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		<title>How To Play To Your Strengths</title>
		<link>http://www.thecareguys.com/2012/02/01/how-to-play-to-your-strengths/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:32:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Heinz Landau</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Leadership]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[When I came across the January / February edition of Harvard Business Review whose focus is on the value of employee happiness, I noticed that it also contained an article written by Gretchen Spreitzer, professor of management and organizations at the University of Michigan. That reminded me of an executive education program that I had [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is Your Strategy Ready to Work Out?</title>
		<link>http://www.thecareguys.com/2011/12/20/is-your-strategy-ready-to-work-out/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thecareguys.com/2011/12/20/is-your-strategy-ready-to-work-out/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 00:00:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephan Polomski</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Change Management]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[emotional reality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[execution]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fredmund Malik]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[leaders]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[learning organization]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Peter Senge]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Stephan Polomski]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[strategic execution]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[strategic planning]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The end of the year is near and management teams and their business units meet in order to outline next year´s and years´ planning and strategy. It is the season of performance reviews and soon of bonus calculating. It is the time to check lessons learned and if ambitions have been achieved. Annual reports sum [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I Have a Dream &#8211; A Sustainable Leadership Model in the Political Arena</title>
		<link>http://www.thecareguys.com/2011/12/08/i-have-a-dream-a-sustainable-leadership-model-in-the-political-arena/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thecareguys.com/2011/12/08/i-have-a-dream-a-sustainable-leadership-model-in-the-political-arena/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2011 06:29:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Nothdurft</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Corporate Social Responsibility]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Editorial]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Leadership]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[listening]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[participation]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[respect]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is December 08th, 2026.
The leaders of our world achieved a breakthrough in mastering the climate change.
The solid cooperation between the new economic powers in the east, South America, the United States and the &#8220;old world&#8221; has been celebrated for the 10th year.
Nations and different cultures learned how to cooperate for the survival of our [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Leading In A Crisis</title>
		<link>http://www.thecareguys.com/2011/11/21/leading-in-a-crisis/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thecareguys.com/2011/11/21/leading-in-a-crisis/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Nov 2011 17:05:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Heinz Landau</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Human Resources]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Leadership]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Management]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[After having overcome successfully the impact of the global financial crisis, leaders in Thailand are now facing a different kind of crisis. Natural disaster has put one third of the country under water. Many people, not only upcountry, but also in Bangkok, currently cannot live in their homes anymore. Hundreds of factories have been shut down since weeks and for several months to come. The economic as well as the human impact of the flood will be huge.]]></description>
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		<title>What Do Successful Leaders Need to Engage People and Excel?</title>
		<link>http://www.thecareguys.com/2011/11/08/what-do-successful-leaders-need-to-engage-people-and-excell/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thecareguys.com/2011/11/08/what-do-successful-leaders-need-to-engage-people-and-excell/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Nov 2011 07:00:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephan Polomski</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[authentic behaviour]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[change]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[compassion]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[personal comfort zones]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[personal mastery]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[purpose of a leader]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pushing boundaries]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[responsibility]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[role model]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[security]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[solution-orientation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stephan Polomski]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[taking risks]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The answer is simple – they need:

Leadership skills and methods that support individuals, groups, and organizations to outperform
A clear picture of their own task, role and path that inspires others and creates endurance
A self reflected inner why based on personal vision and personal strengths

The way a leader thinks and behaves – expression of his identity [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What To Ask The Person In The Mirror</title>
		<link>http://www.thecareguys.com/2011/10/25/what-to-ask-the-person-in-the-mirror/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thecareguys.com/2011/10/25/what-to-ask-the-person-in-the-mirror/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Oct 2011 02:01:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Heinz Landau</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Human Resources]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Leadership]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Management]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I recently read an excellent book by Robert S. Kaplan titled “What to ask the person in the mirror – critical questions for becoming a more effective leader and reaching your potential”. The book became immediately my favourite book on leadership. I believe it will become a leadership classic.
The book is full of actionable advice [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Holding Effective Off-Site Team Meetings</title>
		<link>http://www.thecareguys.com/2011/09/27/holding-effective-off-site-team-meetings/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thecareguys.com/2011/09/27/holding-effective-off-site-team-meetings/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Sep 2011 02:23:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Heinz Landau</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Human Resources]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Leadership]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today I want to share with you some tips about a leadership and management tool that I found of great value: off-site team meetings.
They can be very beneficial, provided they are conducted the right way. In this article, I am referring to team meetings when you take the sub-ordinates that work for you out of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Excellence in Employer Branding: Awarded Top Employer &#8211; Again</title>
		<link>http://www.thecareguys.com/2011/09/15/excellence-in-employer-branding-awarded-top-employer-again/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thecareguys.com/2011/09/15/excellence-in-employer-branding-awarded-top-employer-again/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Sep 2011 15:08:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephan Polomski</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Human Resources]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marketing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[attracting and binding engineers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[care for employees]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[caring leadership]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Change Management]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[corporate identity]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[diagnostic interviews]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[empathy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[employee engagement]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[employee growth through employer branding]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Stephan Polomski]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Top employer automotive]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[After more than four years of consequent work, it is our strategic HR vision on the long run, which made us, the XTRONIC GmbH, successful again in attracting and binding engineers in the tight German labour market of engineers and technicians: “To be among Germany´s TOP 100 employers in our segment in 2015 by excelling [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Team Effectiveness – 5 Basics to Achieve It</title>
		<link>http://www.thecareguys.com/2011/08/16/team-effectiveness-%e2%80%93-5-basics-to-achieve-it/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thecareguys.com/2011/08/16/team-effectiveness-%e2%80%93-5-basics-to-achieve-it/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Aug 2011 05:41:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephan Polomski</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Human Resources]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Leadership]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[delegation]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thecareguys.com/?p=1848</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Most teams, from what I observe, do not work up to their full potential and possibility, although knowledge of how to build and lead teams is wide spread and well-known. Still, in many cases the knowledge is not applied during daily routine.
For the operative level of a single team I can tell from my experience [...]]]></description>
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		<title>We Will Win &#8211; Creating High Performance Teams</title>
		<link>http://www.thecareguys.com/2011/08/02/we-will-win-creating-high-performance-teams/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thecareguys.com/2011/08/02/we-will-win-creating-high-performance-teams/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Aug 2011 23:01:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Nothdurft</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Corporate Social Responsibility]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Leadership]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Management]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thecareguys.com/?p=1794</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Leadership that gives teams the chance to define their own goals within defined givens, respects the people, gives them as much freedom as possible and supports participatory elements as Open-Space will create high performance teams.]]></description>
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