? Our Deepest Fear Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Everything Old is New Again&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.ameliasperspective.com/2009/04/65/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ameliasperspective.com/2009/04/65/#comments</comments>
		<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>
		<comments>http://www.ameliasperspective.com/2009/04/jim-collins-on-thriving-in-2009/#comments</comments>
		<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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