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		<title>The Seven Lemons of Leadership – Episode Four</title>
		<link>http://www.brillianceactivator.com/teamwork/the-seven-lemons-of-leadership-episode-four/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Dec 2011 10:30:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chuck Dymer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The main purpose of business, according to business guru Peter Drucker, is to get and keep customers. How do we get and keep customers? By delivering products and services that provide value. The third Lemon of Leadership occurs when our customers question the value of our goods and services. And the fourth Lemon of Leadership [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Seven Lemons Of Leadership – Episode Three</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Sep 2011 14:56:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chuck Dymer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Second Lemon of Leadership is A Tepid Team. When a leader&#8217;s team is unenthused about their work, days grow long and the joy of leadership quickly sours. This episode of The Seven Lemons Of Leadership explores why teams lack passion and what the leader of the team can do to sweeten the situation. Brilliance [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Seven Lemons of Leadership – Episode Two</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Aug 2011 05:18:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chuck Dymer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The first lemon of leadership is NO GOAL/NO SCORE. In this episode we explore why goals are critical to leadership success and present a simple and effective way to approach goal-setting. NB: the price of the lunch box was terribly overstated! One could custom order the lunch boxes for less than $0.50 a piece, which [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Seven Lemons of Leadership – Episode One</title>
		<link>http://www.brillianceactivator.com/teamwork/the-seven-lemons-of-leadership-%e2%80%93-episode-one-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Aug 2011 14:48:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chuck Dymer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[No one I know has ever joined a company expecting it to be a bitter experience. Most of us expect sweet things from our work. So why do things go sour? This is the first of a video series called The Seven Lemons of Leadership. In this series we&#8217;ll explore and deal with the behaviors [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Leadership and Cultural Change</title>
		<link>http://www.brillianceactivator.com/brilliant-actions/leadership-and-cultural-change/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jul 2011 07:00:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chuck Dymer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In this video post, Chuck Dymer compares the leadership of cultural change to the demolition of a building. It&#8217;s done brick by brick and beam by beam. In other words, cultural change is brought about step by step&#8230; Brilliance Activator helps leaders uncork the creative power of their teams to develop products and services that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Tea Party, Leadership and Consequences</title>
		<link>http://www.brillianceactivator.com/logical-thinking-and-argument/the-tea-party-leadership-and-consequences/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jul 2011 21:35:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chuck Dymer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In Chapter Seven of the Lewis Carroll book,  Alice&#8217;s Adventures in Wonderland, Alice invites herself to a tea party made up of the Hatter, the March Hare and the Dormouse. Even though the three sit at a large table, all huddled in one corner, they tell Alice &#8220;No room! No room!&#8221; (perhaps they thought she [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Brilliant Leadership: failure is not an option – it&#8217;s reality</title>
		<link>http://www.brillianceactivator.com/brilliant-actions/brilliant-leadership-failure-is-not-an-option-%e2%80%93-its-reality/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Jul 2011 16:00:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chuck Dymer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Several weeks ago the Kansas City Chapter of the IDSA (Industrial Designers Society of America) held its first annual Un-meritable Awards program at The Idea Loft. The Un-meritable Award came about as a fun way to remind both industrial design students and professionals that failure is to be expected. &#8220;Pushing the limits and boundaries of what [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Leader&#8217;s Ultimate Time and Money Saver for Business Meetings</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 May 2011 18:02:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chuck Dymer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Brainstorming]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Studies indicate that business leaders spend at least 25% of their time in business meetings. Unfortunately, most of those meetings are as exciting as the one below – Twenty-five years ago I discovered a way out of the &#8220;meeting-mess.&#8221; I read Dr. Edward de Bono&#8217;s book Six Thinking Hats, applied his insights, and experienced improvements in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Brilliant Leadership Is A Picnic!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 May 2011 21:27:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chuck Dymer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Brilliance Activator blog is all about teamwork, creativity and leadership. On Saturday, I had the chance to experience those rather than merely post about them. Sly James is the new mayor of Kansas City. Instead of holding an inaugural ball, he held an inaugural picnic for city workers and residents! Here&#8217;s what the mayor [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Team&#8217;s Past: is it burdensome baggage or a ticket to travel?</title>
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		<comments>http://www.brillianceactivator.com/brilliance/a-teams-past-is-it-burdensome-baggage-or-a-ticket-to-travel/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Apr 2011 11:00:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chuck Dymer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;re the new leader of a team &#8220;with a history&#8221; (or if you&#8217;ve been leading such a team since it formed), the question is: Is the team&#8217;s past &#8220;burdensome baggage&#8221; or a &#8220;ticket to travel&#8221;? My good friend and colleague John Schuster has just released a new book called The Power of Your Past: [...]]]></description>
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