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	<description>A Blog on Personal Leadership by the Founder of The Collier Companies</description>
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		<title>TCC Culture: Entrepreneurship Defined (and Embraced!)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[At The Collier Companies, we value entrepreneurship.
Initiative, innovation, creativity, resourcefulness: these all are core to our company culture, a deep part of who we are and how we define ourselves.
An entrepreneur is a person with an idea and the will to see that idea to fruition, and who accomplishes more with less than others think [...]]]></description>
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		<title>EQ: The Beginning of Rapport and a Relationship</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A Classic Post from the NSCBlog Archive
Originally posted on September 5, 2007
A smile, a nod, a quick acknowledgement: Effective use of non-verbal communication. Much has been made of EQ (Emotional Intelligence Quotient) of late, as a rounding out of the older IQ concept (see Daniel Goleman&#8217;s 1996 groundbreaking book, &#8220;Emotional Intelligence: Why it can matter [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nscblog.com/miscellaneous/eq-the-beginning-of-rapport-and-a-relationship-2/</link>
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		<title>Riding for the Brand</title>
		<description><![CDATA[“Riding for the brand” is an expression from cattle ranching days of the American “Old West.” Most literally, the brand referred to the way cattle were marked to indicate ownership, but its meaning goes deeper.
The brand was a “ranch’s trademark and represents pride, duty, and stewardship while inspiring loyalty, dedication, and cowboy camaraderie.” (MontanaBunkhouses website). [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nscblog.com/miscellaneous/riding-for-the-brand/</link>
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		<title>PopCap: Painting Over Rust</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ 
(Friday&#8217;s Populist Capitalist Blog Post)
Painting over rust is what you do when you want something to look better without going to the trouble of solving the underlying problem. The problem remains, but for the time being you look better, can pass cursory inspections, mollify the unsuspecting, and perhaps even receive undeserved praise.
An example is the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nscblog.com/miscellaneous/popcap-paining-over-rust/</link>
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		<title>30 Methods of Influence: #2 Exercise Patience With Others</title>
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&#8220;30 Methods of Influence&#8221; By Stephen Covey
2. Exercise patience with others. In times of stress, our impatience surfaces. We may say things we don’t really mean or intend to say—all out of proportion to reality. Or we may become sullen, communicating through emotion and attitude rather than words, eloquent messages of criticism, judgment, and rejection. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nscblog.com/miscellaneous/30-methods-of-influence-2-exercise-patience-with-others/</link>
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		<title>The Esteemable Value of Emotional Labor</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The ability to build rapport, to make others feel comfortable, valued, and welcome is one of the most vital skills we can possess.
 
Make no mistake about it, the ability to connect emotionally is as much a skill (skill: the ability, coming from one&#8217;s knowledge, practice, aptitude, etc., to do something well) as any other human [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nscblog.com/miscellaneous/the-esteemable-value-of-emotional-labor/</link>
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		<title>TCC Culture:  We Hold Ourselves Accountable: We Expect the Best and We Regularly Inspect for What We Expect</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Core to the culture of The Collier Companies is accountability. We hold ourselves accountable. To our Residents and Customers, to our Team Members, to our investors and owners, to the communities of which we are a part.
We are accountable.
We must perform as promised.
Effort is wonderful and a necessary step in the process. Activity is good. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nscblog.com/miscellaneous/tcc-culture-we-hold-ourselves-accountable-we-expect-the-best-and-we-regularly-inspect-for-what-we-expect/</link>
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		<title>Happiness Is a Skill</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ 
As with any ability or trait, people tend to be born with a certain innate level of happiness.
Like most things, we can get better with practice, effort, and study. And, like most things, if you try too hard, you can overdo it and regress.
One “secret” to happiness is that much of your happiness is learning [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nscblog.com/miscellaneous/happiness-is-a-skill/</link>
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		<title>PopCap: CEO 101: Manage Appearances, Ignore Reality</title>
		<description><![CDATA[(Friday&#8217;s Populist Capitalist Blog Post)
A new study of 1,300 corporate bosses, board directors, and analysts found that CEOs frequently “responded to negative appraisals from Wall Street by managing appearances rather than making changes that actually improve corporate governance.”
In response to charges that boards of directors lack independence, CEOs typically installed directors “who, although they may [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nscblog.com/miscellaneous/popcap-ceo-101-manage-appearance-ignore-reality/</link>
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		<title>30 Methods of Influence: #1 Refrain from saying the unkind or negative thing</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
&#8220;30 Methods of Influence&#8221; By Stephen Covey
1. Refrain from saying the unkind or negative thing, particularly when you are provoked or fatigued. In these circumstances, to not say the unkind or critical thing is a supreme form of self-mastery. Courage is the quality of every quality at its highest testing point. If we have no [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nscblog.com/miscellaneous/30-methods-of-influence-1-refrain-from-saying-the-unkind-or-negative-thing/</link>
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		<title>Getting Past the Past</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The mental game is a huge part of success in life. A little bit of self-confidence can take you a long way.
Much confidence comes from relaxing and taking stumbles in stride. Focus on your successes, build on them. Certainly learn from your mistakes, but don&#8217;t define yourself by your mistakes or your past.
If you define [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nscblog.com/miscellaneous/getting-past-the-past/</link>
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		<title>What Are You CEO Of?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Mark Pincus, founder and chief executive of Zynga, a provider of on-line social games, talks about scalability of organizations: “You can manage 50 people through strength of personality and lack of sleep. You can touch them all in a week and make sure they are all pointed in the right direction.” (The New York Times, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nscblog.com/miscellaneous/what-are-you-ceo-of/</link>
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		<title>&#8220;Silos, Politics, and Turf Wars: Destroying the Barriers that Turn Colleagues into Competitors,&#8221; by Patrick Lenocioni</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Patrick Lenocioni is a business writer who specializes in using fables, or stories, to get his point across. His books are generally quick reads and entertaining, his points simple but compelling. His most famous book is the “The Five Dysfunctions of a Team.” His writings include “Death by Meeting,” “The Five Temptations of a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nscblog.com/miscellaneous/silos-politics-and-turf-wars-destroying-the-barriers-that-turn-colleagues-into-competitors-by-patrick-lenocioni/</link>
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		<title>PopCap: Big Brother Can Be a Bully</title>
		<description><![CDATA[(Friday&#8217;s Populist Capitalist Blog Post)

Society should not pick on the weak or the less fortunate and most certainly we should not allow them to be preyed upon. Yet too often if we do not keep a watchful eye, well-intentioned efforts yield unintended consequences. Or as benefits begin to accrue to a special few, human self-interest [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.nscblog.com/miscellaneous/popcap-big-brother-can-be-a-bully/</link>
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		<title>“Don&#8217;t Believe Everything You Think”</title>
		<description><![CDATA[“Don&#8217;t believe everything you think” is an important admonition on the importance of living an examined life, on the necessity of keeping an open mind, and on the value of allowing your beliefs to be challenged and questioned.
“Don&#8217;t Believe Everything You Think” also is a short book (239 pages plus notes and index), by Thomas [...]]]></description>
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