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		<title>One Major Mistake In Evaluating People</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 10:42:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Good morning, I hope you had a good day yesterday. It was a spectacular day here yesterday although a tough time for others in the Midwest. Have you ever heard someone say that size someone up with a glance? How often have you heard that first appearances are everything? Think about those statements for a bit. Is that really [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bgallen.com&#038;blog=7688470&#038;post=2657&#038;subd=bgallen&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>THE LANTERN AND THE LIGHTHOUSE: A LEADERSHIP PARABLE</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 11:40:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>BG Allen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[THE LANTERN AND THE LIGHTHOUSE: A LEADERSHIP PARABLE Filed under: Leadership Tagged: Leadership, Shared_Vision, Strategic Planning<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bgallen.com&#038;blog=7688470&#038;post=2654&#038;subd=bgallen&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Three Benefits of Wise Counselors</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 11:09:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>BG Allen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is Friday! Looking forward to the weekend after a good, but pretty intense week. &#8220;. . . with those who take advice is wisdom.&#8221; Proverbs 13:10 &#8220;Whoever walks with the wise becomes wise, . . .&#8221; Proverbs 13:20 &#8220;Incline your ear, and hear the words of the wise, . . .&#8221; Proverbs 22:17 This week, I was part [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bgallen.com&#038;blog=7688470&#038;post=2652&#038;subd=bgallen&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>6 Surprising Secrets of Truly Great Bosses</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 02:32:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>BG Allen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[6 Surprising Secrets of Truly Great Bosses 1. Customers second, employees first 2. Don&#8217;t manage the bottom line 3. Celebrate the tough times 4. Have more questions than answers 5, Measure themselves by their worst employees 6. They mistrust their common sense Filed under: Leadership<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bgallen.com&#038;blog=7688470&#038;post=2646&#038;subd=bgallen&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>4 Very Powerful Things to Say</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 10:51:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Good morning! As leaders, there are some things that we just forget to say or that we somehow don&#8217;t think we need to or should say. That&#8217;s a mistake. In her article on the Inc. site Maria Tabaka lists four statements that she has found to be powerful and necessary. 1. I&#8217;m sorry 2. I was wrong 3. I [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bgallen.com&#038;blog=7688470&#038;post=2643&#038;subd=bgallen&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Dealing With The Weeds</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 10:30:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>BG Allen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Good morning! It&#8217;s the start of another great week! It&#8217;s spring and one of the signs of spring is the seemingly ever-present dandelion along with all sorts of other weeds in your lawn. Have you noticed how quickly they grow and crowd out the good grass? They even look sort of pretty with their yellow [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bgallen.com&#038;blog=7688470&#038;post=2637&#038;subd=bgallen&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Business Model You</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 10:29:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>BG Allen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Good Friday morning to you! I hope you have a great end to your week. In the past I have posted about the Business Model Canvas which is a one-page tool for developing your business model. That tool has also been adapted into the Business Model You which is a great tool for drawing your own [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bgallen.com&#038;blog=7688470&#038;post=2632&#038;subd=bgallen&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;How to Set Yourself Up for a Productive Day&#8221; &#8211; Michael Hyatt</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 12:04:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>BG Allen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Good morning! In line with what I have been posting this week is a post by Michael Hyatt entitled &#8220;How to Set Yourself Up for a Productive Day&#8220;. It&#8217;s worth a quick read. Have a blessed day! BG Filed under: Personal Management, Productivity Tagged: Effectiveness, Michael_Hyatt, Productivity<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bgallen.com&#038;blog=7688470&#038;post=2629&#038;subd=bgallen&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Seven Habits for a More Productive Week</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 11:09:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>BG Allen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Good morning &#8211; headed to Michigan today to see some of my favorite people at Life Action Ministries. Question &#8211; are you as productive as you want to be? Is there a nagging feeling that you&#8217;re not &#8220;hitting on all cylinders?&#8221; Most of us struggle with this and we&#8217;re really not as effective and productive [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bgallen.com&#038;blog=7688470&#038;post=2625&#038;subd=bgallen&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Great Leaders are Simplfiers</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 11:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>BG Allen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Quote for the day: &#8220;Great leaders are almost always great simplifiers, who can cut through argument, debate, and doubt to offer a solution everybody can understand.&#8220; - General Colin Powell Filed under: Leadership, Management Tagged: Alan Siegel, Irene Etzkorn, Leadership, Simple<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bgallen.com&#038;blog=7688470&#038;post=2622&#038;subd=bgallen&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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