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	<description>Read about real-life brands, leaders and film characters; and apply lessons learned to position yourself for greater success.</description>
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		<title>Lessons Learned: Tom Ford&#8217;s Parallel Career as Designer &#038; 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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Using Life Principles to Do What Matters to You</title>
		<link>http://www.myfactorcoach.com/2009/10/07/using-life-principles-to-do-what-matters-to-you/</link>
		<comments>http://www.myfactorcoach.com/2009/10/07/using-life-principles-to-do-what-matters-to-you/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 16:46:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle Awuku-Tatum</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Career Enjoyment]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Career Management]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Career Reinvention]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Decision-making]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[Career Principles]]></category>

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In Goodbye Career, Hello Success, Randy Komisar says “If you want to land the job of your dreams—even if you want to become a CEO—rid yourself of raw ambition. Avoid promotions that make perfect sense. Accept work based on friendship alone. Trust your gut. Then watch what happens: prosperity of the heart, soul, and—yes—the wallet.”
Sounds [...]]]></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>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Career Advancement]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Career Management]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Career advice]]></category>

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

		<category><![CDATA[Lessons Learned]]></category>

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

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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, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lessons Learned from Anne Mulcahy: Managing a Seamless Transition</title>
		<link>http://www.myfactorcoach.com/2009/09/21/managing-a-seamless-transition/</link>
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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 Shocks]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Career Transition]]></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>Career Transitions: From Sales to Sauce</title>
		<link>http://www.myfactorcoach.com/2009/08/05/career-transitions-from-sales-to-sauce/</link>
		<comments>http://www.myfactorcoach.com/2009/08/05/career-transitions-from-sales-to-sauce/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2009 01:41:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle Awuku-Tatum</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Career Transition]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Career advice]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Lessons Learned]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Passion]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Persistence]]></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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lessons Learned From Successful Career Switchers</title>
		<link>http://www.myfactorcoach.com/2009/07/15/lessons-learned-from-successful-career-switchers/</link>
		<comments>http://www.myfactorcoach.com/2009/07/15/lessons-learned-from-successful-career-switchers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2009 15:09:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle Awuku-Tatum</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[Career Advice &amp; Management]]></category>

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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>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>
		<comments>http://www.myfactorcoach.com/2009/07/01/carla-a-harris-hard-earned-and-hard-learned-lessons/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 16:57:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle Awuku-Tatum</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Career Advancement]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Career Management]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Career advice]]></category>

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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 [...]]]></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>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Career Advancement]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Career Management]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Career Transition]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Career advice]]></category>

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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 - share your ideas [...]]]></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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		<description><![CDATA[

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 - set a goal, share it with someone, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Great Example of How to Stand Out</title>
		<link>http://www.myfactorcoach.com/2009/01/29/a-great-example-of-how-to-stand-out/</link>
		<comments>http://www.myfactorcoach.com/2009/01/29/a-great-example-of-how-to-stand-out/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2009 05:10:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle Awuku-Tatum</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Career Management]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Interview Questions]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Lessons Learned]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[how to stand out from other applicants]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[job search]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[your unique factor]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[your value proposition]]></category>

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Intimate knowledge of your unique value proposition, i.e. the value you offer potential employers will help you to stand out in the job search process.
I came across Craig Campbell at WSJ’s Laid Off and Looking. Craig is an out of work recruiter who has been in the job market since last November.  If a potential [...]]]></description>
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