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		<title>CAI Event: Boost Your Personal Productivity</title>
		<link>http://www.j9leadingsolutions.com/blog/2012/01/cai-event-boost-your-personal-productivity/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 02:52:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Community Association Institute]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[James Judge]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[personal productivity]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[McDonald was the keynote speaker at the recent Community Association Institute event at the Irvine, Marriott to a sold crowd of 350 on the subject of Boosting Personal Productivity. Participants were eager to discover the negotiable components of requests for their &#8230; <a href="http://www.j9leadingsolutions.com/blog/2012/01/cai-event-boost-your-personal-productivity/">continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Leading in a Matrix Organization</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 02:13:18 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Thoughts on Leadership]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[collaboration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[communication]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a matrix organization the emphasis is on sharing expert/specialist resources across projects that may, themselves, have shared leadership between project management and functional management. Because of this, for a matrix organization to be successful, it must emphasize team, collaboration, &#8230; <a href="http://www.j9leadingsolutions.com/blog/2012/01/leading-in-a-matrix-organization/">continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Life Lessons</title>
		<link>http://www.j9leadingsolutions.com/blog/2012/01/life-lessons/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 02:38:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Thoughts on Leadership]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Things I wanted to remind myself as I embark on another year that I thought I&#8217;d share: Be brave Spread love Keep it simple See the bright side Look after yourself Be real Don&#8217;t Worry Do it, get it done &#8230; <a href="http://www.j9leadingsolutions.com/blog/2012/01/life-lessons/">continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Candor, Criticism, Teamwork</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Jan 2012 20:47:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Thoughts on Leadership]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[conflict]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Keith Ferrazzi]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The desire to avoid conflict is one of the most debilitating factors in organizational life. Lack of candor contributes to longer cycle times, slow decision making, and unnecessarily iterative discussions. Observable candor is the behavior that best predicts high-performing teams. &#8230; <a href="http://www.j9leadingsolutions.com/blog/2012/01/candor-criticism-teamwork/">continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Idea of Wrong Thinking</title>
		<link>http://www.j9leadingsolutions.com/blog/2012/01/the-idea-of-wrong-thinking/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 03:52:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Thoughts on Leadership]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dyson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[James Dyson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[James Dyson Foundation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wrong thinking]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;I love this idea of wrong thinking-of encouraging people who have ideas to go see if they work and not dismissing them just because they sound like the wrong solution. No has the right answer at the beginning. I made &#8230; <a href="http://www.j9leadingsolutions.com/blog/2012/01/the-idea-of-wrong-thinking/">continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Best Gift</title>
		<link>http://www.j9leadingsolutions.com/blog/2011/12/the-best-gift/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2011 01:16:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Thoughts on Leadership]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[feedback]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[recognition]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Let&#8217;s be honest, while it&#8217;s wonderful to give, it&#8217;s not so bad to receive either.  I especially look forward to the gifts my son makes for me.  This year I was even more touched by the wrapping.  While I have &#8230; <a href="http://www.j9leadingsolutions.com/blog/2011/12/the-best-gift/">continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Organizational Design Beliefs</title>
		<link>http://www.j9leadingsolutions.com/blog/2011/12/organizational-design-beliefs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Dec 2011 23:01:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Thoughts on Leadership]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kate Kesler]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[leadership]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Organizational design]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[STAR model]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Good design always starts with a clear picture of the problem you want to solve. Structural change is often over-relied on or is misguided because the business problem is not well defined. Organization structure is a powerful but blunt instrument &#8230; <a href="http://www.j9leadingsolutions.com/blog/2011/12/organizational-design-beliefs/">continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>DiSC for Improved Performance</title>
		<link>http://www.j9leadingsolutions.com/blog/2011/12/disc/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2011 03:23:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News & Events]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cal State University]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Center for Energy and Sustainability]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DiSC]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[J9 Leading Solutions hosted students, faculty and staff at the Center for Energy &#38; Sustainability at Cal State L.A. for a team building workshop to enhance and improve communication and team work using DiSC. DiSC Profiles have been used for &#8230; <a href="http://www.j9leadingsolutions.com/blog/2011/12/disc/">continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Lessons in Leadership</title>
		<link>http://www.j9leadingsolutions.com/blog/2011/11/lessons-in-leadership/</link>
		<comments>http://www.j9leadingsolutions.com/blog/2011/11/lessons-in-leadership/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2011 04:36:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Thoughts on Leadership]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[C.A.S.A. Court Appointed Special Advocates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Capital Source Bank]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lynda Perring]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[OneOC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[servant leadership]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Taller San Jose]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tom Honan]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Lynda Perring, former CEO and current Director of Programs of Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) of Orange County, a non-profit organization that trains community volunteers to serve as powerful mentors and advocates for our community&#8217;s most severely abused, abandoned and neglected &#8230; <a href="http://www.j9leadingsolutions.com/blog/2011/11/lessons-in-leadership/">continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Employees Just Wanna Have Fun</title>
		<link>http://www.j9leadingsolutions.com/blog/2011/11/employees-just-wanna-have-fun/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Nov 2011 00:03:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Thoughts on Leadership]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[employee engagement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fun]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[trust]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Does fun really matter? You bet. All work and no play, makes for grumpy, disengaged employees. Lean teams with limited resources and tight schedules, still need to make time to come together for the purpose of getting to know each &#8230; <a href="http://www.j9leadingsolutions.com/blog/2011/11/employees-just-wanna-have-fun/">continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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