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		<title>Just One More&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Apr 2012 05:39:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We all did it. We all pulled ourselves up on the nearest piece of furniture and tried to walk. Some of us didn&#8217;t bother to crawl first. We got around by rolling. Wheeee! But, barring early childhood issues, the one common denominator for humans is we took daring, gravity-defying, brave first steps. And we laughed [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=cactuswrangler.com&#038;blog=9795968&#038;post=1543&#038;subd=bethterry&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Eric Chester on the Problem with Entitlement</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Jan 2012 19:27:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Beth Terry, CSP</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;re continuing our conversation with Eric Chester, CSP, an expert on the Millenial Generation and Reviving the Work Ethic. Beth: Why is it that younger workers are being described with the term ‘entitled?’ And why are having such a hard time acclimating to a traditional work environment? Eric Chester: They’ve grown up in a world [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=cactuswrangler.com&#038;blog=9795968&#038;post=1498&#038;subd=bethterry&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Reviving Work Ethic, Interview with Eric Chester</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Jan 2012 06:01:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Beth Terry, CSP</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I caught up with Eric Chester on his new book, Reviving the Work Ethic. Beth: Eric, in your view, what&#8217;s wrong with work ethic in America? Eric: The decline of work ethic is not uniquely an American problem. It&#8217;s affecting all Western nations and a growing number of those in the East.  However, if we [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=cactuswrangler.com&#038;blog=9795968&#038;post=1494&#038;subd=bethterry&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 00:26:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Beth Terry, CSP</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve always felt lucky to be raised in the Midwest. We learned a work ethic that has gotten me through many tough spots in life. And &#8211; no matter what side of Occupy Wall Street you&#8217;re on, you have to admit that some of the problems the kids are protesting really requires each to take [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=cactuswrangler.com&#038;blog=9795968&#038;post=1484&#038;subd=bethterry&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Integrity &#8211; that sticky word</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Mar 2011 18:49:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Beth Terry, CSP</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s really too bad that we&#8217;ve been stripped of the ability in our society to mention a particularly wonderful and pithy idea from the Bible without people getting all weird about it. No matter what your religious beliefs, the ancient wisdom found in many of our sacred books stand the test of time. We can [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=cactuswrangler.com&#038;blog=9795968&#038;post=1325&#038;subd=bethterry&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Communication Skills @Work</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Oct 2010 19:17:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Beth Terry, CSP</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You spend the majority of your life with them, at least for a year or two, maybe longer. You see them five and six days a week, 51 weeks out of the year. You know their kids’ names, their struggles with their spouses and teenagers, and you see them at their best and worst. Who [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=cactuswrangler.com&#038;blog=9795968&#038;post=1246&#038;subd=bethterry&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Sep 2010 23:02:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Beth Terry, CSP</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My Colleague and fellow CSP, John Hersey, writes an excellent Leadership Blog. In this edition, he asks what do we do about lousy bosses. I admire John greatly and usually he&#8217;s right on. This time, he essentially says to suck it up or quit&#8230; read his blog here Here&#8217;s my response to John: ~~~~ John [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=cactuswrangler.com&#038;blog=9795968&#038;post=1240&#038;subd=bethterry&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 May 2010 05:00:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Beth Terry, CSP</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You are the owner of your future, and like all business owners, it&#8217;s important to have a plan. Solid plans come from wrestling with yourself and asking the right questions. The answers lie inside you. Give yourself the gift of time to find them. For almost two decades I&#8217;ve used and shared a simple program [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=cactuswrangler.com&#038;blog=9795968&#038;post=43&#038;subd=bethterry&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>It&#8217;s Time Small Business Takes Success Back</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Apr 2010 01:30:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Beth Terry, CSP</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Quality Circles, Total Quality Management (TQM), Management by Objective (MBO), Management by Wandering Around (MBWA), Six Sigma, Empowerment Training ~  Sound familiar? Then you&#8217;ve been around as long as I have. Notice one thing about the trends? The pendulum swings from right brain to left brain to right brain to left brain. Or, if you [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=cactuswrangler.com&#038;blog=9795968&#038;post=15&#038;subd=bethterry&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Does your Mission Statement Jive With Employees?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 16:00:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Beth Terry, CSP</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you aren't paying attention to the subtext of your employees' lives, you aren't getting where you need to go. Your mission statement is hollow, your Commitment to your Customers is a lie.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=cactuswrangler.com&#038;blog=9795968&#038;post=69&#038;subd=bethterry&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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