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		<title>Retail Shrink Means Morale Problem</title>
		<link>http://seriesofdots.com/2010/03/retail-shrink-means-morale-problem/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Mar 2010 00:02:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ted Duboise</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[A Series of Dots . . .]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[retail shrink]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[shrinkage]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Many of my readers are in the retail business.  Retail businesses sell things, whether it&#8217;s shoes, clothes, food, gifts, etc.  The idea is to buy items at cost and sell at a mark-up thus generating a profit. If you&#8217;re in the retail business, then without question, you know what &#8216;shrink&#8216; is.  If you don&#8217;t have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Do What You Need To Do, Not What You Want To Do</title>
		<link>http://seriesofdots.com/2010/03/do-what-you-need-to-do-not-what-you-want-to-do/</link>
		<comments>http://seriesofdots.com/2010/03/do-what-you-need-to-do-not-what-you-want-to-do/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 06:31:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ted Duboise</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Leadership]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[multitask]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[quadrant]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://seriesofdots.com/?p=118</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Today&#8217;s business environment requires that a manager multitask continuously. Often, we have a zillion tasks that must be done today. There are tasks that we like to do and there are tasks that we hate to do. Of course, the tasks that we like to do are the tasks that we want to do. However, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gov&#8217;t Workforce Skills Training Network</title>
		<link>http://seriesofdots.com/2009/12/govt-skills-training-network/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Dec 2009 03:25:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ted Duboise</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[My Opinion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[skills gap]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[skills training]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://seriesofdots.com/?p=108</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[On January 15, 2009, I published an article titled: &#8221; There is no income gap in America, there is a skills gap&#8221;. (see JobWicket.com). The article was also published on a previous blog. Then on July 6, 2009, on this blog, I published a posts called Federal Workforce Skills Commission. Read the articles to fully [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Employee Review: It&#8217;s Your Review</title>
		<link>http://seriesofdots.com/2009/12/employee-review-its-your-review/</link>
		<comments>http://seriesofdots.com/2009/12/employee-review-its-your-review/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Dec 2009 01:33:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ted Duboise</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Performance Reviews]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[employee]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[employee review]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://seriesofdots.com/?p=105</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[With the new year fast approaching, I&#8217;m reminded that it&#8217;s annual employee review time at many companies. If you are getting ready to do annual reviews, consider this: When you do an employee review, you are actually doing your own review. As you complete each item, goal or result, consider what you did to make [...]]]></description>
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		<title>It&#8217;s Easier To Give Birth Than Resurrect The Dead</title>
		<link>http://seriesofdots.com/2009/12/its-easier-to-give-birth-than-resurrect-the-dead/</link>
		<comments>http://seriesofdots.com/2009/12/its-easier-to-give-birth-than-resurrect-the-dead/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Dec 2009 02:49:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ted Duboise</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Leadership]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[deadbeat employees]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://seriesofdots.com/?p=95</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Deadbeat workers are a given. They&#8217;re out there. Are they working for you? Do not tolerate deadbeat employees! Free up their future and let them work somewhere else where the standards are low or non-existent. Why? Deadbeats kill moral and kill productivity. Why Do I Have Deadbeat Employees? There are usually two reasons that you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I Don&#8217;t Like The Bones</title>
		<link>http://seriesofdots.com/2009/12/i-dont-like-the-bones/</link>
		<comments>http://seriesofdots.com/2009/12/i-dont-like-the-bones/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 20:34:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ted Duboise</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Personal Development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bones]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[toast]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://seriesofdots.com/?p=92</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There is nothing like children to give you a different perspective on many subjects.  If you have children, I’m sure you have experienced this.  If you don’t have children, I’m sure there have been times when you’ve heard a child say something that gave you a totally different outlook.  A child’s perception is often entertaining.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>We&#8217;re In The People Business, People</title>
		<link>http://seriesofdots.com/2009/12/were-in-the-people-business-people/</link>
		<comments>http://seriesofdots.com/2009/12/were-in-the-people-business-people/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 19:22:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ted Duboise</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[A Series of Dots . . .]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[people]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[people business]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://seriesofdots.com/?p=80</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In my years of operating businesses, I learned many keys to being successful. In any given business, operating procedures will vary &#8211; some more detailed than others. The equipment and tools will vary in different businesses. However, there is one common denominator in any business: people.  Learning this one key has bode me well. No [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Five Questions That Tell The Story</title>
		<link>http://seriesofdots.com/2009/12/five-questions-that-tell-the-story/</link>
		<comments>http://seriesofdots.com/2009/12/five-questions-that-tell-the-story/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 19:09:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ted Duboise</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Interviewing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hiring interview]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[interview questions]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://seriesofdots.com/?p=68</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Can Your Candidate Tell The Story? Here are five questions that I ask of prospective employees and management candidates. These five questions will tell the story about that person. You should ask the same of anyone that you consider bringing into your business with you &#8211; your recruits. The reason: she/he will be representing you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>5 Steps To Interview and Hire The Right People</title>
		<link>http://seriesofdots.com/2009/12/5-steps-to-interview-and-hire-the-right-people/</link>
		<comments>http://seriesofdots.com/2009/12/5-steps-to-interview-and-hire-the-right-people/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 15:42:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ted Duboise</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Interviewing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hire the right people]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[interview]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://seriesofdots.com/?p=63</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[If you’ve been in business for any length of time, I don’t have to tell you how tough it is to hire the right people.  Interviewing and hiring is one of the most critical task that we do as managers and it is not a tasks to be rushed through.  Typically, we needed someone yesterday, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Project Forward . . . Think Backward</title>
		<link>http://seriesofdots.com/2009/12/project-forward-think-backward/</link>
		<comments>http://seriesofdots.com/2009/12/project-forward-think-backward/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 15:28:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ted Duboise</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Personal Development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[qualities of success]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://seriesofdots.com/?p=60</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Occasionally, I see articles by other authors that I think needs to be seen again. Here is an article written by Brian Tracy. One of the great rules for success is this: &#8220;It doesn&#8217;t matter where you&#8217;re coming from; all that really matters is where you&#8217;re going!&#8221;  No matter what you have done or accomplished [...]]]></description>
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