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		<title>Take the sting out of the painful process of reinvention: 5 ways to take 1 step towards change</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Feb 2010 22:09:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle Awuku-Tatum</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Opening quote from Grey’s Anatomy: “The surgical scalpel is made of steel, sterilized, carbonized stainless steel. This is a vast improvement over the first scalpel, which was pretty much a sharp stick. Medicine is constantly reinventing itself. That means surgeons have to keep reinventing themselves, too. There is constant pressure to adapt to changes. It [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lessons Learned from Anne Mulcahy: Managing a Seamless Transition</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 18:50:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle Awuku-Tatum</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[Career Transition]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[Succession Planning]]></category>

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One of the dilemmas some of my clients and readers face is letting go and moving forward. Whether it is a project that went awry, a negative performance review, the experience of working with a mismatched manager, a lay-off or your teams&#8217; lack of confidence in your ability to deliver, letting go of these career [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lessons Learned From Successful Career Switchers</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2009 15:09:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle Awuku-Tatum</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ “We change when the pain to change is less than the pain to remain as we are.” - Ed Foreman
The San Francisco Chronicle recently profiled a former investment banker, a national sales director and an executive search specialist who have all transitioned successfully in Successful second acts: a career change can lead to greater job [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Action + Persistence = Forward Movement</title>
		<link>http://www.myfactorcoach.com/2009/02/12/action-persistence-forward-movement/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Feb 2009 22:19:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle Awuku-Tatum</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Career Management]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[Managing yourself in a recession]]></category>

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Change whether planned or unexpected is never easy. We have to deal with the consequences of change, before we can really move forward.
To move forward reflect on past wins, tap into the factors that influenced your success and look for ways to use your factor in your current situation. Dwelling in positive thoughts also helps.
The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Career Shock #001: Starting a New Business/Business Unit</title>
		<link>http://www.myfactorcoach.com/2008/10/09/career-shock-001-starting-a-new-businessbusiness-unit/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Oct 2008 19:12:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle Awuku-Tatum</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[Leadership Stories]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[C-Suite Strategies]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Entrepreneurial Leadership]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A couple of weeks ago, I discussed how career shocks influenced our leadership development and prepared us to lead in a variety of different situations. It can be exhilarating and overwhelming, when you are tapped to lead a new start-up internally, or  contemplating flying solo as an entrepreneur. If you are in this situation, you [...]]]></description>
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