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	<title>Michael T. Neiss &#38; Associates</title>
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		<title>Why before what in planning&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[“The secret of success is constancy of purpose.” Benjamin Disraeli “Create constancy of purpose toward improvement of product and service, with the aim to become competitive and to stay in business, and to provide jobs.” W. Edwards Deming Whether it is called vision, ambition, BHAG, goal, whatever, I have little doubt that a compelling purpose [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.michaelneiss.com/uncategorized/why-before-what-in-planning/</link>
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		<title>No Fail Execution</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A sense of mission where failure is not an option is a critical success factor for business excellence. It’s also a rare commodity. The motivational benefits a clear sense of mission produces is second to none. When all the people in an organization are singularly focused upon achieving a mission, and they understand that failure [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.michaelneiss.com/uncategorized/no-fail-execution/</link>
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		<title>The Seduction of the Comfortable</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Comfort is tyranny. Being comfortable provides needed respite from the irritants our fast paced, complex world endlessly throws our way. We need comfort. It feels good to have a warm house on a cold day. A favorite pair of shoes on a long walk. Money left over after paying the bills. Incremental business growth. Comfort [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.michaelneiss.com/observations/the-seduction-of-the-comfortable/</link>
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		<title>Adjusting the Lens&#8230;Seeing Happiness</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Coffee in hand, computer fired up, email reviewed, news websites scanned, twitter and Facebook accounts checked, and I am off to another day’s labor. I might have headed down the wrong path already this morning. Recently Robert Thompson and I had a chance to talk with Tim Sanders about his new book, Today We Are [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.michaelneiss.com/uncategorized/adjusting-the-lens-seeing-happiness/</link>
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		<title>Thank God its Monday</title>
		<description><![CDATA[While the research shows most would disagree with me, I think Mondays are great. Sure, it’s just an artificial marker on a calendar, but I always think of it as a fresh start. For many, it becomes just more of the same. I find that sad &#8211; not just for them, but for their organizations [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.michaelneiss.com/uncategorized/thank-god-its-monday/</link>
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		<title>Don&#8217;t miss the mark with your brand promise.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I am privy to a fair amount of internal business communications that tout the commitment to lean operations, sourcing for best prices, cutting waste from processes, eliminating actual waste from product, etc.   They are all important areas to be managed.  For all the excitement generated internally, you might be surprised by the customer’s point [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.michaelneiss.com/uncategorized/dont-miss-the-mark-with-your-brand-promise/</link>
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		<title>I Stand Corrected. Charisma Does Matter</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I’d like to take a moment to amend some counsel I gave.  Turns out, it may have been, well, wrong.  I have shared with my clients that you really don’t need to be charismatic to be a great leader.  Perhaps I was trying to offer comfort to those that didn’t think they could be charismatic.  [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.michaelneiss.com/observations/i-stand-corrected-charisma-does-matter/</link>
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		<title>Dexter and the Serial Leaders</title>
		<description><![CDATA[After catching up with past episodes of Dexter, I wondered if there was such a thing as a serial leader. (it was late, I was tired, my synapses sometimes take their own path) I thought about the leaders I have known for some twenty plus years of my practice and I think the answer is [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.michaelneiss.com/uncategorized/dexter-and-the-serial-leaders/</link>
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		<title>As Heard from Reliable Sources&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Not every boss has the chance to go undercover to hear first hand how things are going in the organization.  Perhaps because of my background in operations and my time getting dirt under my fingernails, I feel very comfortable talking to the people on the factory floor or several tiers down the corporate ladder in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.michaelneiss.com/observations/as-heard-from-reliable-sources/</link>
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		<title>Tweet the future!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[One hundred and forty characters.  The Twitter limit can actually be a useful learning tool for organizational communication.  Our world is full of interruptions.  Research shows the average person is interrupted every eleven minutes on the job.  Other recent research I have read asserts the human brain has difficulty processing more than three pieces of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.michaelneiss.com/observations/tweet-the-future/</link>
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