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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>What&#8217;s the best advice you have ever received?</title>
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		<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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		<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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		<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 will find yourself consumed with many questions such as where do I start and how do I move forward quickly?

FedEx is ranked one of the top 100 best companies to work for, it has a no-layoff philosophy, offers health insurance to retirees and part-timers, and promotes from within (90% of FedEx Express managers worked their [...]<hr /><hr />]]></description>
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		<title>15 Bite-Sized Lessons for Life &amp; Business</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Sep 2008 03:51:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle Awuku-Tatum</dc:creator>
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I love this collection of mini sagas from Rajesh Setty, which offers 15 bite-sized lessons conveyed in exactly 50 words each for life and business. Click on the presentation, it’s a quick and worthwhile read, here is a summary:_
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The Interview: Make sure your prospective manager can develop and promote you to the next level.
The Book: Life is a bit like a book, you don’t know what will happen next, but when you do it’s really not as bad as you thought it would be.
The Airport: Even when you feel like all is lost, keep trying until the very end because you will never know what happens until you get there, [...]<hr /><hr />]]></description>
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		<title>Leading &amp; Learning: Pernille Spiers-Lopez, President of IKEA, North America</title>
		<link>http://www.myfactorcoach.com/2008/08/22/leading-learning-pernille-spiers-lopez-president-of-ikea-north-america/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Aug 2008 04:19:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle Awuku-Tatum</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[At WSJ.com, Pernille Spiers-Lopez cited her key success factors as strong leadership skills, self-awareness and understanding; being a people person and knowing the business. She shared lessons from her rise to President of IKEA North America.
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Be a leader who enables others to execute.
Consider a stint in HR, it could be a great developmental experience and a springboard to C-suite opportunities.
A good leader (and a good manager) balances hard work and personal time.
Work from a place of no fear, it is much more relaxing!
Follow your passion and live your values.

If we delve deeper into Spiers-Lopez career, we learn that she trained as a journalist, was a reporter who loved writing but [...]<hr /><hr />]]></description>
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