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	<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:59:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Tesco, Home Retail Facing Shareholder Ire</title>
		<link>http://blogs.bnet.co.uk/sterling-performance/2009/07/03/tesco-home-retail-facing-shareholder-ire/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:59:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julian Goldsmith</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Retail executives will be dismayed at shareholder militancy at the moment. Tesco just managed to push through a change to share options rules, against strong opposition at its AGM. Argos owner Home Retail Group had a similar groundswell against bonus payments to directors at its AGM too.
Both of these companies have been relatively recession-proof, compared [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bob Pearson: Social Media Not Just For Geeks</title>
		<link>http://blogs.bnet.co.uk/sterling-performance/2009/07/02/bob-pearson-social-media-not-just-for-geeks/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.bnet.co.uk/sterling-performance/2009/07/02/bob-pearson-social-media-not-just-for-geeks/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:48:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Yann Gourvennec</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Bob Pearson, has just been appointed President of the newly rebranded Social Media Business Council (SMBC, of which I am also a member) after a successful stint as Vice President, Communities and Conversations at Dell. I met with him to ask few questions on how he will use the experience he gained there, in his new role [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Graduates: No Job? Then Create One Yourself</title>
		<link>http://blogs.bnet.co.uk/sterling-performance/2009/07/02/graduates-no-job-then-create-one-yourself/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.bnet.co.uk/sterling-performance/2009/07/02/graduates-no-job-then-create-one-yourself/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 16:49:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Young</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[Women in Business]]></category>

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

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		<description><![CDATA[NEETs are back in the news. What&#8217;s a NEET? Not in Employment, Education or Training.
It&#8217;s our modern euphemism for unemployed school-leavers. As a group, they&#8217;re about to top one million strong, which is clearly bad news.
The government&#8217;s solution is to offer them jobs or apprenticeships - then stop their benefits if they don&#8217;t take them [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How's Your Personal Elevator Pitch</title>
		<link>http://blogs.bnet.co.uk/sterling-performance/2009/07/02/hows-your-personal-elevator-pitch/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.bnet.co.uk/sterling-performance/2009/07/02/hows-your-personal-elevator-pitch/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 16:24:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tessa Hood</dc:creator>
		
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People subconsciously form an impression of you within 10 seconds of meeting. So when they ask you what you do, can you add to that first impression by succinctly, accurately and interestingly describing what you do in an elevator pitch lasting no more than 15 seconds?
Your elevator pitch should describe why someone should be interested [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why State Ownership is Bad for Business</title>
		<link>http://blogs.bnet.co.uk/sterling-performance/2009/07/02/why-state-ownership-is-bad-for-business/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.bnet.co.uk/sterling-performance/2009/07/02/why-state-ownership-is-bad-for-business/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:40:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Northedge</dc:creator>
		
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The state sector is growing at private companies&#8217; expense.
The Post Office is to remain state-controlled and the East Coast rail line has been nationalised. They sit in a UK government portfolio already boosted by the addition of Northern Rock, Royal Bank of Scotland, Bradford &#38; Bingley, almost half of Lloyds and Railtrack. The government remains [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Undercover Boss: What One CEO Has Learned</title>
		<link>http://blogs.bnet.co.uk/sterling-performance/2009/07/01/undercover-boss-what-one-ceo-has-learned/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.bnet.co.uk/sterling-performance/2009/07/01/undercover-boss-what-one-ceo-has-learned/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 14:34:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>BNET UK Staff</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Stephen Martin, chief executive of Yorkshire-based property development company Clugston, took part in Undercover Boss, shown on Channel 4.
He jumped at the opportunity to work incognito as a labourer to understand the company at grass roots, but what happened once the cameras disappeared?
Here what he has to say about what Clugston has done since his part in the programme [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Five Questions to Identify the Secret of Your Success</title>
		<link>http://blogs.bnet.co.uk/sterling-performance/2009/06/30/five-questions-to-identify-the-secret-of-your-success/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.bnet.co.uk/sterling-performance/2009/06/30/five-questions-to-identify-the-secret-of-your-success/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 14:43:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stuart Cross</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Understanding, developing and exploiting your company&#8217;s strengths and competitive advantages is at the heart of any strategy for business growth. Yet many business leaders do not fully understand how and why their company wins.
Executive teams often draw up a list of strengths and competitive advantages based on gut feel but have few robust facts to support their [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to Regain the Trust of Disengaged Staff</title>
		<link>http://blogs.bnet.co.uk/sterling-performance/2009/06/30/how-to-regain-the-trust-of-disengaged-staff/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.bnet.co.uk/sterling-performance/2009/06/30/how-to-regain-the-trust-of-disengaged-staff/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:47:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stuart Woollard</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Organisational trust has been studied for many years. Only relatively recently however have events helped to drive this issue to the top of many business agendas.
The near collapse of the financial system and the actions of senior bankers is one of the most damaging. The recent behavior of British MP’s in claiming expenses has undermined [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Was Your Night at the Opera Worth It?</title>
		<link>http://blogs.bnet.co.uk/sterling-performance/2009/06/30/was-your-night-at-the-opera-worth-it/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.bnet.co.uk/sterling-performance/2009/06/30/was-your-night-at-the-opera-worth-it/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 12:54:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Northedge</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Been invited to Wimbledon this year? Or Glyndebourne? Or the Big Chill? Or have you taken clients to such events?  Perhaps not, given the recession, but how would you feel if details of such hospitality became public?
Summer 2009 should be remembered for the major advance in transparency. After the MPs&#8217; expenses became public, the BBC [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What Makes You Stand Out at Work?</title>
		<link>http://blogs.bnet.co.uk/sterling-performance/2009/06/29/what-makes-you-stand-out-at-work/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.bnet.co.uk/sterling-performance/2009/06/29/what-makes-you-stand-out-at-work/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 12:59:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tessa Hood</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Unemployment has now hit 2.26 million, and still climbing. As jobs become increasingly insecure, it&#8217;s more important than ever to stand out from the crowd.
If you can’t define your differentiation in your speciality you have a problem.
Here are my tips for being the stand-out candidate in your marketplace or your boss.

As an employee, consider how [...]]]></description>
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