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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>
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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 for [...]]]></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>
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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 [...]]]></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>
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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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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 in an [...]]]></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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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>
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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 through a less time-consuming method
such as email, Twitter, [...]]]></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>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 04:32:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>larry</dc:creator>
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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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		<title>How To Be A Great Boss</title>
		<link>http://larry-johnson.com/blog/?p=50</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 04:27:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>larry</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m offering a new tele-seminar this month for supervisors,
managers, and those who plan to take on those roles in the future.
It&#8217;s titled &#8220;How To Be A Great Boss.&#8221;
Here are the details:
PREMISE:
&#8220;Good employees don&#8217;t quit their companies &#8211; they divorce their
supervisors.&#8221; Larry Johnson
DESCRIPTION:
This lively presentation will give you tools to use with your
team that will raise [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Sanford and Friends: Honesty and Integrity??? NOT!&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://larry-johnson.com/blog/?p=47</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 20:37:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>larry</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[integrity honesty leadership governor sanford argentina dishonesty betrayal deceit]]></category>

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Richard Nixon told us he wasn&#8217;t a crook. Bill Clinton said, “I never had sexual relations with that woman.” Baseball star Jose Canseco admitted to using anabolic steroids. John Edwards had an affair during the Democratic primary races. And Governor Mark Sanford (R-SC) disappeared from his post for five days with no word of where he was. Upon returning, he [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Upcoming teleseminar: Employees From Hell</title>
		<link>http://larry-johnson.com/blog/?p=35</link>
		<comments>http://larry-johnson.com/blog/?p=35#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2009 06:48:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>larry</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Change]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m offering a tele-seminar on this topic on May 6, 2009. Click here for details:
http://www.larry-johnson.com/employees-from-hell-teleseminar.shtml
SUMMARY
Who takes up more of your time than any other employees?
Who keeps you awake at night, wondering what they&#8217;ll do next?
Who distracts you and your team from its mission?
Who do you wish would &#8220;get with the program?&#8221;
Who do you wish would [...]]]></description>
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