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		<title>Leadership and Cultural Change</title>
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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>
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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>Who leads the Leader?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Mar 2011 01:26:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chuck Dymer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Red Herring magazine ran an ad that stated: &#8220;Even leaders are led.&#8221; It&#8217;s a provocative statement. Who or what is leading us? The answer to this question is neither easy nor straightforward. What leads us may not be willed–for example, a person led by a kidnapper. Or what leads us may not be known–for example, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Trash Talk</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Feb 2011 12:00:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chuck Dymer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week I wrote several posts about the importance of communication between leaders and their teams. If, as a leader, you want your communication to be effective, you need to use the appropriate time, place and medium. Communication doesn&#8217;t work if no one pays attention. I was reminded of this when I went to a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How Leaders Lose Their Luster And 3 Ways To Get It Back</title>
		<link>http://www.brillianceactivator.com/brilliance/3-ways-to-add-luster-to-your-leadershi/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Jan 2011 01:08:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chuck Dymer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A few weeks ago I pulled a black coffee mug out of my dishwasher and noticed massive white streaks down the sides of the mug. Hard to miss. I then looked at the flatware, dishes and glasses and noticed that they had lost their luster. Although the white streaks on the mug immediately caught my [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mare Crismis</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Dec 2010 15:05:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chuck Dymer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My brother-in-law, his wife and family stayed at The Idea Loft during the Thanksgiving Holiday. I made sure there were art paper and markers available to keep the children occupied during their stay. After they left, I noticed this piece amidst the many drawings their three daughters produced–– This is a brilliant drawing. Brilliant because: [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Nunnery Gets To Thee</title>
		<link>http://www.brillianceactivator.com/brilliant-actions/the-nunnery-gets-to-thee/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Oct 2010 02:35:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chuck Dymer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We consume, consume, consume. How much do we contribute?]]></description>
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		<title>A Rational Approach to Your Personal Leadership Development</title>
		<link>http://www.brillianceactivator.com/brilliant-actions/a-rational-approach-to-your-personal-leadership-development/</link>
		<comments>http://www.brillianceactivator.com/brilliant-actions/a-rational-approach-to-your-personal-leadership-development/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Oct 2010 19:17:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chuck Dymer</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.brillianceactivator.com/?p=789</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;A Rational Approach to Your Personal Leadership Development&#8221;–sounds very formal, doesn&#8217;t it? The word rational hints of logic and science. Serious stuff. Rational also has a strong connection to mathematics where a &#8220;ratio&#8221; is a relationship between two numbers of the same kind. For example, we can speak of the ratio of women to men [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Authentic Customer Experience</title>
		<link>http://www.brillianceactivator.com/brilliant-actions/authentic-customer-experience-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.brillianceactivator.com/brilliant-actions/authentic-customer-experience-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jul 2010 15:57:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chuck Dymer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A recent trip to the Mayan ruins in Chichen Itza, Mexico with my nephew Auggie Heschmeyer and my wife Katie made me think about what it means to deliver an authentic customer experience. Those thoughts led to this video&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Walking a Labyrinth</title>
		<link>http://www.brillianceactivator.com/brilliant-actions/walking-a-labyrinth/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 May 2010 12:32:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chuck Dymer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The May 15th edition of American Way magazine contains an article about labyrinths: Walking in Circles. I walked my first labyrinth in New Harmony, Indiana. Since that time I&#8217;ve walked labyrinths in St. James Church in London, England; Unity Village in Lee&#8217;s Summit, Missouri; Canyon Ranch in Lenox, Massachusetts; and Grace Cathedral in San Francisco, California. [...]]]></description>
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