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		<title>What Are Your Employees Not Telling You? Leaders, Create a Candid Culture.</title>
		<link>http://www.zoetraining.com/blog/2012/05/16/what-are-your-employees-not-telling-you-leaders-create-a-candid-culture/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 15:33:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>zoetraining</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Communication Skills]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Leadership]]></category>

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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[by Shari Harley The news is riddled with stories of organizations in which CEO’s allowed fraudulent practices to go on with no intervention. Are these leaders guilty of fraud? Or negligence? I’d say...]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Dance to Your Own Beat!</title>
		<link>http://www.zoetraining.com/blog/2012/04/15/dance-to-your-own-beat/</link>
		<comments>http://www.zoetraining.com/blog/2012/04/15/dance-to-your-own-beat/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Apr 2012 17:19:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>zoetraining</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Motivational/Inspirational]]></category>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[by D.J. Vanas I will never forget Mr. Stephens. He was my elementary school music teacher and was as exotic as they come. He had salt-and-pepper hair, a walrus mustache and wore fashion frame...]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Happy Talk About the Economy</title>
		<link>http://www.zoetraining.com/blog/2012/04/01/happy-talk-about-the-economy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Apr 2012 00:52:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>zoetraining</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business and Finance]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.zoetraining.com/blog/?p=860</guid>
		
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[by Jeff Thredgold, CSP The “dismal science” of economics typically focuses on “bad” news.  We clearly face many significant challenges.  However, there are also many favorable developments taking...]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Leaders, Managers &amp; Supervisors: Why ‘Feedback’ is a ‘Four-Letter Word’</title>
		<link>http://www.zoetraining.com/blog/2012/03/16/leaders-managers-supervisors-why-feedback-is-a-%e2%80%98four-letter-word%e2%80%99/</link>
		<comments>http://www.zoetraining.com/blog/2012/03/16/leaders-managers-supervisors-why-feedback-is-a-%e2%80%98four-letter-word%e2%80%99/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Mar 2012 01:07:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>zoetraining</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Communication Skills]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.zoetraining.com/blog/?p=857</guid>
		
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[by Christina Haxton “Feedback” is a ‘four letter word’ and our brain reacts defensively when we simply hear the word. We put on the brakes and stop listening and our defenses go up automatically. So...]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Five Technical Writing Tips</title>
		<link>http://www.zoetraining.com/blog/2012/02/21/five-technical-writing-tips/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 17:46:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>zoetraining</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Communication Skills]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Writing]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.zoetraining.com/blog/?p=850</guid>
		
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[by Julie Miller We work globally with international clients more often than we realize. Here are some guidelines from the Technical Writing That Counts! tip card set: Standard International English...]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>6 Key Steps for Accomplishing Anything</title>
		<link>http://www.zoetraining.com/blog/2012/01/31/6-key-steps-for-accomplishing-anything/</link>
		<comments>http://www.zoetraining.com/blog/2012/01/31/6-key-steps-for-accomplishing-anything/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 18:13:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>zoetraining</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Training]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Goal Setting]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.zoetraining.com/blog/?p=845</guid>
		
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[by Tara Powers This article is about clarity of purpose for you, your team, and your business. It includes simple yet powerful steps that when discussed, analyzed, agreed upon, and written down, will...]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Zoe Presenter Spotlight: David Sanford</title>
		<link>http://www.zoetraining.com/blog/2012/01/15/zoe-presenter-spotlight-david-sanford/</link>
		<comments>http://www.zoetraining.com/blog/2012/01/15/zoe-presenter-spotlight-david-sanford/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 02:30:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>zoetraining</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Communication Skills]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.zoetraining.com/blog/?p=837</guid>
		
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[by Zoe Training staff During the past several years, David C. Sanford has answered the demand by global companies to provide insights into how to successfully understand and communicate effectively...]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Outlook 2012</title>
		<link>http://www.zoetraining.com/blog/2012/01/02/outlook-2012/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2012 13:34:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>zoetraining</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.zoetraining.com/blog/?p=828</guid>
		
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[by Jeff Thredgold, CSP The U.S. Economy What we now call the Great Recession officially began in December 2007 and ended in June 2009.  It was the longest, the deepest, and the most painful recession...]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Zoe Presenter Spotlight: Tara Powers</title>
		<link>http://www.zoetraining.com/blog/2011/12/05/zoe-presenter-spotlight-tara-powers/</link>
		<comments>http://www.zoetraining.com/blog/2011/12/05/zoe-presenter-spotlight-tara-powers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2011 19:05:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>zoetraining</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Career]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coaching]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.zoetraining.com/blog/?p=822</guid>
		
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[by Zoe Training staff When Tara Powers isn&#8217;t busy running her own training and development organization, she is also managing her other venture, Mama Means Business, a resource that coaches and...]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>The Three Aloha Leadership Skills You Can’t Live Without!</title>
		<link>http://www.zoetraining.com/blog/2011/11/14/the-three-aloha-leadership-skills-you-cant-live-without/</link>
		<comments>http://www.zoetraining.com/blog/2011/11/14/the-three-aloha-leadership-skills-you-cant-live-without/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2011 04:08:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>zoetraining</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Leadership]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.zoetraining.com/blog/?p=808</guid>
		
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[by Mike Faber Dede Osborn is a Senior Fellow at the School of Public Policy at the University of Maryland. She&#8217;s also a student of Hawaiian leadership and values, and is the author of the paper...]]></content:encoded>
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