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		<title>“If the vision is off, every supporting resource is as well”</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2012 11:44:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Donny Barstow</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lack of vision is a frustration; one so paramount to Leadership that it cannot be ignored.  The vision for the organization changes with time.  When we enter a transition phase and the vision becomes blurred, we become restless.  The goal is to regain clarity as quickly as possible and communicate with the team in order [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=devotedtoleadership.wordpress.com&amp;blog=14467049&amp;post=296&amp;subd=devotedtoleadership&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>“Tenacity tromps failure”</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 02:26:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Donny Barstow</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We all fail, but failure is only bad if we lack the tenacity to recover, learn, grow, and win the next time. Within the ethical/moral boundaries, leaders do what it takes to win, and that level of determination stems from having experienced failures. Given that there are so many ways to fail, let’s narrow it down to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=devotedtoleadership.wordpress.com&amp;blog=14467049&amp;post=284&amp;subd=devotedtoleadership&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>“Make decisions based on your criteria, not someone else’s”</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 11:02:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Donny Barstow</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The worst decisions we make stem from letting another organization or person have too much influence.  This happens when hiring employees, negotiating a contract, partnering with another business, buying products / services for our organization or in our personal lives, etc.  The first step is ensuring we have developed a set of criteria that will [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=devotedtoleadership.wordpress.com&amp;blog=14467049&amp;post=277&amp;subd=devotedtoleadership&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>“Leaders know when to get their hands dirty and when to get out of the way”</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 11:00:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Donny Barstow</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We should always lead by example in our work ethic, integrity, positive energy, and being goal oriented. There is also a time and place for jumping in the middle of how business is done each day.  Do it at the wrong time and your telling others that you do not believe in them and that [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=devotedtoleadership.wordpress.com&amp;blog=14467049&amp;post=274&amp;subd=devotedtoleadership&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>“Always ensure business/career goals are aligned with key profit drivers and that personal goals are aligned with true happiness”</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2011 12:32:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Donny Barstow</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In business the first step is to know the profit drivers.  This sounds simple enough, but many businesses lack the right focus on these key areas simply because no one has taken time to identify them.  As a result the goals are set on things that affect profitability, but are not profit drivers.  For example, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=devotedtoleadership.wordpress.com&amp;blog=14467049&amp;post=270&amp;subd=devotedtoleadership&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>“The easiest path to becomong a leader is to have the right perception of what it takes, yet the hardest thing to do is to change one’s perception”</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Nov 2011 12:04:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Donny Barstow</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The largest hurdle in becoming a leader is one’s preconceived notion that it is someone else’s job to grow them or to notice them.  Without the right perception it is easy to be stifled by getting caught up in what is fair or not fair.   Leaders do not think in terms of what is fair [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=devotedtoleadership.wordpress.com&amp;blog=14467049&amp;post=268&amp;subd=devotedtoleadership&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>“A  plan is dead without the ability to execute, and execution is boring without creative/big picture thinking (a great plan) by every member of the leadership team”</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Nov 2011 12:45:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Donny Barstow</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Leaders are creative when it comes to big picture thinking.  They also have the ability to get granular when it is time for execution.  For any organization on a calendar year budget, this (November) is the time of year to start defining initiatives, goals, and the overall budget for next year.  For those on other budget [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=devotedtoleadership.wordpress.com&amp;blog=14467049&amp;post=263&amp;subd=devotedtoleadership&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>“Parenthood and Leadership are Synonymous”</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Oct 2011 12:03:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Donny Barstow</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have not yet had the pleasure of being a parent, but we are expecting in March of 2012.  We actually find out today if our baby is a boy or a girl.   Kristen and I are mentally preparing ourselves for parenthood.  We are reading countless books and taking in as much advice from others as [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=devotedtoleadership.wordpress.com&amp;blog=14467049&amp;post=259&amp;subd=devotedtoleadership&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>“When accompanied by a full understanding of Leadership, being the best at what you do allows you to choose what you do”</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Oct 2011 10:51:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Donny Barstow</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[People tend to define themselves (in regards to profession) by what they do.  Maybe they are in  Marketing, IT, Sales, Services, etc.   It is a great accomplishment for anyone to get to the point where they know where they fit.  Within that specialized area they likely have some sort of status within their own mind [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=devotedtoleadership.wordpress.com&amp;blog=14467049&amp;post=257&amp;subd=devotedtoleadership&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>“Everything we do and how we do it, matters”</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Oct 2011 13:00:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Donny Barstow</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My wife (Kristen) said this to me the other day when we were discussing her business.  She has a wonderful team at Vocelles Bridal, which she is very proud of and she was reflecting on how important it is to have everyone on the team understand that everything they do matters in regards to interactions with customers [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=devotedtoleadership.wordpress.com&amp;blog=14467049&amp;post=254&amp;subd=devotedtoleadership&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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