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		<title>Always Focus on Strengths, Not Weaknesses</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2010 17:31:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dorene</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Trying to overcome or improve on one's weaknesses is counter-productive. It only weakens our confidence, enthusiasm, creativity and overall performance. Worse still, we don't get that much better for all the effort. Instead, attention should focus on expanding upon strengths and <strong>working around</strong> weaknesses . . . that's where the real gold is in improving overall performance.]]></description>
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		<title>Should You Become a Generalist or Specialist?</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[One way to define a professional role is to tag it as generalist and specialist. In general, specialists tend to drill down into a particular field, becoming an expert in a narrow area, whereas generalists develop broad proficiency across several related, but distinct, functional areas. The value of a specialist to an organization is his [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How Do You &#8220;Show Up&#8221; In the Room?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jun 2010 22:10:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[You will distinguish yourself from the rest of the pack if you spend some percent of your time attending to your character and ensuring integrity in your dealings with yourself and others.]]></description>
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		<title>Will a Consulting Career Satisfy You?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 May 2010 18:41:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dorene</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Consulting is a distinct job with specific characteristics that one is either suited to, or not. It is not just the "next step" one takes upon reaching the level of expert in a given field.]]></description>
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		<title>The Best Consultants Are Exceptional Listeners</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 May 2010 21:41:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dorene</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Exceptional listening and inquiry skills are important characteristics of the best management consultants.]]></description>
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		<title>Developing a Support System Is Important!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 May 2010 22:54:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dorene</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A significant determinant in how well a client navigates in periods of uncertainty and stress is the amount and quality of emotional support that he or she has to rely upon. ]]></description>
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		<title>Introducing Dorene &amp; Stepwell</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 23:32:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I’m Dorene Mahoney, and this is my site.  I’m new to blogging, but not to writing, and not to business coaching and consulting.  I had my own consulting firm through the 90’s named Clarity Consulting before I returned to an inside position with a corporation.
Throughout my career I have alternated between outside and inside:  I [...]]]></description>
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