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		<title>Real Leaders Don&#8217;t Do Powerpoint?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Oct 2011 03:07:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leonard Chu</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My girlfriend saw the latest book that I’m reading, titled “Real Leaders Don’t Do Powerpoint!” and wondered why that was the case. She’s used to using Powerpoint as a teaching tool, where the slides replace the sketches and point form lists that teachers used to write on the blackboard. I told that, unfortunately, the way [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lawyers and Accountants Should Not Be At the Helm</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Dec 2010 01:58:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leonard Chu</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A little while ago, and every so often, I encounter some friction and unanticipated concerns from the financial folks in the organization whom I must satisfy. Accountants, lawyers, and other risk analysis and procedural gatekeepers have their place, of course &#8211; particularly in a government bureaucracy &#8211; but I can&#8217;t help but think of some [...]]]></description>
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		<title>In Search of Excellence &#8211; but Y&#8217;Aint Gonna Find It in Government!</title>
		<link>http://www.leonardchu.com/blog/index.php/2010/search-excellence-aint-gonna-find-in-government/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=search-excellence-aint-gonna-find-in-government</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jun 2010 16:43:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leonard Chu</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News & Commentary]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Government performs a wide range of absolutely essential services, and many public servants work very hard. However, that alone does not an excellent organization make. At least in the back-office side of things &#8211; if not always the front service counters everyone in the public interacts with &#8211; I see people putting in long hours [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nurture Your First-Followers, or You&#8217;re Just a Lone Nut!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Feb 2010 19:30:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leonard Chu</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here is a fantastic little video that I came across, demonstrating how vital it is for would-be leaders to nurture their first followers.  The video&#8217;s narration says everything that I could say about this video. I&#8217;ll warn you that it&#8217;s got the same smooth tracking and motion that Blair Witch Project did &#8211; that means, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jack be Nimble, Jack be Quick – Jack Better Not Imitate Government</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jan 2010 20:47:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leonard Chu</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[“Welcome to Government,” said my friend after I voiced my frustration at the lack of clear, unambiguous command and responsibility. Most of us have seen the television crime dramas or movies where local law enforcement is investigating an incident when the black cars carrying the Feds arrive.  Guys in dark suits with dark sunglasses invariably [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Do Event Planning Backwards Only If You&#8217;re the Gambling Type</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jan 2010 17:27:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leonard Chu</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When planning for a major event involving multiple parties and agencies, particularly when multiple specialties are involved, effective communication is absolutely critical.  Everyone needs to understand who’s in charge, where they will get information from, and who they will give information to.  You need to have a solid command, control and communication (C3) structure in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Every Summit is a Success &#8211; Is That True?</title>
		<link>http://www.leonardchu.com/blog/index.php/2009/every-summit-a-success/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=every-summit-a-success</link>
		<comments>http://www.leonardchu.com/blog/index.php/2009/every-summit-a-success/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Dec 2009 04:50:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leonard Chu</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Every summit is a success.  Some are more successful than others. That, apparently, is the official line on every major summit that happens &#8211; G8, G20, Copenhagen, and others.  I heard that at a meeting earlier this week.  No matter how much, or how little, gets accomplished at each of these summits, they are officially [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Leaders Declare What’s a Priority &amp; What’s Not</title>
		<link>http://www.leonardchu.com/blog/index.php/2009/leaders-declare-priority/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=leaders-declare-priority</link>
		<comments>http://www.leonardchu.com/blog/index.php/2009/leaders-declare-priority/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 14:47:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leonard Chu</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What would you think if a decision-maker said to your face, “Sorry, your project is not a priority.  We’re focusing our efforts elsewhere”?  Would your first instinct be, “@#$ing @$$-%*&#38;#!”?  Would it be, “Damn old fart doesn’t know what’s good!”?  Would it be, “Senior management doesn’t understand what’s really important!”? Or would it be, “Thank [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The 3 Kinds Who Want War: Young Bucks, Rulers &amp; Vendors</title>
		<link>http://www.leonardchu.com/blog/index.php/2009/the-3-kinds-who-want-war-young-bucks-rulers-vendors/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=the-3-kinds-who-want-war-young-bucks-rulers-vendors</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 04:13:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leonard Chu</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are some people who like war.  It&#8217;s not the soldiers.  It&#8217;s not the generals &#8211; at least not the ones who&#8217;ve been on the line, in the thick of things.  The people who want war are those who are full of bravado but don&#8217;t know any better, those who stand to gain power, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why don&#8217;t we do AARs at work on a regular basis?</title>
		<link>http://www.leonardchu.com/blog/index.php/2009/why-dont-we-do-aars-at-work-on-a-regular-basis/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=why-dont-we-do-aars-at-work-on-a-regular-basis</link>
		<comments>http://www.leonardchu.com/blog/index.php/2009/why-dont-we-do-aars-at-work-on-a-regular-basis/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 02:34:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leonard Chu</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Communication]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[AAR isn&#8217;t just a sound that your favorite pirate makes when he runs out of whisky.  It stands for After-Action Report, and it is what the business world calls &#8220;Lessons Learned.&#8221;  However, the term lessons learned is sometimes a bit too presumptuous &#8211; are the lessons really learned?  Better yet, are the lessons even really [...]]]></description>
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