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		<title>Is your Thinking Stinking, Stagnant, or Strategic?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[“We can&#8217;t solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them.” – Albert Einstein Forget for a moment what you think and focus for a bit on how you think. The way you think about things shapes the way you act on those things. Stinkin Thinkin – Thinking that [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://darenmartin.com/is-your-thinking-stinking-stagnant-or-strategic</link>
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		<title>Strategic Planning for Your Business</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;In the absence of clearly-defined goals, we become strangely loyal to performing daily trivia until ultimately we become enslaved by it.&#8221; Robert Heinlein Do you spend more time working in or on your business? If you don’t spend time on your business you may not have to worry long about working in it! A professional [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://darenmartin.com/strategic-planning-for-your-business-2</link>
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		<title>The Power of Speech</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Words are incredibly powerful. With your words you can inspire, educate, empower, convince, and move people to change. You can also discourage, misinform, confuse, and dis-empower people. To be effective, you must have a good command of language. This does not mean that all successful people are highly educated or have big vocabularies. It does [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://darenmartin.com/the-power-of-speech</link>
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		<title>Apple and Microsofts&#8217; Unholy Union: Why &#8220;Frienemies&#8221; is a Terrible Strategy</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I am a long time Apple computer user. I have no intention of switching to a PC. So when years ago Microsoft introduced Office for Apple it seemed like a match made in heaven. I got to use my computer platform of choice and have access to the most used and robust office tools reserved [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://darenmartin.com/apple-and-microsofts-unholy-union-why-frienemies-is-a-terrible-strategy</link>
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		<title>How Effective is Your Company Culture?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There are certain truths about every company. All companies have a culture Great company cultures don’t happen by accident Company cultures either reinforce or work against your objectives as a company Great company cultures improve retention and performance Leaders are responsible for shaping their company’s culture Consider these questions when evaluating your company culture. At [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://darenmartin.com/truths-company-culture</link>
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		<title>Corporate Culture is Everything at Your Company!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The prevailing thoughts, beliefs, and allegiances that drive processes and behaviors at any given company. – DM Your company has a culture. It is either happening by design or by default. Half way through leading the failing IBM to a new start Lou Gerstner concluded, “culture is everything!” If you don’t change a company’s culture, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://darenmartin.com/corporate-culture-company</link>
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		<title>Strategic Planning for Your Business</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;In the absence of clearly-defined goals, we become strangely loyal to performing daily trivia until ultimately we become enslaved by it.&#8221; &#8211; Robert Heinlein Do you spend more time working in or on your business? If you don’t spend time on your business you may not have to worry long about working in it! A [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://darenmartin.com/strategic-planning-for-your-business</link>
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		<title>What To Do When the Customer is Wrong</title>
		<description><![CDATA[My friend and I popped into a new upscale sports bar to try it out.  We were enjoying a relaxing drink at the bar when one of the customers bellowed at the top of his voice, &#8220;scoooooooooooooooore&#8221;. Maybe he had too many drinks and thought it would be cute, maybe he is one of those [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://darenmartin.com/customer-wrong</link>
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		<title>Motivating Change: Inspiration vs Information</title>
		<description><![CDATA[“If you want to build a ship, don&#8217;t drum up people together to collect wood and don&#8217;t assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for endless immensity of the sea.”&#8211;Antoine de Saint-Exupery This quote is at the core of effective communication strategies particularly those intended to initiate change. Many company messages [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://darenmartin.com/motivating-change-inspiration-information</link>
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		<title>Social Styles &#8211; Communicating Your Way to Better Influence</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A basic understanding of the 4 Social Styles is crucial to being effective with people. It is the single best model I know for learning to effectively speak other people&#8217;s language so that you can maximize your interactions with them. I taught a brief Styles overview at Southwest Airlines to 100+ of their project managers [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://darenmartin.com/social-styles-communicating-influence</link>
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