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		<title>Maintenance or Progress?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I think about the difference between maintenance and making the property  &#8220;better.&#8221;  Occasionally we add something new or improve the property in  some way.  This year I added some lovely flower boxes in all the  windows.  One year we installed a larger hot water heater so we stopped  running out of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lowering Expectations</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A few years ago, when I was taking the courses for Organization and  Relationship Systems Coaching (ORSC), I noticed that my expectations for  my marriage were going up.  I was studying relationship and learning  how to coach both families and teams andI noticed that my spouse wasn&#8217;t  quite measuring up to [...]]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;And the day came when the risk to remain tight  in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.&#8221; Anais Nin
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		<title>Sales isn&#8217;t about emotion.  It&#8217;s activity!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[My clients&#8217; are like many business owners.  They are excited about the  service or product they deliver.  They dream of being able to deliver  that product or service all the time.  They become nervous when they  don&#8217;t have the customers they were hoping for and then they become  scared as they [...]]]></description>
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		<title>My Best Self</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A few years ago I was asked to serve as a board member in a community  I am a part of.  At the time, I was honoured to be asked.  I liked the  idea of making decisions and having a voice.  I also felt somewhat  inadequate.  I realized [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Resilience</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I have been talking with people about resilience this year.  It  hasn&#8217;t been easy for many in business this year.  There have been  layoffs, sales numbers have been missed, survival has been the  conversation rather than 5 year goals.  Vision conversations and  succession planning have been replaced with short term measures [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://sageportfoliogroup.com/blog/2010/06/resilience/</link>
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		<title>Leadership starts in Kindergarten!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On a recent trip to visit the kindergarten classroom of my 4-year old twins, Emerson and Xander, I noticed how many of the challenges we see on leadership teams do have roots early on—in the kindergarten classroom.  I have to say, my childrens&#8217; teacher is a brilliant.  I watched her blend great facilitation , inquiry, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://sageportfoliogroup.com/blog/2010/06/leadership-starts-in-kindergarten/</link>
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		<title>Five Tips for Keeping Your Best Employees in a Recession</title>
		<description><![CDATA[1. Keep the information flowing. Don&#8217;t hide your head in the sand and pretend the recession isn&#8217;t happening. People will jump ship and look for a new job if they hear rumors about lay-offs and don&#8217;t know how they may be affected.
2. Offer as much security as you can in the midst of uncertainty. You [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://sageportfoliogroup.com/blog/2009/09/five-tips-for-keeping-your-best-employees-in-a-recession/</link>
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		<title>Six Tips for Setting Great Sales Goals</title>
		<description><![CDATA[1. Make your goal incredibly specific. If you are setting a goal for cold calls, make the number specific. Decide whether it means calls or contacts or conversations. For example, “I will make 100 cold calls where I talk to a new potential client by phone or email.”
2. Set a &#8220;complete by&#8221; date. A goal [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://sageportfoliogroup.com/blog/2009/09/six-tips-for-setting-great-sales-goals/</link>
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		<title>Sharpening Your Profit Focus</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Steve Wheatly, the manager of a successful luggage and travel accessories store, recently cut off a Google ad campaign that promoted a product on the company’s website. He was paying as much as $93 per sale, but the product retailed for only $53. That kind of upside-down ROI was the impetus for immediate action, right? [...]]]></description>
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