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		<title>Leading Effectively</title>
		<link>http://www.guidingchange.org/blog/2009/03/11/leading-effectively/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2009 00:55:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[People follow leaders because of who they are more than because of what they do.   Developing self-awareness, engaging in self-reflection, acting with integrity, and being able to develop and maintain authentic relationships are what make individuals effective leaders.
More and more people are coming to understand the role that narratives can play in leadership development by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Inauguration: A Day of Pride</title>
		<link>http://www.guidingchange.org/blog/2009/01/21/the-inauguration-%e2%80%93-a-day-of-pride/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jan 2009 20:09:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deb</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I can’t say enough about yesterday’s inauguration.  Ever since the election, I have felt proud to be white in America for the first time ever.  I have been amazed and overjoyed at how many Americans who are white came out to support and elect President Obama.  It’s as if white people in this country came [...]]]></description>
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		<title>R-E-S-P-E-C-T: Find Out What it Means to Me</title>
		<link>http://www.guidingchange.org/blog/2008/12/08/r-e-s-p-e-s-t-find-out-what-it-means-to-me/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Dec 2008 20:47:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deb</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As Aretha Franklin so aptly sings:
“R-E-S-P-E-C-T
find out what it means to me&#8221;
showing respect for another person requires taking the time and effort to learn what “respect” means to that person – what are the words and actions that they see as a demonstration of respect. Receiving respect requires time and effort as well.  In the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Global Change: Barack Obama’s Capacity to Change the World</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Dec 2008 20:29:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deb</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In earlier posts, I have written about the capacity for one individual to change the world.  The first one is about the impact of individual actions.   The second one is about Barack Obama&#8217;s capacity to bring about change at the national level through his authentic presence.
In that post I wrote:
&#8220;What Obama brings is hope, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Change Has Come</title>
		<link>http://www.guidingchange.org/blog/2008/11/05/change-has-come/</link>
		<comments>http://www.guidingchange.org/blog/2008/11/05/change-has-come/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Nov 2008 17:59:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deb</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the words of the immortal Sam Cooke:
“It&#8217;s been a long, a long time coming, but I know
A change gon&#8217; come, oh yes it will.”
Change has come.  Yesterday, as I campaigned in Philadelphia for Barack Obama, I had the honor and joy of a special experience.  In a small concrete island at an intersection in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wonderful Article About Obama</title>
		<link>http://www.guidingchange.org/blog/2008/10/22/wonderful-article-about-obama/</link>
		<comments>http://www.guidingchange.org/blog/2008/10/22/wonderful-article-about-obama/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Oct 2008 00:32:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deb</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Frank Schaeffer, author of  CRAZY FOR GOD-How I Grew Up As One Of The Elect, Helped Found The Religious Right, And Lived To Take All (Or Almost All) Of It Back, wrote a fabulous article about why Obama will be one of the greatest and most loved presidents.
Definitely worth a read.
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		<title>Help Obama  Win &#8211; Volunteer in a Swing State</title>
		<link>http://www.guidingchange.org/blog/2008/09/23/help-obama-win-volunteer-in-a-swing-state/</link>
		<comments>http://www.guidingchange.org/blog/2008/09/23/help-obama-win-volunteer-in-a-swing-state/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Sep 2008 23:50:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deb</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you want to help make sure Barack Obama wins in November, take some time on the next few weekends before the election to do voter outreach in a swing state.
I plan to be in Phillie every Saturday from now through election day.  I went 2 weeks ago and the work was easy but powerful.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Psychological Analysis of the U.S.</title>
		<link>http://www.guidingchange.org/blog/2008/09/16/psychological-analysis-of-the-us/</link>
		<comments>http://www.guidingchange.org/blog/2008/09/16/psychological-analysis-of-the-us/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Sep 2008 10:45:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deb</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Depak Chopra wrote an interesting article last week, Obama and the Palin Effect, describing Sarah Palin as Barack Obama’s psychological “shadow” (the repressed and rejected parts of ourselves).  He states:
“She is the reverse of Barack Obama, in essence his shadow, deriding his idealism and turning negativity into a cause for pride. In psychological terms the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Alice Walker&#8217;s Powerful Story</title>
		<link>http://www.guidingchange.org/blog/2008/04/17/alice-walkers-powerful-story/</link>
		<comments>http://www.guidingchange.org/blog/2008/04/17/alice-walkers-powerful-story/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 14:12:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deb</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last month, Alice Walker published an open letter, Lest We Forget: An Open Letter to My Sisters Who Are Brave, about why she is supporting Barack Obama for president.  It is a perfect example of the power of stories to influence in ways that &#8220;facts&#8221; and &#8220;logic&#8221; cannot.    Stories provide the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Power of One Person&#8217;s Authentic Presence: Barack Obama</title>
		<link>http://www.guidingchange.org/blog/2008/03/06/the-power-of-one-persons-authentic-presence-barrack-obama/</link>
		<comments>http://www.guidingchange.org/blog/2008/03/06/the-power-of-one-persons-authentic-presence-barrack-obama/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Mar 2008 17:03:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deb</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Barack Obama’s campaign for president is a example of how one person’s authentic presence can change the world.  Obama’s way of being in the world is in stark contrast to that of George Bush.  Ever since 9-11, George Bush has played on people’s fears as a way to increase his power and control. [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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