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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Nov 2010 19:56:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Aug 2010 15:46:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Desjardins</dc:creator>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2010 18:03:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Desjardins</dc:creator>
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		<title>From Manager to Leadership: building your Leadership Roadmap</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 May 2010 14:31:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Desjardins</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s a question I get asked fairly often: how can I move from being a manager to truly becoming a leader? It turns out that the answer is &#8220;it&#8217;s a journey; one you can start right now.&#8221; The journey becomes &#8230; <a href="http://mikedesjardins.com/2010/05/27/from-manager-to-leadership-building-your-leadership-roadmap/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mikedesjardins.com&amp;blog=4482048&amp;post=1003&amp;subd=mikedesjardins&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 03:23:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Desjardins</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thank you to Mirjana Galovic for this!<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mikedesjardins.com&amp;blog=4482048&amp;post=758&amp;subd=mikedesjardins&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 18:40:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Desjardins</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[BIV Boardroom Strategy &#8211; Oct 6-12, 2009 [Total read time: 4 mins] In the last two decades, efforts to meet the challenge of reducing the complexity of strategic planning brought about two new approaches: The Balanced Scorecard by Kaplan and &#8230; <a href="http://mikedesjardins.com/2009/10/09/boardroom-strategy-strategic-planning-for-business-and-life/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mikedesjardins.com&amp;blog=4482048&amp;post=736&amp;subd=mikedesjardins&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2009 18:59:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Desjardins</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over the past year I&#8217;m consistently asked to answer the question, &#8220;what is your overall leadership development philosophy?&#8221; I thought it would be helpful to put pen to paper and blog my answer. Our experience over the past 10 years &#8230; <a href="http://mikedesjardins.com/2009/08/17/our-leadership-development-philosophy/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mikedesjardins.com&amp;blog=4482048&amp;post=656&amp;subd=mikedesjardins&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2009 20:15:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Desjardins</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over the past ten years we&#8217;ve had the opportunity to work with well 1,000+ executives and CEOs, focused on helping them becoming better leaders, strategists, and visionaries. In that time I&#8217;ve seen the aftermath of many failed leadership development initiatives, &#8230; <a href="http://mikedesjardins.com/2009/08/04/why-most-leadership-development-initiatives-fail/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mikedesjardins.com&amp;blog=4482048&amp;post=589&amp;subd=mikedesjardins&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Webinar: Leadership Lives in Turbulent Times</title>
		<link>http://mikedesjardins.com/2009/06/18/webinar-leadership-lives-in-turbulent-times/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 16:24:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Desjardins</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Link to the recorded presentation: http://tinyurl.com/mjdrn2 Books I mentioned: Good to Great by Jim Collins Eighth Habit by Stephen Covey Winning by Jack &#38; Suzie Welch Link to our website: http://www.virtusinc.com<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mikedesjardins.com&amp;blog=4482048&amp;post=554&amp;subd=mikedesjardins&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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