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	<description>Connecting people to performance!</description>
	<pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 21:49:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Align YOU with what you do.</title>
		<link>http://collaborative-action.com/align-you-with-what-you-do/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 23:33:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lori Leavitt Evans</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Leadership]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[alignment]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[authentic branding]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[better management]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[introducing AlignmentSoft]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Feel great &#38; do even better! Who doesn&#8217;t want that for themselves? Who wouldn&#8217;t want that for others?  So of course we foster feeling great at work.  whoops! screech. halt. back up. We don&#8217;t?  Why not?  Mostly because what we think we need to do is hard.  But they really [...]


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		<title>Joyous Holidays!</title>
		<link>http://collaborative-action.com/joyous-holidays/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Dec 2009 21:04:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lori Leavitt Evans</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[Happy Holidays]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Joy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Lori Leavitt Evans]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Wishes]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[To all my friends, family, neighbors, social and local community, colleagues, suppliers, clients &#8230; to all who share the vision of actionable collaboration, to you I send my holiday wishes:  To view, Click Here



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		<title>Leadership &#038; Successful Risk-Taking - #1 of Series</title>
		<link>http://collaborative-action.com/leadership-successful-risk-taking-1-of-series/</link>
		<comments>http://collaborative-action.com/leadership-successful-risk-taking-1-of-series/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2009 21:08:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lori Leavitt Evans</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Leadership]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Transformation &amp; Strategy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[execute strategy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[overcoming failure]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[risk-taking]]></category>

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This post is about failure and success.  It will likely resonate greatest with those who think big, create strategic plans and take risks to see those strategies executed.
Have you ever been an expert and helped many, and then found that you haven&#8217;t taken your own advice (or ignored it or were too busy to [...]


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		<title>Leadership -Connecting with (your) people to improve results. Step 7: Does cause-and-effect matter?</title>
		<link>http://collaborative-action.com/leadership-connecting-with-your-people-to-improve-results-step-7-does-cause-and-effect-matter/</link>
		<comments>http://collaborative-action.com/leadership-connecting-with-your-people-to-improve-results-step-7-does-cause-and-effect-matter/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2009 20:14:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lori Leavitt Evans</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Leadership]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Abrige DISCOVERY]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Abrige STRATEGY]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[cause-and-effect]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[strategy map]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In this series we are talking about connecting – connecting to people, connecting people to the business results you want, and getting those results.
I’ve noted that as you work through this series you are bound to run into questions (I’ve opened up Ask Lori.  for questions to me currently at no cost to you) [...]


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		<title>Wow! Fitting in, with a value-added mindset</title>
		<link>http://collaborative-action.com/wow-fitting-in-with-a-value-added-mindset/</link>
		<comments>http://collaborative-action.com/wow-fitting-in-with-a-value-added-mindset/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 03 May 2009 21:52:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lori Leavitt Evans</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Team Wow!s - Communicating Values]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[adding value in a new job]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[aligning employees with strategy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[taking action]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[team wow]]></category>

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Here&#8217;s our &#8220;wow&#8221; for this week: This Wow! goes to &#8212;, our newest team member for his self-starting attitude and motivation to make a difference in moving us forward.
Why is this &#8220;wow!&#8221;?  To best identify for the employer if the person is the right fit, deliverables are needed.  To best identify for the [...]


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		<title>Leaders nurture and invest</title>
		<link>http://collaborative-action.com/leaders-nurture-and-invest/</link>
		<comments>http://collaborative-action.com/leaders-nurture-and-invest/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2009 17:48:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lori Leavitt Evans</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Measurement]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Transformation &amp; Strategy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[carlos santayana]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Lori Leavitt Evans]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[performance]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[strategy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Recently I shared a “People Measurement’ and leadership conversation with Carlos Santayana, Owner and Principal at Santayana Group, and a prior Training and Leadership VP at Citi Group.  I felt power and wisdom in his words and wanted to share them with you.  With his approval I am publishing parts of our conversation [...]


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		<title>Leadership Connection- Step 6: How People Fit to your Bottom-Line</title>
		<link>http://collaborative-action.com/leadership-connection-step-6-how-people-fit-to-your-bottom-line/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Apr 2009 00:02:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lori Leavitt Evans</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Leadership]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[connect people to strategy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[improve bottom-line results]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[job descriptions]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[leadership series]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Performance Reviews]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In this series we are talking about connecting – connecting to people, connecting people to the business results you want, and getting those results.
If you are just starting this series, you can catch up by reviewing the earlier posts.  Find a recap at the end of this post.  In this post we&#8217;re focused on [...]


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		<title>Wow! The power of trust and customer feedback</title>
		<link>http://collaborative-action.com/wow-the-power-of-trust-and-customer-feedback/</link>
		<comments>http://collaborative-action.com/wow-the-power-of-trust-and-customer-feedback/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Apr 2009 22:37:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lori Leavitt Evans</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Team Wow!s - Communicating Values]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[customer feedback]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[improve performance]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Seeking truth]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[training]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[trusted advisor]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[You may not realize how important real (honest, open) customer feedback can be&#8230;
Here&#8217;s our &#8220;wow&#8221; for this week:  This Wow! goes to &#8212; who as a trusted advisor gets our customers to tell us how they really feel about us, about our products and about any part of the process, even if it is [...]


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		<title>Wow! - When an employee steps up</title>
		<link>http://collaborative-action.com/wow-when-an-employee-steps-up/</link>
		<comments>http://collaborative-action.com/wow-when-an-employee-steps-up/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2009 15:35:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lori Leavitt Evans</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[continuous communication]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[employee performance]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[team wow]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[When an employee steps up, something has gone right.  Drill down and you’ll find … continuous communication.
Here&#8217;s our &#8220;wow&#8221; for this week: This Wow! goes to &#8212;- who has grown remarkably in his ability to compare how he is doing not to others but to to where he wants to be, and to take [...]


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		<title>Leadership -Connecting with (your) people to improve results. Step 5: NOW GET GOING</title>
		<link>http://collaborative-action.com/leadership-connecting-with-your-people-to-improve-results-step-5-now-get-going/</link>
		<comments>http://collaborative-action.com/leadership-connecting-with-your-people-to-improve-results-step-5-now-get-going/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2009 02:27:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lori Leavitt Evans</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Leadership]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[ASK Lori]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Budget]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[performance improvement]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Performance Reviews]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[priorities]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[strategic objectives]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[strategy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In this series we are talking about connecting – connecting to people, connecting people to the business results you want, and getting those results.
Let me intro this next step before we recap, so that those that have been reading along don’t have to repeat (thanks to those who gave me this good feedback; the recap [...]


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