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		<title>The Kumbaya Syndrome</title>
		<link>http://larry-johnson.com/blog/?p=107</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Apr 2012 18:44:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Larry Johnson &#038; Bob Phillips (This blog was adapted from Larry and Bob’s book, Absolute Honesty: Building A Corporate Culture That Values Straight Talk And Rewards Integrity, (AMACOM Books) While demonstrating a rapid assent procedure for some VIP civilians off the coast of Hawaii, the nuclear submarine USS Greenville collided with the Ehime Maru, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Linkster Generation</title>
		<link>http://larry-johnson.com/blog/?p=102</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Apr 2012 18:37:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>larry</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Meagan Johnson and Larry Johnson We call the generation born after 1994 as Generation Linkster, so called because no other generation has ever been so linked to each other and to the world through technology. They are currently in their teens and preteens. There are approximately 20 million Linksters in the United States and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Joys of Managing Generation Y</title>
		<link>http://larry-johnson.com/blog/?p=91</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Sep 2010 20:38:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Meagan Johnson and Larry Johnson Adapted from their book: Generations Inc. &#8211; From Boomers To Linksters, Managing the Friction Between Generations at Work. (AMACOM Books, 2010) o Steve is a Gen Xer who manages an office supply store and supervises a group of 10 Gen Yers. Steve was just visited by the parents of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>GET A JOB! Nine things every college graduate should know to find a job in 2010</title>
		<link>http://larry-johnson.com/blog/?p=87</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jun 2010 19:11:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>larry</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Meagan and I were speaking about our new book, Generations Inc. &#8211; From Boomers To Linksters, Managing the Friction Between Generations At Work at Gannon University in Erie, PA recently when a student asked us about the daunting job market she was facing when she graduates this year. It inspired Meagan to write an article [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Treat Them Right and They’ll Treat You Right &#8211;  Happy Employees = Great Chili and Loyal Customers</title>
		<link>http://larry-johnson.com/blog/?p=80</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 May 2010 23:12:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>larry</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Serving Customers]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[customer service]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[empowerment]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I recently conducted a leadership retreat for a client in Santa Fe, New Mexico, one of my favorite towns. As usual, I made a bee line to Tia Sophia , which has been my favorite purveyor of Northern New Mexican food since I first visited there 15 years ago. (Northern New Mexican is quite different [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How To Be A Great Boss Questions &amp; Answers</title>
		<link>http://larry-johnson.com/blog/?p=72</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 07:28:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>larry</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA["great boss" management "difficult conversations" "difficult employees" "constructive confrontation" honesty integrity leadership supervision]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[After a recent broadcast of my tele-seminar, How To Be A Great Boss, I received some questions that I suspect have application to most managers. Here are those questions and my answers. If you have other ideas for responding to these questions, I would love to hear them in the comments section of this blog [...]]]></description>
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		<title>WHAT WE CAN LEARN FROM THE REAL HEROES OF HEALTHCARE</title>
		<link>http://larry-johnson.com/blog/?p=63</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2010 19:24:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>larry</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Larry Johnson While President Obama and the congress debate healthcare reform, not much has been said about the dedicated people who work in healthcare and the incredible differences they can make in the lives of their customers. During a bicycling vacation through Napa Valley in 2003, CJ, my wife of 34 years was involved [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Employees From Hell: Sometimes We Accidentally Create Our Own</title>
		<link>http://larry-johnson.com/blog/?p=59</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jan 2010 05:59:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>larry</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Communication]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Employee discipline]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Early in my career, I was working for a government institution, and was assigned a new manager. We didn’t know each other except by reputation. We were as different as dirt and water. I had long hair and a beard; he was clean-shaven and sported a crew-cut. My politics were liberal; he was a Nixon [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Eight Steps For Productive Meetings</title>
		<link>http://larry-johnson.com/blog/?p=57</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Dec 2009 04:50:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>larry</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[1. Determine the purpose. People are quick to judge something as stupid if it wastes their time. Holding a Friday afternoon meeting every Friday because it&#8217;s Friday is stupid. Having a clear purpose for the meeting that contributes to everyone&#8217;s success is smart. 2. Consider alternatives to meetings. Can the purpose be accomplished equally well [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Good Bosses Teach &#8211; Great Bosses Teach A Lot</title>
		<link>http://larry-johnson.com/blog/?p=51</link>
		<comments>http://larry-johnson.com/blog/?p=51#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 04:32:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>larry</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Management leadership mentorship supervision]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Jack Welch, the legendary CEO of General Electric, has often said of his time at GE, “My main job was developing talent. I was a gardener providing water and other nourishment to our top 750 people. Of course, I had to pull out some weeds, too.” He believed that one of the primary roles of [...]]]></description>
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