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					<pubDate>Thu, 15 Mar 2012 13:00 EST</pubDate>
					<title>The 2011-12 Excellence in Leadership Speaker Series and the Muncie Public Library present "Caught in the Middle: America's Heartland in the Age of Globalism" by Richard Longworth </title>
					<link>http://www.leadeci.org/xml/redirect_blog.asp?postID=99</link>
					<description>Don't miss the opportunity to engage in a unique and eye-opening discussion about the social, political and economic burdens of our time and region. B</description>
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					<pubDate>Sun, 24 Jul 2011 13:00 EST</pubDate>
					<title>Are You a Resident or Citizen of Muncie?</title>
					<link>http://www.leadeci.org/xml/redirect_blog.asp?postID=98</link>
					<description>It's a simple distinction really. But depending on which classification describes you best, it can have a profound impact (or lack of) in your communi</description>
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					<pubDate>Sun, 24 Jul 2011 13:00 EST</pubDate>
					<title>The Importance of Volunteerism</title>
					<link>http://www.leadeci.org/xml/redirect_blog.asp?postID=97</link>
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Every so often we are given the opportunity to step outside ourselves and experience the world in a new and vital way. Too often, we take these oppo</description>
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					<pubDate>Sat, 2 Apr 2011 13:00 EST</pubDate>
					<title>Who are you as a leader? 6 questions to help with transparency and authenticity</title>
					<link>http://www.leadeci.org/xml/redirect_blog.asp?postID=96</link>
					<description>Ken Blanchard asks 6 very simple yet compelling questions that will help us get to the heart of who we are as an authentic leader. I love the phrase, </description>
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					<pubDate>Thu, 26 Aug 2010 13:00 EST</pubDate>
					<title>Why Muncie Confuses Me</title>
					<link>http://www.leadeci.org/xml/redirect_blog.asp?postID=95</link>
					<description>I've been a Muncie resident for about eight months now and I have to say I've subtly noticed something very perplexing about this city. I've noticed t</description>
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					<pubDate>Wed, 7 Jul 2010 13:00 EST</pubDate>
					<title>Anger as an Ally</title>
					<link>http://www.leadeci.org/xml/redirect_blog.asp?postID=94</link>
					<description>All too often when we try to decide what nonprofit organizations to volunteer for or even what we want to devote our lives to, we start with questions</description>
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					<pubDate>Sun, 16 May 2010 13:00 EST</pubDate>
					<title>The Difference Between Leading and Managing</title>
					<link>http://www.leadeci.org/xml/redirect_blog.asp?postID=80</link>
					<description>

There's an age-old debate on the difference between leadership and management tasks. And the argument is valid. Each requires a distinct set of pr</description>
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					<pubDate>Mon, 10 May 2010 13:00 EST</pubDate>
					<title>The One Thing a Leader Can't Do</title>
					<link>http://www.leadeci.org/xml/redirect_blog.asp?postID=79</link>
					<description>After listening to the stories and advice of the recent leadership panel in LEAD Session 5, I think it's pretty clear that there is no one right way t</description>
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					<pubDate>Mon, 3 May 2010 13:00 EST</pubDate>
					<title>The Key to Empathetic Listening</title>
					<link>http://www.leadeci.org/xml/redirect_blog.asp?postID=78</link>
					<description>Has the following ever happened to you?





You're behind the wheel in gridlock traffic and you courteously let
someone merge into your lane. </description>
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					<pubDate>Mon, 26 Apr 2010 13:00 EST</pubDate>
					<title>We are Terrible at Making Assumptions</title>
					<link>http://www.leadeci.org/xml/redirect_blog.asp?postID=70</link>
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So much so that psychologists have even coined a term for it.
	
	

They call it the fundamental attribution error. In layman's terms, it means</description>
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					<pubDate>Sat, 17 Apr 2010 13:00 EST</pubDate>
					<title>"I Have a Dream"</title>
					<link>http://www.leadeci.org/xml/redirect_blog.asp?postID=72</link>
					<description>
The most ironic thing about Martin Luther King Jr's famous "I Have a Dream" speech is the first word in its title. Far-reaching and powerful visions</description>
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					<pubDate>Mon, 12 Apr 2010 13:00 EST</pubDate>
					<title>What Abraham Lincoln &amp; LEAD Session I Had in Common</title>
					<link>http://www.leadeci.org/xml/redirect_blog.asp?postID=68</link>
					<description>

Just after Abraham Lincoln won the Presidential nomination in 1860, he did something unprecedented in political strategy: He invited individuals w</description>
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					<pubDate>Sat, 27 Mar 2010 13:00 EST</pubDate>
					<title>Is TRUST important in Leadership?</title>
					<link>http://www.leadeci.org/xml/redirect_blog.asp?postID=66</link>
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How important is trust when it comes to leadership? Some might make the assertion that as long as you have authority, trust isn't that important. </description>
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					<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 13:00 EST</pubDate>
					<title>Leadership Panel Thoughts</title>
					<link>http://www.leadeci.org/xml/redirect_blog.asp?postID=59</link>
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This past Tuesday the LEAD class heard from our Community Leadership Panel consisting of Gail Chesterfield (Ivy Tech), Gary Chenault (United Way),</description>
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					<pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2009 13:00 EST</pubDate>
					<title>Welcome to the LEAD-ECI Leadership Forum!</title>
					<link>http://www.leadeci.org/xml/redirect_blog.asp?postID=26</link>
					<description>Welcome to the LEAD-ECI Leadership Forum! 



This forum is open to all LEAD-ECI Alumni and approved members to post and share stories, articles a</description>
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