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		<title>Hands On, Hands Off: How Do You Lead?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Apr 2013 16:00:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>cmatthias</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Emmanuelle Jarmon
WCL Membership Director
Current research by Professor Sheena Iyengar and doctoral candidate Roy Chua explores the idea of how much decision latitude managers should give their employees and its effect on leadership perceptions.
Decision latitude is defined as a “the degree of control a person has over his or her work.” Much has been written about [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Vulnerable Leaders are Key to Engaged Employees</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Mar 2013 13:19:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>cmatthias</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Brene Brown]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Shelley Wagner
 WCL Advisory Council Chairman
Brené Brown is a research professor who has been studying vulnerability, courage, worthiness and shame for over a decade.  She has a compelling video on TED about The power of vulnerability, which will expand your perception.  It is an extremely compelling 18 minutes that will leave you changed if you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Brand or Be Branded: Promoting Yourself and Your Business</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Feb 2013 20:18:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>cmatthias</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[brand marketing]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Promoting your business]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Monique Hayward
President &#38; CEO of Nouveau Connoisseurs Corporation
In today’s global marketplace, business professionals and entrepreneurs must think broadly and strategically about their careers and businesses to create visibility for themselves and their products or services.  That means we must be shameless, fearless promoters of ourselves and our businesses in order to point the spotlight in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What’s Your Personal Theme for 2013?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jan 2013 15:08:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>cmatthias</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Michelle Sosinski
 WCL President
A personal theme for 2013 &#8230; how interesting!  I was intrigued with Gretchen Rubin&#8217;s recent blog on choosing a single word or phrase as an overarching theme for next year.  I kind of like the idea.  By the time I got through reading her blog, I had mine &#8230; &#8220;EXPLORE&#8221;.  I&#8217;m naturally [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Transitioning to Becoming an Entrepreneur &#8211; Part Two</title>
		<link>http://www.wcleadership.com/news/transitioning-to-becoming-an-entrepreneur-part-two/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wcleadership.com/news/transitioning-to-becoming-an-entrepreneur-part-two/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Dec 2012 13:44:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>cmatthias</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Kirsten Meneghello
Illumination Coaching
Part Two – Building Your Support Team &#38; Defining Benchmarks
So you’ve assessed your strengths (see Part One of this article) and recognize that you have what it takes to be an entrepreneur.  You’ve got a business plan and the resources to get started. What else do you need to make this transition?
During any [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Ability to Connect</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Oct 2012 17:29:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>cmatthias</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Amy Weeden
Propeller Resources
As a follow-up to July Leadership Breakfast topic, “Building an Executive Presence: How to work effectively at every organizational level,”  I gave myself homework to truly focus on one of the areas that Kim and I presented – the ability to connect.
I recently made the transition to an entrepreneur, so connecting with people [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Are you really listening?</title>
		<link>http://www.wcleadership.com/news/are-you-really-listening/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Oct 2012 02:33:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>cmatthias</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[communication]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[courageous women leaders]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jennifer Packer 
Peace Health Southwest Medical Center

Have you ever found yourself sitting at your desk, typing on the computer while trying to listen to someone telling you something? When this happens to me, I generally will agree with the person as I know they are speaking, but in actuality, their words did not register. I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Transitioning to Becoming an Entrepreneur &#8211; Part One</title>
		<link>http://www.wcleadership.com/news/transitioning-to-becoming-an-entrepreneur-part-one/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wcleadership.com/news/transitioning-to-becoming-an-entrepreneur-part-one/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Oct 2012 00:24:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>cmatthias</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Kirsten Meneghello
 Illumination Coaching

Part One – Planning Before Setting up Shop
You’ve been daydreaming about leaving your day job behind in order to start your own business, but not sure what to expect or know of all the facets to consider.
First, it’s important to assess your own personality. Are you well suited to being an entrepreneur? [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Building your Ability to Bounce Back</title>
		<link>http://www.wcleadership.com/news/building-your-ability-to-bounce-back/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Aug 2012 02:42:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>cmatthias</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Kelli Gizzi
WCL Social Media Director
I was impressed by the determination and focus of the US and Canadian women&#8217;s teams in the Olympic Women Soccer Semi-finals earlier this week.
What made the biggest impression on me when I watched the game was the display of resiliency on both teams throughout the entire game &#8211; after every set-back, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Take that vacation!</title>
		<link>http://www.wcleadership.com/uncategorized/take-that-vacation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Aug 2012 05:08:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>cmatthias</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Claire Celeste Carnes 
WCL Strategic Marketing Director
Last week WCL member, Julia Baumann Sarver, blogged about making time for your own self-care. Just in case you had any lingering doubts about whether it’s a good time to take vacation, trust me. It is. Now go pack.
The thing is that, while all of us are probably very [...]]]></description>
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