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		<title>The Checklist Checklist</title>
		<link>http://smallbusinesscentralblog.com/2010/03/09/the-checklist-checklist/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 01:03:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nancy Chorpenning</dc:creator>
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What Sort of Checklist Should You Be Using? &#8211; Justin Fox &#8211; Harvard Business Review
I worked with surgeons for more than 20 years as their publishing partner, and remember well hearing about Atul Gawande&#8217;s early research transferring the pilot checklist concept to surgical practice. (It was around the time that news stories were hitting about [...]]]></description>
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		<title>3 Questions, 8 Characteristics, and 4 Signs for the New Year</title>
		<link>http://smallbusinesscentralblog.com/2010/01/05/3-questions-8-characteristics-and-4-signs-for-the-new-year/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jan 2010 21:12:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nancy Chorpenning</dc:creator>
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HBR Blogs: Three Questions Executives Should Ask for the New Year

I love the Harvard Business Review blogs. It&#8217;s where all the great research they do gets turned into practical guidance that can make a real difference!
Melissa Raffoni wrote a terrific article, brief enough to be read quickly, but meaty enough to be invaluable long term. In [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What Happened at the White House Job Summit?</title>
		<link>http://smallbusinesscentralblog.com/2009/12/05/what-happended-at-the-white-house-job-summit/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Dec 2009 18:22:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nancy Chorpenning</dc:creator>
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White House job summit: Obama pushes business &#8211; Money
&#8220;&#8216;The number 1 priority is to get banks lending to small businesses because small businesses create the majority of jobs in the United States,&#8217; [Google's Eric] Schmidt said.&#8221; This quote comes from the article in CNN&#8217;s Money.com (link above).
Finally! Is Washington beginning to &#8220;get it&#8221;? The answer [...]]]></description>
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		<title>10 Questions You Should Never Stop Asking</title>
		<link>http://smallbusinesscentralblog.com/2009/11/30/10-questions-you-should-never-stop-asking/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 16:05:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nancy Chorpenning</dc:creator>
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The 10 Questions You Should Never Stop Asking
Here is an excellent overview in Forbes for those looking for &#8220;the easy answers to business success.&#8221; Not that implementing the advice is easy!
But if you can address all these questions, you will improve the success of your organization. More importantly, if you&#8217;re not regularly exploring these issues, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What Women Business Owners Think&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://smallbusinesscentralblog.com/2009/11/14/what-women-business-owners-think/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 23:58:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nancy Chorpenning</dc:creator>
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&#8230; about Strategic Planning!
Check out this link!
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		<title>Chris Brogan Does Goals</title>
		<link>http://smallbusinesscentralblog.com/2009/10/28/chris-brogan-does-goals/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 21:08:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nancy Chorpenning</dc:creator>
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Do you know Chris Brogan? He&#8217;s one of the current gurus of social media, and has some very entertaining and interesting observations about marketing. If you&#8217;re looking for practical marketing tips to permit you some online success, you might try subscribing to his e-newsletter here.
His latest newsletter includes a story that resonates with me, &#8220;Simple [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What Constitutes a Leader?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2009 20:47:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nancy Chorpenning</dc:creator>
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On Friday, I attended an excellent seminar on leadership offered by Jenny Whitener, Chief Executive of Bridge Consulting International and alumna of Cap Gemini Ernst &#38; Young. Among the many fascinating learnings she shared was a simple and elegant list of what &#8220;followers most admire in their leaders.&#8221; According to Kouzes and Posner in their [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Think and Grow Rich</title>
		<link>http://smallbusinesscentralblog.com/2009/10/10/think-and-grow-rich/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Oct 2009 02:51:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nancy Chorpenning</dc:creator>
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Have you heard of Napoleon Hill?  He was an author and lecturer in the early part of the 20th century, influenced by such business leaders as Andrew Carnegie.
He wrote about his philosophy of achievement in a book called &#8220;Think and Grow Rich,&#8221; in 1937. Remarkably &#8211; or perhaps not &#8211; there are lessons in his [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Top 5 Reasons for Business Planning</title>
		<link>http://smallbusinesscentralblog.com/2009/10/10/top-5-reasons-for-business-planning/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Oct 2009 02:26:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nancy Chorpenning</dc:creator>
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Some recent articles have included some extraordinary &#8211; yet not surprising &#8211; statistics: companies with just the strategic section of a business plan have 50% more profits and revenue than non-planning businesses. Another survey found business planning companies have 63% higher revenue growth and 100% more profit.
If that isn&#8217;t enough reason, here are a few [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Got Your ARC Loan?</title>
		<link>http://smallbusinesscentralblog.com/2009/10/08/got-your-arc-loan/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 15:42:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nancy Chorpenning</dc:creator>
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If you don&#8217;t have an ARC loan, you&#8217;re not alone!
The America’s Recovery Capital (ARC) Loan Program was introduced in June 2009 by the US Small Business Administration &#8220;to provide up to $35,000 in short-term relief for viable small businesses facing immediate financial hardship to help ride out the current uncertain economic times and return to [...]]]></description>
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