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		<title>Happiness: The Neglected Role of Job Design</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jun 2011 10:57:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[First Published on ScienceDaily. People who are given greater variety and independence in their jobs feel both less stressed and more satisfied, according to findings which suggest that several management practices designed to make employees more efficient also make them happier. Employees are also more likely to be happy when management readily shares information and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How can your business survive the skills gap shortage?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 May 2011 10:59:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[employee retention]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[First published on Aquitude. Employee demographics are changing. The post-war baby boomers, who fueled the exponential growth of the world economy, are retiring. In the UK, 550,000 people a year reach pensionable age; in 2012 it is expected to peak to 807,000 (over 50% more than usual). The UK will be short of 1.3 million [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Learning causes structural changes in the brain</title>
		<link>http://www.bidiversity.com/2011/02/learning-causes-structural-changes-in-the-brain/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Feb 2011 10:59:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[cortex]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[First published in Science Daily. When a laboratory rat learns how to reach for and grab a food pellet &#8212; a pretty complex and unnatural act for a rodent &#8212; the acquired knowledge significantly alters the structure of the specific brain cells involved, which sprout a whopping 22 percent more dendritic spines connecting them to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nine Steps for Creating and Maintaining Team Ownership of Ideas and Goals</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Feb 2011 10:59:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Innovation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Eikenberry]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Only workers who are genuinely committed to the team&#8217;s goals will perform to the best of their ability &#8212; and the depth of a worker&#8217;s engagement largely depends on their boss&#8217;s behavior, writes Kevin Eikenberry&#8230;.. As a leader you know results and productivity are higher when people are committed to their work. You also know [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Warren Buffet on key ingredient for CEO success: Passion</title>
		<link>http://www.bidiversity.com/2011/01/warren-buffet-on-key-ingredient-for-ceo-success-passion/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bidiversity.com/2011/01/warren-buffet-on-key-ingredient-for-ceo-success-passion/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Jan 2011 10:59:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Leadership]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In an engaging inteview with Nell Minow, Warren Buffett discloses that when he sits down with the CEOs of companies he&#8217;s thinking about acquiring, his first question is whether the executives genuinely love their jobs. Many people are motivated by money, but true passion is both rarer and far more valuable, Buffett says. &#8220;We count [...]]]></description>
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		<title>First Woman President Makes a Mark</title>
		<link>http://www.bidiversity.com/2010/10/first-woman-president-makes-a-mark/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Oct 2010 10:54:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Roza Isakovna Otunbayeva]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In this article, originally published by IPS Newswire, Meri Bekeshova outlines the inspirational steps Roza Isakovna Otunbayeva took to become President of Kyrgystan. When Roza Isakovna Otunbayeva was selected to be President of Kyrgyzstan, she became the first woman head of state in the predominantly Muslim Central Asian region. And she also took on a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is ‘busy work’ choking your company?</title>
		<link>http://www.bidiversity.com/2010/09/is-%e2%80%98busy-work%e2%80%99-choking-your-company/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bidiversity.com/2010/09/is-%e2%80%98busy-work%e2%80%99-choking-your-company/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Sep 2010 10:55:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Leadership]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Too many companies are getting bogged down in &#8220;busy work&#8221; that takes up time and energy but doesn&#8217;t actually produce anything of value, writes Mitchell Osak in Canada&#8217;s Financial Post. To get your team working smarter, try delegating more decisions to front-line managers and trimming back the amount of administrative work required for your workers&#8217; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why We Can&#8217;t &#8216;Motivate&#8217; Engagement</title>
		<link>http://www.bidiversity.com/2010/08/why-we-cant-motivate-engagement/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bidiversity.com/2010/08/why-we-cant-motivate-engagement/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Aug 2010 10:55:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Leadership]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[engagement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Inspirational Leadership]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Sustainable Leadership]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.bidiversity.com/?p=2283</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In this article, originally published in Bloomberg Businessweek (all rights reserved), Dov Seidman argues that managers who think of employee engagement as a goal rather than a way of working have it all wrong. And  we can&#8217;t help but agree with him&#8230;. Chief executive officers are concerned about employee engagement—and rightfully so. Senior management teams [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Want to improve your business? Talk to your internal and external customers</title>
		<link>http://www.bidiversity.com/2010/07/want-to-improve-your-business-talk-to-your-internal-and-external-customers/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bidiversity.com/2010/07/want-to-improve-your-business-talk-to-your-internal-and-external-customers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2010 10:39:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Leadership]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CEO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[external customers]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Kerry Cramp]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Originally published in Smart Business, this article summarises Kerry Kramp&#8217;s approach to running a business: being hands-on; he recommends his methods to anyone looking to revitalize their company. The CEO of Los Angeles-based Sizzler USA Restaurants, Kramp took over two years ago at a time when annual sales were plummeting. To increase sales, he turned [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reducing &#8220;Group Think&#8221; in UK Board Rooms</title>
		<link>http://www.bidiversity.com/2010/06/reducing-group-think-in-uk-board-rooms/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bidiversity.com/2010/06/reducing-group-think-in-uk-board-rooms/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jun 2010 10:43:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Board of Directors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Diversity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Diversity of thought]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FRC]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Originally published by the BBC, this article highlights the activities that the UK&#8217;s Financial Regulatory Council&#8217;s activities to reduce &#8220;group&#8221; think in UK Board of Directors. Plans for directors to submit to an annual shareholder vote form part of an overhaul of the code of conduct for the UK&#8217;s top 350 listed companies. It is [...]]]></description>
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