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	<description>Skillbiz .::. blended learning for leaders and negotiators, to suit them.</description>
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		<title>Fairtrade</title>
		<link>http://www.skillbiz.com.au/fairtrade/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2009 23:54:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[  Many companies make their profits through the unfair arrangements they &#8216;negotiate&#8217; with their growers and suppliers. Its unfair because the power relationship through profit is weighted one way. Whilst the big companies attain profits that allow them to evolve, those who supply them their produce have no-win choices about the deals they are forced [...] ]]></description>
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		<title>Rules of engagement, 1 on 1</title>
		<link>http://www.skillbiz.com.au/relationship-intimacy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 02:06:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[  The ones we love, closest to us, have the benefit of sharing our good points and enduring our bad ones. Intimacy is a two-edged sword – we love, we argue, we smell…
Psychological research constantly explores this realm, and here is a summary of 3 pieces of research to trigger some thought, workplace conversation and [...] ]]></description>
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		<title>Academic research on teams made easy</title>
		<link>http://www.skillbiz.com.au/eating-the-psychological-dictionary/</link>
		<comments>http://www.skillbiz.com.au/eating-the-psychological-dictionary/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 01:56:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[  Teams are everywhere - in sport, business, families. We join teams, get selected into them, and are even born into them. We can love them, hate them, and feel a great sense of belonging or isolation as a result of them. 
A Chinese expression is:
一个中国人&#8211; 一条龙；一群中国人&#8211; 一条虫.
Yi ge Zhongguoren—yi tiao long. Yi qun Zhongguoren—yi [...] ]]></description>
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		<title>Leadership: courtesy as a cultural indicator</title>
		<link>http://www.skillbiz.com.au/leadership-courtesy-as-a-cultural-indicator/</link>
		<comments>http://www.skillbiz.com.au/leadership-courtesy-as-a-cultural-indicator/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2009 05:59:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA["gut feel"]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[China]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[courtesies]]></category>

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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.skillbiz.com.au/?p=117</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[  I sat through an interview once, hardly saying a word. I was patient, respectful, listening. The curious part: it was a job interview and I was the applicant. I did not have to say anything - just be courteous - and finally I was offered the job.
This scenario describes the common use of “gut [...] ]]></description>
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		<title>Executive Coaching: Courtesy as anger prevention</title>
		<link>http://www.skillbiz.com.au/executive-coaching-courtesy-as-anger-prevention/</link>
		<comments>http://www.skillbiz.com.au/executive-coaching-courtesy-as-anger-prevention/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2009 05:52:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.skillbiz.com.au/?p=116</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[  It may surprise you to know that &#8220;courtesy&#8221; is a very common coaching agenda. Anger management may be more familiar as a coaching topic. Using anger, losing one&#8217;s temper, is an emotional extreme – usually a very clear absence of courtesy. 
What is the opposite of anger? You might expect it to be an [...] ]]></description>
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		<title>A Spotlight on Negotiation - Shanghai breakfast event</title>
		<link>http://www.skillbiz.com.au/a-spotlight-on-negotiation-special-breakfast-event/</link>
		<comments>http://www.skillbiz.com.au/a-spotlight-on-negotiation-special-breakfast-event/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Feb 2009 07:17:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.skillbiz.com.au/?p=113</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[  The economy is slowing, many Senior Managers are looking at renegotiating deals with major suppliers, managing creditors and finding ways of retaining or growing business with key accounts. 
Many business leaders struggle with balancing urgent and important drivers - working ‘on the business’ and ‘in the business’. Negotiations that are rushed, quick and dirty, [...] ]]></description>
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		<title>Two drivers of change - fear or opportunity. Which is it for you?</title>
		<link>http://www.skillbiz.com.au/two-drivers-of-change-fear-or-opportunity-which-is-it-for-you/</link>
		<comments>http://www.skillbiz.com.au/two-drivers-of-change-fear-or-opportunity-which-is-it-for-you/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Feb 2009 06:37:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.skillbiz.com.au/?p=104</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[  We all know the economic climate has fallen from a strong position. That is the truth! More businesses are closing down, more people are losing their jobs, and debts are mounting. 
Is it better to call a spade a spade – “things are really bad” or to say “the good times are on their [...] ]]></description>
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		<title>Hope: good psychology or wishful thinking?</title>
		<link>http://www.skillbiz.com.au/hope-good-psychology-or-wishful-thinking/</link>
		<comments>http://www.skillbiz.com.au/hope-good-psychology-or-wishful-thinking/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Feb 2009 06:32:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.skillbiz.com.au/?p=103</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[  The current economic conditions are a challenge to goal-setting, aren’t they? What goals will we set this year? What would it be like to set goals, create an action plan, without hope – is that logical? 
How many companies, and employees, already believe that they can’t achieve their goals this year, in spite of [...] ]]></description>
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		<title>Christmas Hampers Happiness</title>
		<link>http://www.skillbiz.com.au/christmas-hampers-happiness/</link>
		<comments>http://www.skillbiz.com.au/christmas-hampers-happiness/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Dec 2008 10:26:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[  Christmas! Hampers! Happiness!
3 great words - how much fun they are!
Let’s play with the punctuation…
“Christmas hampers!* Happiness!” Sensational!  We love gifts of food and wine.
What if we take all the punctuation away?
Christmas hampers happiness. Now I’m being a real killjoy.
The Psychology of Happiness has a lot to do with Christmas.
Read on…
_______________________________________________
The study of [...] ]]></description>
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		<title>It is Christmas again and my head is spinning!</title>
		<link>http://www.skillbiz.com.au/values/</link>
		<comments>http://www.skillbiz.com.au/values/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Dec 2008 10:26:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.skillbiz.com.au/?p=89</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[  I find Christmas confusing… it’s a religious celebration, a holiday from work, a reason to have a party, a shopping frenzy, an exchange of gifts and greetings, a long-standing cultural tradition, and it is also ignored by many people. And it comes around so quickly every year, seemingly catching us unprepared each time.
What do [...] ]]></description>
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