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		<title>Bully for You; How to Stop Being an Office Bully&#8217;s Target</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 01:55:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jackie Kellso</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If I may be so bold, unless you wish to be, you are not in your job to be anyone&#8217;s &#8220;punching bag&#8221; or the butt of sadistic manuevers to undermine you or your work. If you&#8217;ve been spending countless nights worrying about how to deal with your bully, or asking yourself what you did to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pointmakercommunications.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7187478&amp;post=1048&amp;subd=pointmakercommunications&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>That Difficult Co-Worker is Your Greatest Teacher</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 01:24:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jackie Kellso</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The most challenging people are our greatest teachers. We can use our reactions to them to start taking control of ourselves. You&#8217;ve got a challenge in the office &#8212; he&#8217;s that thorn in your side, or actually, more like a knife in your gut.  You dread every minute you have to participate with this person [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pointmakercommunications.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7187478&amp;post=932&amp;subd=pointmakercommunications&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Detach &amp; Breathe</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 00:08:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jackie Kellso</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many people have been asking me lately about how not to overreact emotionally, aggressively or undiplomatically in a work environment when things go wrong (usually caused by someone else, of course!).  People also want to know how to stop those unconscious non-verbal signals that tell the truth about what they are really feeling in the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pointmakercommunications.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7187478&amp;post=743&amp;subd=pointmakercommunications&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Mastering The &#8220;60-Second Elevator Pitch&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 11:33:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jackie Kellso</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I sometimes attend a women&#8217;s networking group where we are given an outline for how to introduce ourselves to other professionals and the opportunity to practice our pitches several times over.  Some people do this well, but for others the pitch and the opportunity to practice it don&#8217;t seem to help them master their delivery. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pointmakercommunications.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7187478&amp;post=405&amp;subd=pointmakercommunications&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>What Would Dale Carnegie Think of Humanity in the 21st Century?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 16:07:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jackie Kellso</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dale Carnegie&#8217;s 30 Human Relations Principles were available to the world in 1936. They were introduced in his book, &#8220;How to Win Friends and Influence People,&#8221; which still reigns as the almighty in guiding people to value and act with humanity.  I owe Mr. Carnegie so much personally for how his brand of goodness has [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pointmakercommunications.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7187478&amp;post=158&amp;subd=pointmakercommunications&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>When Networking for Business, Talk-Up Your Strengths!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2012 21:36:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jackie Kellso</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(Except when you are trying to prove that you aren&#8217;t inadequate.) Here&#8217;s what I mean:  I went to a networking function recently and met a zealous young man breaking into the coaching business. He was a main presenter for the event and did a fine job, but when we chatted later, he said, &#8220;I didn&#8217;t [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pointmakercommunications.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7187478&amp;post=164&amp;subd=pointmakercommunications&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Your Audience Always Wants to Know, &#8220;What&#8217;s in it for me?&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Mar 2011 18:04:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jackie Kellso</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[WIIFM.  You know, the radio station, what&#8217;s in it for me?  That&#8217;s precisely what audiences are thinking when they have to listen to a presentation. One of my most trusted mentors once said, &#8220;No one comes to hear a presentation wondering if the speaker slept well the night before, had an easy commute and a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pointmakercommunications.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7187478&amp;post=161&amp;subd=pointmakercommunications&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>You&#8217;re 50 and Your New Boss is 30.  Now what?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Mar 2011 18:14:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jackie Kellso</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m a Baby Boomer too (going on 52) and I&#8217;ve been there.  And, I&#8217;m here to tell you the good news &#8212; working for a younger boss can work if you decide that you may have something of value to learn from the experience. You might learn more about technology from this dynamo.  You might [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pointmakercommunications.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7187478&amp;post=351&amp;subd=pointmakercommunications&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Mar 2011 23:03:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jackie Kellso</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If I could join the Reality TV craze with my own show, I would propose, Extreme Communication Makeovers of Reality TV Stars. My role would be to help these new celebrities by giving them the tools to manage their outbursts, emotions and conflicts in ways that would elevate their public image, status and professionalism. Here [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pointmakercommunications.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7187478&amp;post=815&amp;subd=pointmakercommunications&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>What Does it Mean to Be Assertive?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Feb 2011 11:40:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jackie Kellso</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It means that you say the thing that must be said in a way that encourages and inspires the other party to listen and respect you. The goal isn&#8217;t necessarily to change another&#8217;s perspective or to get agreement (that&#8217;s the art of persuasion), the goal here is to speak up for yourself, and command the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pointmakercommunications.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7187478&amp;post=162&amp;subd=pointmakercommunications&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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