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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jan 2013 16:11:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>John Wesley&#8217;s Rule</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Nov 2012 18:36:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I came across with this rule in a book. Real leadership depends on it. Do all the good you can, By all the means you can, In all the ways you can, In all the places you can, At all the times you can, To all the people you can, As long as ever you [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=virk.wordpress.com&#038;blog=402768&#038;post=936&#038;subd=virk&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>10 Questions to Answer When Fixing Processes</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Aug 2012 21:04:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This post talks about how processes created and implemented in hurry overlook the impact on resources, and do not help in long run. Don&#8217;t panic and trap yourself in a complicated web of rules, processes and policies to prevent future happenings when something goes wrong. It becomes quite easy to show the world how well thought [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=virk.wordpress.com&#038;blog=402768&#038;post=882&#038;subd=virk&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>10 things to do when stuck in a situation</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jul 2012 00:04:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Do not wait until the conditions are perfect to begin. Beginning makes the conditions perfect.  &#8211; Alan Cohen (A prominent businessman from Florida) Once you find yourself at a fork in the road, or clueless about which path to choose from - you wonder &#8230;..where should I begin this journey?  I have been there many time.  Sometime stuck or sometimes clueless.  [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=virk.wordpress.com&#038;blog=402768&#038;post=888&#038;subd=virk&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>8 Leadership Quotes</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 May 2012 19:39:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Strategy is not the consequence of planning but the opposite, its starting point. &#8211; Henry Mintzberg Run with your head the first two-thirds of a race and with your heart the final third. &#8211; Jack Daniels A good team is a great place to be, exciting, stimulating, supportive, successful. A bad team is horrible, a [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=virk.wordpress.com&#038;blog=402768&#038;post=867&#038;subd=virk&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Leadership and Management</title>
		<link>http://virk.wordpress.com/2012/04/19/leadership-and-management/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Apr 2012 02:31:27 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Leadership]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Leadership and Management, a photo by kvirk on Flickr. My Summer reading list<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=virk.wordpress.com&#038;blog=402768&#038;post=864&#038;subd=virk&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Integrity &#8211; Key Ingredient for Success</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2012 22:40:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[February is Black History Month.  I was reading on Mr. Frederick Douglass and one of his quote came in front of me.  So profound and tells a lot about personal quality!  If one lacks integrity, will lack true sense of happiness and accomplishment in life. This quality in leaders and managers takes the organization to new [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=virk.wordpress.com&#038;blog=402768&#038;post=850&#038;subd=virk&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>How to Stay Healthy for Leaders &amp; Managers</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 03:41:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Working more than 40 hours every week? Stressed? Exhausted?  By working more and not paying attention to what your body wants, you are preparing yourself for burnout. Leaders and managers are working to exceed expectations, be more productive and dedicating more time and energy into resolving issues at work . Technology was supposed to get [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=virk.wordpress.com&#038;blog=402768&#038;post=834&#038;subd=virk&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>How Project Managers Can Help Retain the Talented Resources</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 23:31:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Organization rise and fall based on people involved in leading, managing and supporting. It has become a deciding factor for success in any organization to hire, nurture and retain the great talent.  Organizations have in past gone out of way to attract key talented resources from competitors. There might be fancy deck of powerpoint presentaton produced by HR professionals on available [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=virk.wordpress.com&#038;blog=402768&#038;post=819&#038;subd=virk&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Project Manager&#8217;s Happy New Year Message</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jan 2012 17:55:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Happy new year 2012! May all your projects finish on time without any cost or schedule variance.  May all team members stay healthy, happy;and meet all milestone dates.  May the executive sponsor stay happy as it is and does not change mind.&#8221;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=virk.wordpress.com&#038;blog=402768&#038;post=811&#038;subd=virk&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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