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	<title>Career Advancement &#38; Transition Coaching &#187; Career advice</title>
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		<title>Lessons Learned: Dr Tachi Yamada on Managing Yourself and Others</title>
		<link>http://www.myfactorcoach.com/2010/03/19/lessons-learned-dr-tachi-yamada-on-managing-yourself-and-others/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 15:30:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle Awuku-Tatum</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;How do you turn a battleship? You turn a battleship by making a directional commitment and staying the course, not wavering from it&#8220;- Dr. Tachi Yamada
In a recent interview on NYT&#8217;s Corner Office series, Dr. Tachi Yamada&#8217;s advice, which apply whether you are a manager, individual contributor, entrepreneur or working towards your next role:

Learn to delegate and let go. Instead of micromanaging, develop a microinterest. 
Identify the potential breaking points of a project, this will help you to focus on the most critical task. 
Venture outside your country or city to learn what you do not already know. 
Give your audience, be it one person or many, your undivided attention [...]<hr /><hr />]]></description>
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		<title>Lessons Learned: Tom Ford&#8217;s Parallel Career as Designer &amp; Director</title>
		<link>http://www.myfactorcoach.com/2010/03/03/lessons-learned-tom-fords-parallel-career-as-designer-director/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 18:02:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle Awuku-Tatum</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Stories about people doing things they have never done before, always inspire me. Yesterday on Oprah, Tom Ford talked about his directorial debut, A Single Man. When Ford left Gucci, he realized the material side of the world had pulled him away from his spiritual side. Reading A Single Man for a second time, Ford was moved by the emphasis on the importance of living in the moment, connections we have with other people and reminders of what is important in life. When asked, how he knew, he could direct, Ford shared great advice that can help you do something you have always wanted to:

If you want to do it, [...]<hr /><hr />]]></description>
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		<title>Lessons Learned: Ursula Burns&#8217; Path to CEO</title>
		<link>http://www.myfactorcoach.com/2009/09/23/lessons-learned-ursula-burns-path-to-ceo/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 20:18:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle Awuku-Tatum</dc:creator>
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At the Most Powerful Women Summit,  when asked how she would tag herself, Ursula Burns, CEO of Xerox, responded the “Groomed CEO”. With roughly 28 years of experience there is no doubt that Ursula Burns not only loves Xerox but created her own path to prepare for this seat. Burns led Xerox through many stages of transition, e.g. responding to crisis by spearheading downsizing initiatives, turning around Xerox to meet revenue growth expectations and realigning parts of the business to boost its business to business offerings. Burns&#8217; path offers many examples, success factors that prepared Ursula for the next level, here are five of them:

Burns knew what her factor. Your factor is a powerful, [...]<hr /><hr />]]></description>
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		<title>Career Transitions: From Sales to Sauce</title>
		<link>http://www.myfactorcoach.com/2009/08/05/career-transitions-from-sales-to-sauce/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2009 01:41:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle Awuku-Tatum</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Career Transition]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Passion]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In Second Acts, Dawn Fallik over at WSJ.com profiles Jim Barbour in    “A Former Sales Rep Concocts Fresh Start With Barbecue Sauce.” A quick look at Barbour’s career history and you will see that he had a short stint in stockbroking, then spent several years in sales with great companies such as Sony, GlaxoSmithKline and then transitioned to a marketing role with a start-up furniture store.  Today, Barbour is the CEO of FunniBonz, so just how did he create a barbecue sauce that sold over $10,000 in one store within six weeks, just six months after launching his company?:

He used his time at the furniture store to [...]<hr /><hr />]]></description>
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		<title>Stop wasting time and just ask for help</title>
		<link>http://www.myfactorcoach.com/2009/07/10/stop-wasting-time-and-just-ask-for-help/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 19:17:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle Awuku-Tatum</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday, work took me from New York to Philly for the day. Armed with a map, detailed instructions I was confident that I would not get lost. Now as much as I hate to admit it, I have no sense of direction, overlay that with Americans’ predilection for directions, that involve head north, then go west, means that I always get lost. Maybe it&#8217;s because I am a small town girl from High Wycombe, England, but I got lost when I lived there too!
It took me a while to admit that I was in fact lost in Philly. After a few moments, I had the brainwave, why don’t you ask [...]<hr /><hr />]]></description>
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		<title>Carla A. Harris: Hard Earned and Hard Learned Lessons</title>
		<link>http://www.myfactorcoach.com/2009/07/01/carla-a-harris-hard-earned-and-hard-learned-lessons/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 16:57:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle Awuku-Tatum</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday, I attended Brokering Change: A Wall Street Multicultural Women’s Exchange a great quarterly series hosted by Goldman Sachs.
Carla A. Harris was one of the keynote speakers. Harris is a Managing Director in the Strategic Client Group at Morgan Stanley Investment  Management. She is also the recipient of many accolades such as Fortune&#8217;s &#8220;50 Most Powerful Black Executives in Corporate America&#8221; and Black Enterprise&#8217;s &#8220;Top 50 African Americans on Wall Street&#8221;. I am always inspired when I hear Harris speak, she shared a few of “Carla’s Pearls” during the closing keynote:

 Living in your own authentic skin is the key to being powerful.
In the 21st century, a leader must be [...]<hr /><hr />]]></description>
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		<title>What&#8217;s the best advice you have received? (Part Two)</title>
		<link>http://www.myfactorcoach.com/2009/06/26/whats-the-best-advice-you-have-received-part-two/</link>
		<comments>http://www.myfactorcoach.com/2009/06/26/whats-the-best-advice-you-have-received-part-two/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 16:59:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle Awuku-Tatum</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here is the second installment of influential leaders sharing wise words that changed their lives forever in the “Best advice I ever got” at Fortune Magazine. Their practical advice can be applied to advancing your careers and transitions, as well as many other areas of your life:
12. Take advice from smart people &#8211; share your ideas with smart people but don&#8217;t expect them to act on your ideas. It&#8217;s your idea, what are you willing to do to bring it to life?
13. Make an impression &#8211; when you transition to a new role or company, you have about 90-100 days to make an impression.  To build your brand, create momentum with [...]<hr /><hr />]]></description>
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		<title>What&#8217;s the best advice you have ever received?</title>
		<link>http://www.myfactorcoach.com/2009/06/23/whats-the-best-advice-you-have-ever-received/</link>
		<comments>http://www.myfactorcoach.com/2009/06/23/whats-the-best-advice-you-have-ever-received/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 21:52:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle Awuku-Tatum</dc:creator>
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Fortune magazine asked a host of influential leaders to share wise words that changed their lives forever in the “Best advice I ever got”. Their practical advice can be applied to advancing your careers and transitions, as well as many other areas of your life:

Keep it simple &#8211; set a goal, share it with someone, figure out how you are going to achieve it and keep your goal top of mind.
Show, don’t tell – the best candidate for an opening does a great job of showing how they meet a prospective employers requirements, with great examples and results that showcase their abilities.
Do what you love – when you do, work [...]<hr /><hr />]]></description>
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