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	<title>Path Forward</title>
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		<title>Picture of a Great Boss</title>
		<description><![CDATA[For your review and comment, as clear a picture as I can concoct of a great boss: A great boss has a long-term, sky-high vision – and, grounding herself firmly, takes one step at a time. A great boss is organized, verging on anal. A great boss is flexible, verging on double-jointed. A great boss [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.pathforwardleadership.com/2011/02/qualities-of-a-great-boss/</link>
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		<title>What do you mean – ‘accountable’?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Questions from the Real World:  February, 2011 We always talk about &#8220;accountability&#8221; but everyone seems to have a different perspective on what accountability means.  Can you talk about what it means to be accountable, both from the point of view of the subordinate as well as the boss? ~Mike, Seatac, WA Jim&#8217;s response What does [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Yes to Micromanaging</title>
		<description><![CDATA[… as an effective short-term management technique. In leading management trainings at The Boeing Company, I used to teach about work styles.  And I’d tell the aerospace managers that regardless of the employee’s work style, there’s one management behavior everyone hates:  micromanaging. It makes sense:  If you micromanage me, you take away my autonomy.  You [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.pathforwardleadership.com/2011/02/yes-to-micromanaging/</link>
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		<title>Please Just Respond</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I know you don’t want to say no. I know when I call and ask you for something—an appointment, a favor, a return phone call—that I may not be the most important priority for you. I understand. I really do. What I don’t understand is how you can ignore me completely. I’m probably not a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.pathforwardleadership.com/2011/01/please-just-respond/</link>
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		<title>Overwork — or Flow?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I put in 12-14 hours of work on Monday, then again on Tuesday, then again on Wednesday.  And I loved it.  Not just enjoyed it – loved it.  Couldn’t get enough. Am I a workaholic?  I don’t think so. It’s this radio show.  On Wednesday, Feb. 2, at 5pm Pacific, my business partner and I [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.pathforwardleadership.com/2011/01/working-too-many-hours/</link>
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		<title>Slamming the Open-Door Policy</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Questions from the Real World:  January, 2011 I have an open-door policy, but I get interrupted so much, I often can&#8217;t get my work done.  I’m not a great multi-tasker; I don’t do my best work if I can’t focus on a task uninterrupted.  What suggestions would you have?                        ~Anonymous, Chicago, IL  Jim&#8217;s response Why is [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.pathforwardleadership.com/2011/01/slamming-the-open-door-policy/</link>
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		<title>Speaking Up</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I’ve spoken recently with several women who’ve posed a form of these questions: “Why do I have such a hard time speaking up?” “Why do I so often leave meetings and interactions frustrated that I didn’t say what I really wanted to say?” This topic could take several blogposts (or possibly a book of Tolstoyian [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.pathforwardleadership.com/2011/01/speaking-up/</link>
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		<title>Business Ethics, pt 3 – Dialogue</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Following my presentation of a webcast on Business Ethics for the 200,000-member Human Capital Institute earlier this month, this is part 3 in a series. Create the most compelling statement of organizational ethics imaginable.  Paint a stunning vision of employees’ higher selves in their interactions with stakeholders.  Post this ethics code everywhere, make sure every [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.pathforwardleadership.com/2010/12/business-ethics-pt-3-dialogue/</link>
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		<title>Tears in the workplace</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Questions from the Real World:  December, 2010 &#8220;One of my employees cries at the drop of a hat, and I don&#8217;t know what to do about it.  What would you suggest?&#8221; ~Anonymous, Redmond, WA﻿ Jim&#8217;s response I have a lot of experience making employees cry. That doesn’t necessarily make me a bad or difficult boss. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.pathforwardleadership.com/2010/12/tears-in-the-workplace/</link>
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		<title>Let Your Subconscious Work</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I have often advocated for more “think time” – more reflective time &#8212; for business leaders.  But sometimes we can think our way into stupidity. Have you ever tried to remember a word or a name, only to have it come to you a few seconds after you stopped thinking about it? Psychologists have discovered [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.pathforwardleadership.com/2010/12/business-problemsolving-with-the-subconscious/</link>
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