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		<description><![CDATA[ Check any “Top 10 Leadership and Career Books” list and you are sure to see names like Bolles, Buckingham, Maxwell, Goldsmith and Collins.  But what if there were a career book written from the perspective of a P&#38;G Executive?  Good news, Mary Anne Gale released her first book titled “Running for Office, Getting Yourself Elected [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bloomport.com&blog=9363863&post=381&subd=bloomportu&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<dc:creator>Shawn Grubb</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Social media trends aside, why bother with all the hoopla in the Enterprise (Web 2.0, Enterprise 2.0, E2.0)?  Companies are spending big money trying to usher in the interconnected company where a Tweet here and Post there magically unlocks latent value that will propel the corporation to huge success.  Because this is such a HUGE [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bloomport.com&blog=9363863&post=373&subd=bloomportu&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 20:51:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shawn Grubb</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I just finished the HBR case study “Strategy as a Work-In-Progress” which is an excerpt from the Harvard Business Essentials series titled “Strategy: Create and Implement the Best Strategy for Your Business”. While this excerpt was not potentially earth shattering like “Blue Ocean Strategy“, it was an excellent breakdown on the fundamentals of strategic relevance.
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Feb 2010 03:40:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shawn Grubb</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Seth Godin&#8230; every now and then someone picks up a thought that gets your mind moving, almost like a strong jolt of coffee at 5am&#8230; on your Sunday morning off.
Seth brought up a scenario in his blog post &#8220;Ted Think&#8221; that got my mind racing.  The concept is to mentally challenge yourself to anticipate the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bloomport.com&blog=9363863&post=361&subd=bloomportu&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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