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	<title>The Care Guys &#187; comfort zone</title>
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		<title>Leadership as Self-Discovery</title>
		<link>http://www.thecareguys.com/2011/10/11/leadership-as-self-discovery/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Oct 2011 03:41:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephan Polomski</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Identity, life and learning are closely linked when it comes to the discovery of ourselves, especially when we embody a leading position. Crucial is the fact, that the leader is capable to make himself object of his perception. This is the necessary prerequisite to unfold the capability to reflect oneself as a leader &#8211; and: [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Importance of Self-Reflection</title>
		<link>http://www.thecareguys.com/2010/09/15/the-importance-of-self-reflection/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Sep 2010 20:55:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephan Polomski</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My key finding: we as society execute excellent research based leadership studies, know about excellent theoretical leadership models and communication methods and consider best practice examples of leadership we observe or hear about. Out of history and current research, basically, our societies know everything valuable about this very topic. Our whole knowledge of how to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Make It Work: Employer Branding II &#8211; Implement It!</title>
		<link>http://www.thecareguys.com/2010/01/28/make-it-work-employer-branding-ii-implement-it/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thecareguys.com/2010/01/28/make-it-work-employer-branding-ii-implement-it/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2010 05:47:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephan Polomski</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Marketing]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thecareguys.com/?p=548</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Just at the moment, the shareholders of the companies I worked for understood that implementing employer branding will affect their whole company, internally and externally, they sometimes lost courage because they where – I guess – afraid of an all pervading change management and high investment. In this blog (and upcoming occasions) I will show [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to Care after Downsizing II</title>
		<link>http://www.thecareguys.com/2009/12/11/how-to-care-after-downsizing-ii/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thecareguys.com/2009/12/11/how-to-care-after-downsizing-ii/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2009 18:46:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephan Polomski</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[comfort zone]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Corporate Culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[creativity]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[empathy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[employee needs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Employer Branding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[empowerment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[freedom]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[innovation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[leaders]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[loyalty]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thecareguys.com/?p=419</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Two weeks ago, I said in part one of this blog, before establishing a new balance within a downsized organization or healing it a change of attitude of both, managers and employees, is necessary. This attitude should welcome a structural framework shaped by ambiguity and temporariness.
How to achieve a change in attitude?
We have to convey [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Make It Work: Employer Branding I</title>
		<link>http://www.thecareguys.com/2009/10/21/make-it-work-employer-branding-i/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thecareguys.com/2009/10/21/make-it-work-employer-branding-i/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 19:41:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephan Polomski</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Human Resources]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Leadership]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bonding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[care for employees]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Change Management]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thecareguys.com/?p=280</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[What are we talking about when talking about Employer Branding? When we start to talk about employer branding we find two major occasions why to talk about this seemingly unproductive topic. It is the when which leads us right to the definition. The main reasons why to yearn for employer branding are
1. Your people resign [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Reaching the Top&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.thecareguys.com/2009/09/23/reaching-the-top/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thecareguys.com/2009/09/23/reaching-the-top/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 18:21:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephan Polomski</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Corporate Social Responsibility]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Attitude]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[company outing]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Death]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Democracy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[freedom]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hanspeter Eisendle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[leaders]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[limits]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[love]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[managers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Modesty]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[mountaineering]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Resonance]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thecareguys.com/?p=196</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[… is not the objective” – that was what Hanspeter Eisendle, our mountain guide, said, just when we reached Cassian´s Peak at 2581 meters height in the Sarentin Alps in South Tyrol last week.
After some hours marching through walls of fog and the sentiment of deception that the Dolomites and their spectacular summits on the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reasoning on Resonance</title>
		<link>http://www.thecareguys.com/2009/08/16/reasoning-on-resonating/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thecareguys.com/2009/08/16/reasoning-on-resonating/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2009 14:54:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephan Polomski</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Human Resources]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thecareguys.com/?p=97</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Einstein said: „Although it is possible to describe everything in life scientifically, it would not make sense. Even more: it would be absolutely meaningless &#8211; as if one would try to describe a symphony of Beethoven as a variation of differing acoustic waves and their differing compression.”
So, what is resonance?
In the technical sense and much [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Everybody Has His Own Comfort Zone</title>
		<link>http://www.thecareguys.com/2009/08/01/everybody-has-his-own-comfort-zone/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thecareguys.com/2009/08/01/everybody-has-his-own-comfort-zone/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2009 09:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Heinz Landau</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In May this year, I went on a safari holiday to South Africa. We spent nine days in the Etali Safari Lodge in the Madikwe Game Reserve. Daily, we went on game drives from 6 a.m. to 10 a.m. and from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. It was an amazing experience which we definitely will [...]]]></description>
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