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		<title>Nine Rules For Successfully On-boarding To a New Position</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Sep 2010 05:06:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fredia Woolf</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[I am working with a experienced client who just accepted a leadership position with an organization on the other side of the country.  To displace his rumbling sense of guilt at his act of “disloyalty” – did he place his own career interests ahead of his allegiance to his current organization where he has been treated well for the past 13 years? – [...]<br/>
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		<title>How Misery Can Turn To Happiness: A Summer Tale</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Aug 2010 13:34:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fredia Woolf</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[I am on vacation this week on Cape Cod.  It has been a very hot summer, and I was looking forward to a pleasant week of relaxation, enjoying the warm sun, long walks on the miles of golden beaches, biking along the sand dunes and indulging in fresh seafood and summer ice cream cones as [...]<br/>
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		<title>Twitter updates from the past week</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Aug 2010 23:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>F. Jay Hall</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[#nonprofit #jobs Director of Education Policy Math for America New York, NY http://bit.ly/9snQIB #nyc # #nonprofit #job sDirector of Education Policy Math for America New York, NY http://bit.ly/9snQIB #nyc # Assistant Vice President, Finance and Administration, Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance http://t.co/ #nonprofit #jobs # #nonprofit #jobs Vice President of External Affairs, RM Staffing Associates , [...]<br/>
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		<title>Should You Approach Life and Career As Would an Artist/Entrepreneur?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Aug 2010 14:40:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fredia Woolf</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[I am reading the novel Parrot and Olivier in America, by Peter Carey. It is based on the travels of a young French nobleman, Alexis de Tocqueville, who visited the United States in the early 1800s and wrote about the young country.<br/>
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		<title>When Should My Nonprofit Organization Use A Retained Search?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Aug 2010 13:39:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carmel Napolitano</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Organizations large and small benefit from the use of retained executive searches. Each nonprofit, and even each department within a nonprofit, has a unique set of leadership needs, and retained search is one way to plan an organization&#8217;s future. For the use of a retained search to be effective, it is important for clients to [...]<br/>
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		<title>Twitter updates from the past week</title>
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		<comments>http://blog.execsearches.com/2010/08/15/twitter-updates-from-the-past-week-4/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Aug 2010 23:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>F. Jay Hall</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Assistant Commissioner, Tobacco Control NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene New York, NY #gov #jobs # Get the new Tweet Button for WordPress Plug-in http://bit.ly/9jEvrF (via @socialbrite) (via @nptechblogs) # #nonprofit #jobs Chief Executive Officer Girl Scouts of Northern Indiana-Michiana Fort Wayne, IN http://cot.ag/9AdHME # #nonprofit #jobs CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER Big Brothers Big Sisters [...]<br/>
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		<title>Would Your Career Be Different If You Knew How To Conduct Productive Conversations?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Aug 2010 14:11:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fredia Woolf</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[In preparation for an upcoming workshop I am conducting with a Board of Directors, I have been rereading the excellent book Difficult Conversations by Douglas Stone, Bruce Patton and Sheila Heen.  The need for this workshop arose during the last Board Meeting I facilitated when it became clear that the work of the Board, and consequently of the organization, was hampered by poor communication.<br/>
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		<title>Recruiters – Friends or Foes to Nonprofit Candidates?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Aug 2010 14:15:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carmel Napolitano</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[As a recruiter for the nonprofit sector, I often find that candidates see my role as one of a sentinel hired to prevent them from gaining even just a glimpse at a dream job opportunity.  But, it doesn’t have to be that way! By understanding the roles and relationships of all participants in the job search process, everyone can benefit. In my next post, I’ll address how clients can best work with a recruiter. Today’s focus is on the relationship between the recruiter and the candidate.<br/>
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		<title>Twitter updates from the past week</title>
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		<comments>http://blog.execsearches.com/2010/08/08/twitter-updates-from-the-past-week-3/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Aug 2010 23:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>F. Jay Hall</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Health Director of Operations RAND Corporation Santa Monica, California http://bit.ly/cXkarj #nonprofit #jobs # #nonprofit #jobs President &#38; CEO YMCA of Metropolitan Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA http://bit.ly/cw0GR4 #executive # Rebuilding Humpty Dumpty – The Five P’s that can help Fragmented Organizations Feel Whole again http://networkedblogs.com/6Bo4u # #nonprofit #jobs Chief Operating Officer &#8211; Home Care Union [...]<br/>
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		<title>Rebuilding Humpty Dumpty – The Five P’s that can help Fragmented Organizations Feel Whole again</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Aug 2010 16:00:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fredia Woolf</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[People often adopt a myopic attitude at work.  They focus on what they, themselves, need to do, lock themselves into their own universe and are often blissfully unaware of the impact they have on other team members or stakeholders.  Communications are scattered via cyberspace, and electronic noise proliferates while human voices grow silent. Unity, community and alignment [...]<br/>
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