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		<title>Harnessing Your Nerves To Excel</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Apr 2010 00:59:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Kendell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ We all get nervous sometimes. Some people dread job interviews. Others go weak in the knees at the very thought of giving a speech. Suppressing your nerves doesn’t work, yet you can learn to put your nerves to good use. In fact, you can actually use your nervous energy to improve your performance in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Six Superior Ways to Motivate Your Staff</title>
		<link>http://leadershipskills.org.au/interpersonal-leadership/six-superior-ways-to-motivate-your-staff/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 07:12:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shaun Killian</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Influence]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Your core responsibility at work is to deliver the results that truly matter within your organisation. However, as a leader, your ability to deliver these results is dependent upon your staff and the way that they go about their work. It is therefore critical that you understand how to motivate people. This article, draws on both cutting-edge and classic motivation theory to present six practical steps you can take to motivate your staff to deliver the results you are responsible for achieving.]]></description>
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		<title>Leadership for the 21st Century</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2009 08:02:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shaun Killian</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Communication]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Courses]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Decision Making]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[collective wisdom]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[decisions]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Earlier this week, General Electric CEO Jeff Immelt called for a new type of leader for the 21st century—a leader who moves beyond his or her own individual intelligence to bring the collective wisdom of teams to bear on the complex challenges all organizations face. According to Immelt, leaders need to keep their own egos [...]]]></description>
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		<title>When to Confront Someone</title>
		<link>http://leadershipskills.org.au/conflict-management/when-to-confront-someone/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2009 11:59:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Kendell</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Conflict Management]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Do you avoid difficult conversations or do you flair up about trivial things? Knowing when to confront someone is an essential part of mastering difficult conversations.]]></description>
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		<title>Listen Like A Leader Should</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 09:00:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shaun Killian</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[listening]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Did you know that research hows that your ability to listen is linked to your success as a leader? Sadly, most leaders do not listen as well as they think that they do.]]></description>
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		<title>Leaders As Storytellers</title>
		<link>http://leadershipskills.org.au/communication/leaders-as-storytellers/</link>
		<comments>http://leadershipskills.org.au/communication/leaders-as-storytellers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 10:48:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tamara Kelly</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Communication]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[stories]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Great leaders tell great stories. Discover why leadership involves mastering the art of storytelling in this insightful article.]]></description>
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		<title>Staff Want Feedback&#8230;Even If It’s Bad</title>
		<link>http://leadershipskills.org.au/interpersonal-leadership/staff-want-feedback-%e2%80%93-even-if-it%e2%80%99s-bad/</link>
		<comments>http://leadershipskills.org.au/interpersonal-leadership/staff-want-feedback-%e2%80%93-even-if-it%e2%80%99s-bad/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 02:59:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Kendell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Communication]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Conflict Management]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[People like to know that you notice what they do. Kouzes &#38; Posner report in their book Encouraging the Heart report that staff rated a simple thank-you for work well done as the most important non-financial reward. The book further states that 98% of staff say they perform at a higher level when they receive encouragement [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Power of Symbols</title>
		<link>http://leadershipskills.org.au/communication/the-power-of-symbols/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 09:29:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tamara Kelly</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Communication]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dan brown]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[What can a controversial yet hugely successful author like Dan Brown teach you about leadership? The answer is quite a lot. So much so that I had to divide my original article into a three-part series.
The main character in several of Brown’s novels, Robert Langdon, is a symbologist. In this article, I will explain how [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sneak Peak at 2010 Offerings</title>
		<link>http://leadershipskills.org.au/communication/sneak-peak-at-2010-offerings/</link>
		<comments>http://leadershipskills.org.au/communication/sneak-peak-at-2010-offerings/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 08:28:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shaun Killian</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Communication]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In 2010 we will be offering some exciting new courses as well as past favourites. New programs include Collective Wisdom (½ day), Influencing Without Authority (1 day) and Successfully Leading Change (2 days).
We will be running these courses in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and select regional centres. Stay tuned for dates, which will be finalized soon.
You [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Three Ways to Manage Up</title>
		<link>http://leadershipskills.org.au/communication/3-ways-to-manage-up/</link>
		<comments>http://leadershipskills.org.au/communication/3-ways-to-manage-up/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 01:43:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Kendell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Communication]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Influence]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Managing up is a skill we all need to develop. Discover 3 ways that you can manage up in this insightful article.]]></description>
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