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		<title>Engaging &amp; Retaining the Younger Generation</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 18:03:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In October of 2004, after finishing a teambuilding event with a client in Inner Mongolia, I was walking the hot and dusty streets of a city called Yinchuan before my flight back to Shanghai. Unexpectedly, a little girl excitedly engaged me in conversation, and I sat right on the ground to chat with her a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=smaxbrown.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4446849&amp;post=140&amp;subd=smaxbrown&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The question isn&#8217;t whether recognition and appreciation work &#8212; they do.</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jul 2010 19:18:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The research, statistics, analysis, reports, and case studies demonstrate over and over again that recognition and appreciation play a huge role in creating a great work place.  Despite this, many recognition programs still fall flat.  Why?  Let me offer three reasons: 1) Leaders really aren&#8217;t comfortable giving recognition.  Often unintentionally, a leader will attempt to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=smaxbrown.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4446849&amp;post=137&amp;subd=smaxbrown&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Unnecessary Accusations of Inaccuracy</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Apr 2010 02:34:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>smaxbrown</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[ego]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I appreciate Dawn Westerberg&#8217;s blog on healthy &#38; unhealthy behavior in the workplace. She wrote it after reading a tweet I posted the other day that said this: REAL leaders celebrate when others on the team succeed . . . ego-driven managers fear they will lose status. Interestingly, I wrote this based on my own [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=smaxbrown.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4446849&amp;post=134&amp;subd=smaxbrown&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>My Favorite Tweets this Week</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:06:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When used properly, social media can be an amazing tool and a vast land of learning. Here are some favorite tweets from people this week: &#8220;Nothing stunts a leader&#8217;s growth like an overdeveloped ego.&#8221; (via @tedcoine) &#8220;The greatest thing a generation can do is lay a few stepping stones for the next generation.&#8221; Charles Kettering [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=smaxbrown.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4446849&amp;post=132&amp;subd=smaxbrown&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Measure of a Man or Woman</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:03:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In his book titled, &#8220;Making Your Company Human: Inspiring Others to Reach Their Potential,&#8221; Le Herron suggests that CEOs should be paid based on how fairly they serve their customers, their employees, and the shareholders. What is their reward? His answer was simple, yet important to repeat: &#8220;When you achieve the intangible result of helping [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=smaxbrown.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4446849&amp;post=129&amp;subd=smaxbrown&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A Sign of Being Human</title>
		<link>http://smaxbrown.wordpress.com/2010/02/25/a-sign-of-being-human/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2010 06:06:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>smaxbrown</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The need for appreciation isn&#8217;t a sign of weakness, but rather it is a sign of being human.    How can you better validate and appreciate the people in your life?  I challenged my audience at Duke University to consider this question, and then I took it one step further saying, &#8220;Identify someone that you don&#8217;t think [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=smaxbrown.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4446849&amp;post=127&amp;subd=smaxbrown&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Power of Milestones: Cadence, Receptivity, &amp; Audience Impact</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 23:31:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>smaxbrown</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://smaxbrown.wordpress.com/?p=125</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Over the past few months, I&#8217;ve heard one comment pop up over and over again from people all around North America: &#8220;I&#8217;m not sure what we are getting for the money we spend on service awards.&#8221; Before you throw them out, let me share three reasons why celebrating milestones (including your service awards) can be [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=smaxbrown.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4446849&amp;post=125&amp;subd=smaxbrown&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>HR&#8217;s Opportunity to Create Meaning, Live Values, &amp; Humanize Work</title>
		<link>http://smaxbrown.wordpress.com/2009/12/17/hrs-opportunity-to-create-meaning-live-values-humanize-work/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 20:13:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>smaxbrown</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Allan Collins, President &#38; CEO of SuccessInHR.com, recently asked this question on LinkedIn:  “What is the single biggest opportunity HR professionals need to prepare for in the next 1-2 years?” My response comes in THREE overlapping parts and I&#8217;ll explain why I think these are all so important: 1) To create meaning: HR has the biggest [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=smaxbrown.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4446849&amp;post=116&amp;subd=smaxbrown&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Should we still call it Human &#8220;Resources&#8221;?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 18:34:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>smaxbrown</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Should we still call it Human Resources?  Or is there a better way to describe what HR professionals do?  If people are to be viewed as more than assets, then maybe we need to change the title of Human “Resources” to reflect the changes as well.  To be credible, we should get beyond administration of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=smaxbrown.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4446849&amp;post=110&amp;subd=smaxbrown&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Desperate Need to Humanize the Workplace</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 04:52:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>smaxbrown</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Organizations have long sought to reduce variables and increase efficiences, but at what cost?  Have we dehumanized the workplace too much?  We want (and expect) results yet sometimes we forget that humans come with their own ideas, values, priorities, hopes and dreams.  How do we align business results with human behavior?  Many organizations rely on [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=smaxbrown.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4446849&amp;post=107&amp;subd=smaxbrown&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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