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		<title>Good Sportsmanship is Grace under Pressure</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 22:50:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sporting events are a great way to de-stress and have fun as you build business relationships or seek career opportunities. Just be sure that you are not stressing someone else out in the process! Your behavior is on display for all to see and experience! Get excited, but stay within the limits of fairness and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gloriajh.wordpress.com&amp;blog=449135&amp;post=116&amp;subd=gloriajh&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Detouring Gossip</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Dec 2009 14:53:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;When physical wounds heal, we move on; emotional wounds, however, can last a lifetime.&#8221; R. G. LeTourneau is known for his enormous earth-moving machines. One of his products was known simply by the name, “Model G.” A prospective buyer, hoping to stump a salesman asked, “What does the ‘G’ stand for?” “I guess the ‘G’ [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gloriajh.wordpress.com&amp;blog=449135&amp;post=109&amp;subd=gloriajh&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>International Conflict Resolution Day</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 15:59:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gloria Petersen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today, October 15th, is International Conflict Resolution Day. Begun in 2005 by the Association for Conflict Resolution, organizations around the world are holding events on the third Thursday of October to promote awareness of creative means of resolving conflict and to celebrate significant contributions towards this effort. What can we do to resonate with this [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gloriajh.wordpress.com&amp;blog=449135&amp;post=91&amp;subd=gloriajh&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Hit the Restart Button: Apologize!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2009 02:57:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gloria Petersen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[To err is human, to forgive divine. Alexander Pope, An Essay on Criticism English poet &#38; satirist (1688 &#8211; 1744) Have you ever apologized to a chair because you bumped into it or apologized for the rain? Sound silly? Well, most of us have done this very thing. You do not apologize for the rain! [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gloriajh.wordpress.com&amp;blog=449135&amp;post=80&amp;subd=gloriajh&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Handbags and Other Pretentious  (or Annoying) Table Situations</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2009 02:39:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gloria Petersen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Have you ever attended a luncheon or dinner event only to find a woman’s oversized handbag &#8211; designer or not &#8211; as your luncheon or dinner partner? To add to the dilemma, you probably noticed last-minute arrivals walk past this chair looking for a seat and assuming that the handbag signified the chair was being [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gloriajh.wordpress.com&amp;blog=449135&amp;post=73&amp;subd=gloriajh&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>JOIN OUR CAMPAIGN FOR CIVILITY</title>
		<link>http://gloriajh.wordpress.com/2009/02/01/join-our-campaign-for-civility/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Feb 2009 02:16:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gloria Petersen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From Politics and Business to Our Personal Life . . . Civility is certainly not a new issue and it is something that involves both language and behavior. In fact, every generation has had concerns about civility. Perhaps it is more pertinent today because uncivil behavior (or the lack of civility) has been humored and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gloriajh.wordpress.com&amp;blog=449135&amp;post=65&amp;subd=gloriajh&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>How to Handle  Awkward Interview Questions Diplomatically</title>
		<link>http://gloriajh.wordpress.com/2008/10/21/how-to-handle-awkward-interview-questions-diplomatically/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Oct 2008 03:51:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gloria Petersen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is well known that certain questions (e.g., religion, politics, family, disability) cannot “legally” be asked of a job applicant, which can make the screening process sensitive. There will be times, however, when an interviewer crosses the line, whether intentionally or unknowingly, and tries to trick you into answering these questions. Be open to the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gloriajh.wordpress.com&amp;blog=449135&amp;post=50&amp;subd=gloriajh&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>CELL PHONE TIPS, COURTESIES, AND DILEMMAS</title>
		<link>http://gloriajh.wordpress.com/2008/07/01/cell-phone-tips-courtesies-and-dilemmas/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2008 00:56:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gloria Petersen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[  We conducted a survey on cell phone and Bluetooth usage and asked the following questions:   1.   How is the misuse addressed in your workplace? 2.   Share a humorous experience or observation. 3.   How are companies (domestic and international) eliminating the misuse? 4.   Offer a “courteous user” kudo.   The results of this initial [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gloriajh.wordpress.com&amp;blog=449135&amp;post=41&amp;subd=gloriajh&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>What Guides Your Moral Code?</title>
		<link>http://gloriajh.wordpress.com/2008/05/15/what-guides-your-moral-code/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 03:10:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gloria Petersen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a recent issue of the Parade magazine, carried by the Arizona Daily Sun (Section: Personality Parade Q&#38;A), the Q&#38;A addressed this issue: “In Hollywood’s Golden Age, films had morals clauses written into contracts to ensure that stars maintained acceptable standards of behavior. A contract could be terminated if it was learned that a star [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gloriajh.wordpress.com&amp;blog=449135&amp;post=40&amp;subd=gloriajh&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Personal Power</title>
		<link>http://gloriajh.wordpress.com/2007/09/16/personal-power/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Sep 2007 13:27:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gloria Petersen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Do You Project Positive or Negative Power? Achieving power requires understanding power – what it is, how it works, who has it, and when to use it. Power should enable you to achieve your goals, and not just your own goals but those of others as well. It is the insecure person who uses power [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gloriajh.wordpress.com&amp;blog=449135&amp;post=37&amp;subd=gloriajh&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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