Sat.Mar 26, 2011 - Fri.Apr 01, 2011

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Authentic Leadership

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Your perception of me is more important than my perception of me. . Behavioral Awareness. The behavioral blind spot is your reputation that others are discussing--but not with you. In reality, the likelihood is that you will always have a behavioral blind spot, which others may always discuss without you being aware. The danger is that this behavioral blind spot can derail your career.

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CEO Disease Symptoms

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" CEOs often hear what they want to hear rather than what really is on the minds of their subordinates," said Mark Anderson, president of ExecuNet, that conducted a survey of 2,463 C-level respondents in December 2010. "CEOs think of guiding the ship as their purview.". Rank-and-file employees often complain that CEOs don't understand what motivates them.

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The Twitter Influence

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We often think of social media as a powder keg. Facebook and Twitter have the potential to provide an instantaneous sounding board for disconnected people due to their wide range and immediate feedback; creating sudden consequences for anyone who stands out from the crowd. Whether you're a Twitter user like Lady Gaga (over 7.5 million followers) or, say, me (only 135 followers), you're always aware of roughly how many people follow you.

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Beware of the Loss of Consumer Confidence

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The sharp decline reported last week in one confidence gauge, from Reuters and the University of Michigan, has sent up caution flares. Their March index of consumer sentiment sank by 10 points, the 10th-biggest drop on record and a reversal of five prior months of gains. Yesterday, the Conference Board confirmed this decline when they announced that their gauge of consumer confidence fell to 63.4 this month from 72 in February.

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Still Enough Time to "Conquer the Crash?"

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" If you were fortunate enough to have read the first edition of Robert Prechter's Conquer the Crash, your money was safe and sound as stocks, real estate, commodities and many bonds plummeted." Conquer the Crash, 2nd edition , (quote from inside book sleeve). The New York Times bestseller Conquer the Crash published in 2002: As the quote above suggests, Bob Prechter advised readers to avoid risky assets and embrace cash and cash equivalents.

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Google: Too Big and Out-of-Control

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The Google story started as a legend of popular culture. In 1995, Sergey Brin and Larry Page, graduate students at Stanford University, figured out a way to scan and index the Internet. By 1998, they had incorporated Google, coming up with a company name that suggested the audacity of their ambition. ("Googol" is the math term for the figure 1 followed by a hundred zeros.