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		<title>Culture Eats Strategy</title>
		<description><![CDATA[February 20, 2012 Culture Eats Strategy by Roger North   Did you ever shop at Genuardi’s? A wonderful family owned supermarket chain, Genuardi’s was Wegmans before Wegmans. It was Whole Foods before Whole Foods. Whatever happened to Genuardi’s anyway? Founded in 1920 by Italian immigrants, Genuardi’s was in family hands for five decades. By 2000, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>It&#8217;s All About Adaptability</title>
		<description><![CDATA[February 6, 2012 It's All About Integrity by Gerald Meck I recently read an article entitled “The Future of Business is Pure Chaos. Here’s how you can survive – and perhaps even thrive” by Robert Safian in the January 2012 issue of Fast Company.   This article stimulated my thinking about what kind of leadership is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What’s the Big Deal about Culture?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[January 22, 2012 What's the Big Deal about Culture? by Dennis Clemmer At times you undoubtedly get tired of hearing us pound away at this organizational culture stuff. There are times when I, too, think maybe we overdo it. About the time I begin to think that, a story or two emerges that makes me [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Feedback to Move Forward</title>
		<description><![CDATA[January 5, 2012 Feedback to Move Forward by Sheryl Eberly Our family is gathered around the holiday table, college kids enjoying home-cooked goodness. The mood is light. I decide to toss out a question: Hey kids, what should my New Year’s resolutions be this year? This is a different approach for me. Typically I come [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Timeless Truths</title>
		<description><![CDATA[December 20, 2011 Timeless Truths by Jerry Murray One of our stated beliefs at North Group is that “there are very few shortcuts to personal development and organizational growth.”  Personal development doesn’t happen in a microwave oven.  It’s slow roasted with great care and intentionality.  The concept is simple, but not easy.  It’s simple, because [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Are You Sure You Know the Whole Story?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[December 5, 2011 Are You Sure You Know the Whole Story? by Joanne Ladley As a consultant with the North Group I get to facilitate a number of peer groups. Establishing ground rules is always part of the first meeting’s agenda and “no judgments” is always one of our ground rules. Judgment makes it so easy [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8230;thank you for choosing to fly Southwest.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[November 18, 2011 ...thank you for choosing to fly Southwest. by Daryl Leisey A couple of weeks ago, my wife and I had the opportunity to take a flight to visit our children who attend college in western Tennessee. After researching all the options, we decided on a flight offered by Southwest Airlines. I know there [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Two Leaders &#8211; Two Outcomes</title>
		<description><![CDATA[November 4, 2011 Two Leaders – Two Outcomes by Roger North How can two leaders doing virtually the same tasks get such vastly different organizational results? I’ve been thinking about that question as I’ve observed two leaders lately. There are many similarities. Both leaders work very hard. No questions about commitment or work ethic. Both [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Encouragement</title>
		<description><![CDATA[October 20, 2011 Encouragement by Gerald Meck Recently I was working at my desk preparing for a board meeting when one of the members came into my office, and began to talk to me. My first reaction was that I did not have the time to talk. Why was he disturbing me as I prepared for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>It&#8217;s All About Integrity</title>
		<description><![CDATA[October 5, 2011 It's All About Integrity by Dennis Clemmer Had a chance meeting with a friend recently at a social gathering, and as we were about to part he stated, “Great seeing you.  Let’s do lunch sometime.  I’ll give you a call.” Sad to say but I doubt that I will get this call [...]]]></description>
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