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				<title>Three tools to break the deadlock in high-stakes negotiations </title>
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				<title>Are you mired in meeting madness?</title>
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				<title>Competitive identity: Your hidden lever in a transition</title>
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				<dc:creator>Sophie Hazi, Arturo Pasquel</dc:creator>
				<pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2026 07:58:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<title>Searching for your first board role? Start here</title>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2026 07:58:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<title>5 ways to reconnect with your inner child in the workplace</title>
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				<dc:creator>Francesca-Giulia Mereu</dc:creator>
				<pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2026 06:56:48 +0000</pubDate>
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				<title>Why your personal brand matters</title>
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				<pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2026 07:58:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<title>Is it time you went back to beige?</title>
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				<dc:creator>Francesca-Giulia Mereu</dc:creator>
				<pubDate>Thu, 12 Feb 2026 07:58:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<title>How to build a business that survives the next five years</title>
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				<dc:creator>Susanne May</dc:creator>
				<pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2026 07:58:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<title>Are you stuck in a leadership comfort zone? </title>
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				<dc:creator>Brenda Steinberg</dc:creator>
				<pubDate>Tue, 03 Feb 2026 07:58:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<title>Looking to accelerate your leadership career? Start here</title>
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				<dc:creator>Alyson Meister</dc:creator>
				<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jan 2026 07:58:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<title>5 key insights from necessity entrepreneurs </title>
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				<dc:creator>Sophie Bacq</dc:creator>
				<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jan 2026 07:58:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<title>How to tackle a second-year leadership slump</title>
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				<dc:creator>Claudius A. Hildebrand, Robert J. Stark</dc:creator>
				<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jan 2026 08:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<title>Struggling to give feedback? Here’s how to start</title>
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				<dc:creator>Winter Nie</dc:creator>
				<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jan 2026 07:58:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<title>The reverse resolution: What NOT to do in 2026 </title>
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				<dc:creator>Francesca-Giulia Mereu</dc:creator>
				<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jan 2026 07:58:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<title>Where you look is where you go: Advice from the Saskatchewan Drivers’ Handbook</title>
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				<dc:creator>Amy Bonsall</dc:creator>
				<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2026 07:40:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<title>Gripped by uncertainty? How to unfreeze through experimentation  </title>
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				<dc:creator>Amy Bonsall, Alyson Meister</dc:creator>
				<pubDate>Tue, 16 Dec 2025 07:58:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<title>Beware the silent fourth: Are you fawning your way through leadership? </title>
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				<dc:creator>Francesca-Giulia Mereu</dc:creator>
				<pubDate>Tue, 09 Dec 2025 07:58:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<title>Stressed by ambiguity? How to turn problems into opportunities  </title>
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				<dc:creator>Amy Bonsall, Alyson Meister</dc:creator>
				<pubDate>Tue, 02 Dec 2025 07:58:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<title>Listen up! 5 techniques to build a more powerful speaking voice</title>
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				<dc:creator>Albrecht Enders, Robin de Haas</dc:creator>
				<pubDate>Wed, 26 Nov 2025 07:58:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<title>Longevity in office – good or bad? </title>
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				<dc:creator>Cindy Wolpert</dc:creator>
				<pubDate>Tue, 25 Nov 2025 07:58:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<title>Four steps to building your leadership pipeline</title>
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				<dc:creator>Richard Roi</dc:creator>
				<pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2025 07:58:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<title>If you don’t know, say so: A self-check for leaders  </title>
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				<dc:creator>Howard H. Yu</dc:creator>
				<pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2025 07:58:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<title>Is it time you threw a spanner in the works? How to maximize cross-silo collaboration </title>
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				<dc:creator>Eric Quintane</dc:creator>
				<pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2025 07:58:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<title>Think you don’t play favorites? Think again  </title>
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				<dc:creator>Ginka Toegel, Jean-Louis Barsoux</dc:creator>
				<pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2025 07:57:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<title>Are you sick as a parrot? 4 ways to sharpen your language skills and become a more effective leader</title>
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				<dc:creator>Peter J. Meyers</dc:creator>
				<pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2025 07:57:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<title>Don’t mention it! Tackling your team’s taboos, Part 4</title>
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				<dc:creator>Ginka Toegel, Jean-Louis Barsoux</dc:creator>
				<pubDate>Wed, 05 Nov 2025 07:58:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<title>This much I know: Transitioning from CFO to CEO </title>
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				<dc:creator>Jean-François Manzoni</dc:creator>
				<pubDate>Thu, 30 Oct 2025 07:58:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<title>Is it time to tackle your team’s taboos? Part 3  </title>
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				<dc:creator>Ginka Toegel, Jean-Louis Barsoux</dc:creator>
				<pubDate>Wed, 29 Oct 2025 07:58:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<title>CHROs: 3 ways to help top executives prioritize recovery  </title>
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				<dc:creator>Nele Dael</dc:creator>
				<pubDate>Thu, 23 Oct 2025 06:58:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<dc:creator>Ginka Toegel, Jean-Louis Barsoux</dc:creator>
				<pubDate>Wed, 22 Oct 2025 06:58:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<dc:creator>Claudius A. Hildebrand</dc:creator>
				<pubDate>Tue, 21 Oct 2025 06:55:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<dc:creator>Ginka Toegel, Jean-Louis Barsoux</dc:creator>
				<pubDate>Wed, 15 Oct 2025 22:01:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 14 Oct 2025 22:01:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<dc:creator>Michael Yaziji</dc:creator>
				<pubDate>Thu, 25 Sep 2025 06:58:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<dc:creator>Cindy Wolpert</dc:creator>
				<pubDate>Wed, 24 Sep 2025 06:58:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<pubDate>Thu, 18 Sep 2025 06:58:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<dc:creator>Alyson Meister</dc:creator>
				<pubDate>Wed, 17 Sep 2025 06:56:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<dc:creator>Richard Roi</dc:creator>
				<pubDate>Tue, 09 Sep 2025 06:58:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<dc:creator>Robert Vilkelis</dc:creator>
				<pubDate>Thu, 28 Aug 2025 06:58:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<dc:creator>Véronique Bogliolo Friedman</dc:creator>
				<pubDate>Thu, 21 Aug 2025 06:58:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<dc:creator>Susanne May</dc:creator>
				<pubDate>Thu, 14 Aug 2025 06:58:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2025 06:58:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 12 Aug 2025 06:58:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2025 06:59:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jul 2025 06:58:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2025 06:58:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2025 06:58:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jul 2025 06:58:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2025 06:58:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2025 06:57:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<dc:creator>Francesca-Giulia Mereu</dc:creator>
				<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2025 06:58:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2025 06:58:00 +0000</pubDate>
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Leaders often need to navigate significant changes of direction in their careers – which means expanding their skills and ways of working....]]></description>
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				<title>Are you choosing the right battles to fight?  </title>
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				<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jun 2025 06:58:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jun 2025 06:58:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<title>Bossed around? Six ways to deal with difficult leaders</title>
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				<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jun 2025 06:58:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jun 2025 06:58:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<dc:creator>Ronit Kark, Sabine Sonnentag, Laura Venz</dc:creator>
				<pubDate>Sat, 07 Jun 2025 06:58:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<dc:creator>Nadine Hack</dc:creator>
				<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jun 2025 06:58:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<dc:creator>Heather Cairns-Lee, Eugene Sadler-Smith</dc:creator>
				<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2025 06:58:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<title>What AI-first leadership really looks like</title>
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				<dc:creator>Susanne May</dc:creator>
				<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jun 2025 07:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<title>Your AI-first leadership journey: How NOT to begin </title>
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				<dc:creator>Susanne May</dc:creator>
				<pubDate>Tue, 27 May 2025 07:26:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<dc:creator>Jennifer Jordan</dc:creator>
				<pubDate>Mon, 23 Sep 2024 07:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<dc:creator>Véronique Bogliolo Friedman</dc:creator>
				<pubDate>Thu, 31 Oct 2024 07:58:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<dc:creator>Shelley Zalis </dc:creator>
				<pubDate>Fri, 22 Nov 2024 07:58:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 26 Nov 2024 07:58:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<dc:creator>Heather Cairns-Lee</dc:creator>
				<pubDate>Mon, 09 Dec 2024 07:58:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 17 Dec 2024 07:58:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jan 2025 07:58:00 +0000</pubDate>
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