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		<title>10 Things You Should Include in Your Career Advancement Goals This Year</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Jan 2012 15:43:13 +0000</pubDate>

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		<description><![CDATA[There has never been a more critical time to take an active role in your planning career advancement than now. With hundreds of thousands of top salary jobs left unfilled due to lack of qualified candidates having both the hard and soft skills to fill them, yet millions of people out of work, it is clear that there was a lack of career planning on many fronts. Keep your career ahead of the curve and develop and implement an intentional career advancement plan. Here is a quick list of some of the things you should consider when developing your career advancement plan this month.]]></description>
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		<title>Pointers for Faster Promotions</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Nov 2011 23:11:28 +0000</pubDate>

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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s no secret that the workforce is changing and if you want to stay  competitive in your job, there are a few things you can do to make  yourself stand out and be promoted faster. In our latest video, we give you a few quick tips and tell you how to apply these [...]]]></description>
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		<title>From Manager to Leader &#8211; A Challenge for Most</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Feb 2011 02:53:09 +0000</pubDate>

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		<description><![CDATA[A survey conducted by the Center for Creative Leadership which looked at executives from Fortune 100 firms whose careers stalled found that failure to redirect efforts from monitoring work to inspiring improvement caused career stagnation. It is the smart manager who assesses current skills against those required for the sought after leadership position, and then puts a professional development plan into action.

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		<title>Recovering from a Critical Career Blunder</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Feb 2011 03:03:06 +0000</pubDate>

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		<description><![CDATA[Everyone can tell you about at least a couple of career mishaps on the way to the top. The faster you make them the faster your career advancement. Just don't make the same mistake more than once.]]></description>
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		<title>Focus On Your Strengths Let Go of Your Weaknesses</title>
		<link>http://positivelymagazine.com/2011/02/focus-on-your-strengths-let-go-of-your-weaknesses/</link>

		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Feb 2011 02:55:02 +0000</pubDate>

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		<description><![CDATA[It’s a truism, that we all have our strengths and weaknesses. They make us complete. But it’s the former that make us successful.
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		<title>The Cultural Aspect &#8211; Understanding Differences is Essential for Success</title>
		<link>http://positivelymagazine.com/2011/02/the-cultural-aspect-understanding-differences-is-essential-for-success/</link>

		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Feb 2011 20:18:21 +0000</pubDate>

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		<description><![CDATA[When McDonald’s forayed into the Japanese market in 1971, the registers were not ringing as expected. This had the entire hierarchy wondering what had gone wrong? The answer came from one of the store managers from Japan. He told the management that the problem lies in the way the food is ordered and served at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Advance Your Career by Being a Standout at Meetings</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Feb 2011 19:58:01 +0000</pubDate>

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		<description><![CDATA[Meetings, after all, are where important announcements are made, and smart employees and board members network, get to know each other and maybe meld together a little better as a team. ]]></description>
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		<title>Why Managers and Executives Fail</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Jan 2011 02:10:18 +0000</pubDate>

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		<description><![CDATA[There is only one thing more humiliating than failing in your new position. Failing because you were too embarrassed to ask for help! There is a simple way to avoid both.]]></description>
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		<title>Three Steps Forward, Two Steps Back &#8211; Why Multiple Failures Lead to Great Success</title>
		<link>http://positivelymagazine.com/2010/12/three-steps-forward-two-steps-back-why-multiple-failures-lead-to-great-success/</link>

		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Dec 2010 15:09:04 +0000</pubDate>

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		<description><![CDATA[Failure and success are cohorts. You can never have one without the other. Just look at some of history’s greats. And there are several contemporary examples as well.]]></description>
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		<title>How to Become Irreplaceable</title>
		<link>http://positivelymagazine.com/2010/12/how-to-become-irreplaceable/</link>

		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Dec 2010 22:57:57 +0000</pubDate>

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		<description><![CDATA[by Stephanie Barnes Taylor
You can have everything in life you want, if you will just help other people get what they want. &#8212;Zig Ziglar
More than ever in today’s corporate environment, there is a demand for a return on investment.  This demand not only applies to financial performance, but also to human capital.  In order to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Candor &#8211; Its Rare But Essential</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Dec 2010 14:23:00 +0000</pubDate>

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		<description><![CDATA[ Candid feedback and discussions have given way to political correctness by most to avoid offending and alienating others. Most remain quiet to be seen as a team player or to avoid criticizing the idea of someone held in high regard or someone who has presented an idea with great confidence. People don’t speak their minds [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fatal Fears – Tackle Them and Experience Career Success</title>
		<link>http://positivelymagazine.com/2010/12/fatal-fears-%e2%80%93-tackle-them-before-they-get-you/</link>

		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Dec 2010 19:33:39 +0000</pubDate>

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		<description><![CDATA[by Caroline Ceniza-Levine
  As a recruiter turned career coach, I have seen the arc of many careers, including where careers stumble and the fears that accompany an uncertain future. Maybe you started out on the fast track, but have now hit a plateau, you need to propel yourself forward but you are anxious about your next [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Your Success Relies on You Trusting Your Knowledge and Experience</title>
		<link>http://positivelymagazine.com/2010/12/your-success-relies-on-you-trusting-your-knowledge-and-experience/</link>

		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Dec 2010 23:27:49 +0000</pubDate>

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		<description><![CDATA[We’ve heard the story of Thomas Edison’s multiple failures before successfully illuminating the light bulb. But with all of his persistence in spite of failures, Thomas Edison tried to persuade Henry Ford to abandon his fledgling idea of a motor car because he was convinced that it would never work.
Edison suggested Ford work for him [...]]]></description>
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		<title>You Can Lead Innovation</title>
		<link>http://positivelymagazine.com/2010/10/you-can-lead-innovation/</link>

		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Oct 2010 03:04:31 +0000</pubDate>

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		<description><![CDATA[An urgency for innovation seems to escalate with each economic crisis as a fundamental way to stimulate business growth. Yet each directive from top leadership draws out a few devils advocates who bury innovation teams. Or the appointed team leader does not have the relationship and communications skills necessary to foster innovation. Calling for innovation, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How Ready Are You for the Next Leadership Position?</title>
		<link>http://positivelymagazine.com/2010/06/leadership2010_quiz/</link>

		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jun 2010 04:51:23 +0000</pubDate>

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		<description><![CDATA[How Ready Are You for the Next Leadership Position?

The years ahead will be a tough time to be a leader but an exciting time to lead with the right set of skills. Take the quiz to determine which skills you may want to learn more about and develop in order to be an effective leader during this decade.

Take our leadership quiz to see!]]></description>
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		<title>Performance Reviews Can Accelerate Your Career Advancement</title>
		<link>http://positivelymagazine.com/2010/06/performance-reviews-can-accelerate-your-career-advancement/</link>

		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jun 2010 16:19:13 +0000</pubDate>

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		<description><![CDATA[If you are one of the many who are frustrated about not receiving the elusive position you have had you eye on, ask for a performance review and make it work for your benefit. Do not approach it from the perspective of what you did wrong, but rather what you can do to improve your opportunities for career advancement. Feedback shouldn’t be something that happens to you. It should be something you can take control of and make happen for your benefit.
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		<title>Uncover the New Skills of Extraordinary Leaders Who Influence</title>
		<link>http://positivelymagazine.com/2010/04/uncover-the-new-skills-of-extraordinary-leaders-who-influence/</link>

		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Apr 2010 23:37:51 +0000</pubDate>

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		<description><![CDATA[Organizations need more than the best skilled and most knowledgeable employees, they need those employees to be committed and to be leaders. The challenges we now confront including the diversity in the workforce we lead, the constant improvement in technologies available, the flattening organizational structure and the expectations from the top, will require leaders to develop new skills and transform others to suit the changes ahead.]]></description>
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		<title>The Art of Getting Promoted: What Employers are Really Looking For</title>
		<link>http://positivelymagazine.com/2009/10/the-art-of-getting-promoted-what-employers-are-really-looking-for/</link>

		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2009 18:39:34 +0000</pubDate>

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		<description><![CDATA[Have you ever been surprised when you expected to be promoted but were passed over? If so, you may have overlooked the criteria employers consider when promoting employees. Not being aware of these could be what is keeping you from getting the promotion you want and experiencing career success.
Of course, employers look first to those [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Innovate Yourself or Be Left Behind &#8211; Your Career Advancement Depends on It</title>
		<link>http://positivelymagazine.com/2009/10/innovate-yourself-or-be-left-behind/</link>

		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2009 18:38:57 +0000</pubDate>

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		<description><![CDATA[Thomas Fox
 
Just like companies need to innovate you need to innovate and develop professionally to stay competitive. The skills that got you to the position you now hold may not be sufficient enough to take you further or even keep you where you are in such a fast changing global employment market. You will need [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What Every Woman Needs to Know to Build Power and Influence</title>
		<link>http://positivelymagazine.com/2009/09/what-every-woman-needs-to-know-to-build-power-and-influence/</link>

		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2009 14:22:22 +0000</pubDate>

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Sarah, a 56-year-old woman who has been working in Silicon Valley for more than 25 years, attended a recent Anita Borg Institute TechLeaders Power and Influence Program. During the final exercise, she turned to me and asked, “Have men known these things all along?” When I nodded yes, she frowned and returned to doing calculations [...]]]></description>
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