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		<title>Can you answer these questions?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Friend and Rollins College Professor Rick Bommelje recently shared four things that every employee wants to know. With his permission, I share them with you here: What am I supposed to do? The fastest way to confuse a workforce is to speak in grandiose, visionary language. People – including you and me – want to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Who do you trust?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Trust is a topic I’ve addressed many times in the past. The reason I like to talk about it is I believe it is the bedrock upon which every successful organization is built. And I believe the way in which we build trust with our customers is critical. Webster’s defines trust as a “confident expectation” [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kicking the can</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When the Congressional Super Committee recently failed to reach consensus on major budget cuts, pundits were quick to accuse them of “kicking the can” down the road. An oft-used phrase that basically translates as deferring a decision in favor of a future date. Before you dismiss this malaise as a disease unique to bureaucrats, consider [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.humesassociates.com/kicking-the-can/</link>
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		<title>Do you have a succession plan?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Nov. 23 marks the first anniversary of a car accident that left me hospitalized for the better part of a month. Recovery was slow, but I’m glad to report that I am now almost completely healed. Upon returning home from the hospital last December, our daughter informed me that paying bills and accomplishing other mundane [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.humesassociates.com/do-you-have-a-succession-plan/</link>
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		<title>Holding education accountable</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Last Tuesday, Nov. 15, was National Teach-In Day and, as I have for the past several years, I spent the day talking with 7th graders at a nearby middle school. I picked author trivia as a theme for our discussion. I selected about nine celebrated authors for us to talk about, writers like Dickens, Austen, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A memorable lesson on building relationships</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Growing up in Ohio, we lived in a former apple orchard. As a result, our home was ringed by beautiful old apple trees. The blossoms in spring were beautiful, but the fallen apples in fall my brother and I had to pick up, not so much. One memory I especially savor is the family of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What are your boundaries?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I love Seth Godin’s analogy about his dog, Woodie. When they first acquired the pooch, they installed one of those invisible fences to keep him from wandering away. Woodie probably got a shock once or twice from the collar when he attempted to leave the yard. The electronic barrier eventually broke, however, and Woodie was [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.humesassociates.com/what-are-your-boundaries/</link>
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		<title>What if &#8230;.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[While walking this morning, listening to some of my favorite music on my iPod, I got to thinking about the impact Steve Jobs has had on my life. He changed the way I buy and enjoy music. He enhanced the way I communicate with others. And he made easier the manner in which I interact [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.humesassociates.com/what-if/</link>
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		<title>Lasting value is in the experience</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I accompanied my daughter recently on her quest to purchase a replacement car. She and her mother had visited a Chrysler dealership the day before and had picked out a 2010 Jeep Compass as a possible contender. Upon our return, and after several hours of discussion and haggling, the dealership offered her the car at [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.humesassociates.com/lasting-value-is-in-the-experience/</link>
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		<title>What are your organization&#8217;s values?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A few years ago, Ron Lang was appointed chief executive officer of SunGard Higher Education, a company I have served for more than a decade. In my opinion, Ron possesses many positive characteristics of an effective leader. One thing in particular I found impressive was how, shortly after he assumed his new role, he established [...]]]></description>
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