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DECEMBER 10, 2010

  The plans are that SpaceX's Falcon rocket and Dragon capsule will be used to transport astronauts and equipment back and forth from the International Space Station.    Wonder what 2011 has in store for him?   It's funny and informative.

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JULY 14, 2010

They’ll be the people who are walking about a quarter mile ahead instinctively passing on the left and otherwise artfully sidestepping the aimless people who don’t have a plan for getting to the gate. Once we’re through security, have a plan. You can spot them easily. This is not something we should have to talk through.

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JULY 13, 2010

It’s the World War II story of how some ingenious British intelligence officers came up with a complicated and macabre plan to trick the Germans into moving their defenses away from the intended location of an Allied invasion. Operation Mincemeat is a true story that reads like a novel.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

In this week’s book club video, I share three simple (and whack up the side of the head obvious) design principles that Marc and Miriam apply to designing talent management initiatives such as performance reviews, 360 degree feedback and succession planning.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2010

  It’s a guidebook for new Members of Congress and provides a step by step plan for getting up to speed quickly.      Get your team involved in discussing strategic goals and planning how to execute against those goals.   There’s a lot of sound advice there. 

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DECEMBER 8, 2010

  As the requirements build, you have to plan and go on increasingly long bike rides culminating in a 50 miler.  create an individualized learning plan together c. Subscribe to Blog Updates via Email or RSS Chart Your Course in 2011 with a Life GPS® Interactive Program Details Here Join me for the.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

  What’s the communications game plan? Subscribe to Blog Updates via Email or RSS Chart Your Course in 2011 with a Life GPS® Interactive Program Details Here Join me for the. IMPACT:  Which individuals or groups have a stake in this? What do we know about what they think, feel and want?

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OCTOBER 11, 2010

Be the Strategist: Develop and communicate an overall picture and plan for your organization. Subscribe to Blog Updates via Email or RSS Chart Your Course in 2011 with a Life GPS® Interactive Program Details Here Join me for the. Secure resources when possible and appropriate. Line up key meetings. Involve your leaders in the process.

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JULY 20, 2010

It's so important to put ourselves in the shoes of and look through the eyes of others when we're structuring a communications game plan. Subscribe to Blog Updates via Email or RSS Chart Your Course in 2011 with a Life GPS® Interactive Program Details Here Join me for the. Three of my favorite questions to help are What?

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JULY 12, 2010

Of course, the capper was when he told the interviewer Jim Gray that of the six NBA teams that had been recruiting him, the only one that knew his decision at that moment was the one that he planned to play for. A few seconds later, he announced that it was the Miami Heat.

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OCTOBER 6, 2010

After he used the Trib’s own retirement plan as leverage to buy the company, Zell brought in as CEO a former morning zoo style radio shock jock named Randy Michaels. Subscribe to Blog Updates via Email or RSS Chart Your Course in 2011 with a Life GPS® Interactive Program Details Here Join me for the.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2010

  From there, I caught a taxi to the train station, hopped on TrenItalia to Florence and was at my hotel maybe an hour later than originally planned. Subscribe to Blog Updates via Email or RSS Chart Your Course in 2011 with a Life GPS® Interactive Program Details Here Join me for the.

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NOVEMBER 15, 2010

  There must have been some glitch in the succession plan that got you onto this team.  Subscribe to Blog Updates via Email or RSS Chart Your Course in 2011 with a Life GPS® Interactive Program Details Here Join me for the. .  These people are all so well informed and you don’t know beans. 

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JULY 16, 2010

The heart of that program is what we call an Executive Success Plan. Subscribe to Blog Updates via Email or RSS Chart Your Course in 2011 with a Life GPS® Interactive Program Details Here Join me for the. Based on some initial 360 feedback, each executive chooses a couple of specific behaviors to work on during the program.

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JULY 19, 2010

An exemplar of moving from I to We, here's what he said at the end of the end of the column: I decided this year to give my company to my employees through an employee stock ownership plan. Subscribe to Blog Updates via Email or RSS Chart Your Course in 2011 with a Life GPS® Interactive Program Details Here Join me for the.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2010

Leverage Experience:   Once an operating rhythm was established, Allen and his team ended each day with a meeting with Gulf Coast state and local officials to review progress and plan the next day’s efforts.   The local officials had veto power.    When the earthquake hit Haiti, the situation was similar to Katrina.

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2010

Yes, Luis Urzua is organizing work assignments for the crew,  assisting with the plan to get out of the mine and ensuring that no one eats a meal until everyone’s food has been sent down the shaft. Subscribe to Blog Updates via Email or RSS Chart Your Course in 2011 with a Life GPS® Interactive Program Details Here Join me for the.

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JULY 29, 2010

It's much easier to yell and blame and be random than it is to grow and learn and plan. Subscribe to Blog Updates via Email or RSS Chart Your Course in 2011 with a Life GPS® Interactive Program Details Here Join me for the. As far as why people act this way, it's pure laziness.

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AUGUST 18, 2010

You don’t want to be walking in 5 or 10 minutes before you’re scheduled to start speaking and find that nothing you had planned around room setup is going to work. Subscribe to Blog Updates via Email or RSS Chart Your Course in 2011 with a Life GPS® Interactive Program Details Here Join me for the.

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NOVEMBER 5, 2010

  When I met her, she walked into the room on crutches and stood and talked with me for 20 minutes about her career with the Army and her plans for the future. Subscribe to Blog Updates via Email or RSS Chart Your Course in 2011 with a Life GPS® Interactive Program Details Here Join me for the.

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