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    <title>Stephen R. Balzac, Leadership Development Expert</title>
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      <title>Boston Leadership Expert to Speak at Computer Measurement Group International Conference in Las Vegas</title>
      <description>For Immediate Release&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Leadership and organizational change expert Stephen Balzac, president of &lt;a href="http://www.7stepsahead..com"&gt;7 Steps Ahead&lt;/a&gt; and author of &lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0071743820?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;tag=7stea</description>
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      <author>Stephen R. Balzac, Leadership Development Expert</author>
      <pubDate>Thu, 04 Oct 2012 13:46:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Too Much Control Undoes Effective Leadership</title>
      <description>&amp;quot;Some of the biggest problems in business are caused by too much control, not too little,&amp;quot; according to Stephen Balzac, president of &lt;a target="_blank" href="http://www.7stepsahead.com"&gt;7 Steps Ahead&lt;/a&gt;, and author of &amp;quot;&lt;a href="http:/</description>
      <link>http://www.expertclick.com/NRWire/Too_Much_Control_Undoes_Effective_Leadership,201340825.aspx</link>
      <author>Stephen R. Balzac, Leadership Development Expert</author>
      <pubDate>Tue, 26 Jun 2012 12:52:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>The Speed of Mistrust: Anti-Leadership in Action</title>
      <description>&amp;quot;People like to talk about the speed of trust, but it's the speed of mistrust that you have to worry about,&amp;quot; says leadership expert Stephen R Balzac, president of &lt;a href="http://www.7stepsahead.com"&gt;7 Steps Ahead&lt;/a&gt;, and author of &amp;quot;&lt;</description>
      <link>http://www.expertclick.com/NRWire/The_Speed_of_Mistrust_AntiLeadership_in_Action,201340755.aspx</link>
      <author>Stephen R. Balzac, Leadership Development Expert</author>
      <pubDate>Thu, 14 Jun 2012 09:28:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Boston Leadership Consultant to Speak at International Technology Conference</title>
      <description>For Immediate Release&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Leadership expert Stephen Balzac, president of &lt;a href="http://www.7stepsahead.com"&gt;7 Steps Ahead&lt;/a&gt; and author of &lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/0071743820?tag=7steahe-20&amp;amp;camp=14573&amp;amp;creative=327641&amp;amp;li</description>
      <link>http://www.expertclick.com/NRWire/Boston_Leadership_Consultant_to_Speak_at_International_Technology_Conference,201337434.aspx</link>
      <author>Stephen R. Balzac, Leadership Development Expert</author>
      <pubDate>Wed, 24 Aug 2011 06:02:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Leadership Expert, Author, Selected as Plenary Speaker for Computer Measurement Group Annual Conference</title>
      <description>For Immediate Release&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Leadership expert Stephen Balzac, president of &lt;a href="http://www.7stepsahead.com" target="_blank"&gt;7 Steps Ahea&lt;/a&gt;d and author of &lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/0071743820?tag=7steahe-20&amp;amp;camp=14573&amp;amp;creati</description>
      <link>http://www.expertclick.com/NRWire/Leadership_Expert_Author_Selected_as_Plenary_Speaker_for_Computer_Measurement_Group_Annual_Conference,201337341.aspx</link>
      <author>Stephen R. Balzac, Leadership Development Expert</author>
      <pubDate>Mon, 15 Aug 2011 14:06:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Trusted Leaders Can Keep Organizational Change From Running Aground</title>
      <description>&lt;strong&gt;Trusted Leaders Can Keep Organizational Change From Running Aground&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For Immediate Release&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;ldquo;Organizational change fails because leaders are making changes before they&amp;rsquo;ve convinced their people that ch</description>
      <link>http://www.expertclick.com/NRWire/Trusted_Leaders_Can_Keep_Organizational_Change_From_Running_Aground,201336310.aspx</link>
      <author>Stephen R. Balzac, Leadership Development Expert</author>
      <pubDate>Tue, 10 May 2011 09:15:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Avoid the Motivation Trap: How Leaders Can Effectively Motivate Their Followers</title>
      <description>For immediate release&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Avoid the Motivation Trap: How Leaders Can Effectively Motivate Their Followers&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;ldquo;There is no such thing as an unmotivated employee,&amp;rdquo; according to leadership expert Stephen Balza</description>
      <link>http://www.expertclick.com/NRWire/Avoid_the_Motivation_Trap_How_Leaders_Can_Effectively_Motivate_Their_Followers,201335022.aspx</link>
      <author>Stephen R. Balzac, Leadership Development Expert</author>
      <pubDate>Tue, 01 Feb 2011 10:53:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>What Is The Half-Life of a New Year's Resolution?</title>
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      <link>http://www.expertclick.com/NRWire/What_Is_The_HalfLife_of_a_New_Years_Resolution,201334946.aspx</link>
      <author>Stephen R. Balzac, Leadership Development Expert</author>
      <pubDate>Tue, 25 Jan 2011 12:56:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Are Your Business Strategies Failing to Generate Profts?</title>
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      <link>http://www.expertclick.com/NRWire/Are_Your_Business_Strategies_Failing_to_Generate_Profts,201334593.aspx</link>
      <author>Stephen R. Balzac, Leadership Development Expert</author>
      <pubDate>Tue, 21 Dec 2010 11:35:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Emotional Intelligence Enables Leaders to Increase Profits in Tough Times</title>
      <description>For immediate release&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Emotional Intelligence Enables Leaders to Increase Profits in Tough Times&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;ldquo;The best thing about emotional intelligence is that it can be trained,&amp;rdquo; says leadership expert Stephen</description>
      <link>http://www.expertclick.com/NRWire/Emotional_Intelligence_Enables_Leaders_to_Increase_Profits_in_Tough_Times,201334457.aspx</link>
      <author>Stephen R. Balzac, Leadership Development Expert</author>
      <pubDate>Wed, 08 Dec 2010 14:45:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Got Scared Employees? Then You Have a Scared Leader!</title>
      <description>For immediate release&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Got Scared Employees? Then You Have a Scared Leader!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;ldquo;Fear shuts people down,&amp;rdquo; says leadership expert Stephen Balzac, president of &lt;a target="_blank" href="http://www.7stepsahea</description>
      <link>http://www.expertclick.com/NRWire/Got_Scared_Employees_Then_You_Have_a_Scared_Leader,201334277.aspx</link>
      <author>Stephen R. Balzac, Leadership Development Expert</author>
      <pubDate>Tue, 23 Nov 2010 14:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Driving Profits Through Employee Engagement: The Sign of the Successful Leader</title>
      <description>For Immediate Release&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Driving Profits Through Employee Engagement: The Sign of the Successful Leader&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;ldquo;Does this sound familiar: your team is energetic and dedicated, but work comes to a halt if you&amp;rsquo;r</description>
      <link>http://www.expertclick.com/NRWire/Driving_Profits_Through_Employee_Engagement_The_Sign_of_the_Successful_Leader,201334217.aspx</link>
      <author>Stephen R. Balzac, Leadership Development Expert</author>
      <pubDate>Wed, 17 Nov 2010 14:20:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Are Your Leaders Undermining Their Own Teams With Low Expectations?</title>
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      <link>http://www.expertclick.com/NRWire/Are_Your_Leaders_Undermining_Their_Own_Teams_With_Low_Expectations,201334204.aspx</link>
      <author>Stephen R. Balzac, Leadership Development Expert</author>
      <pubDate>Tue, 16 Nov 2010 15:01:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Leaders Are Made: Developing Emotion-Based Leadership Drives Business Success</title>
      <description>For Immediate Release&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Leaders Are Made: Developing Emotion-Based Leadership Drives Business Success&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;ldquo;The best surgeons, the best actors, the best athletes, the best engineers are the product of long years </description>
      <link>http://www.expertclick.com/NRWire/Leaders_Are_Made_Developing_EmotionBased_Leadership_Drives_Business_Success,201334156.aspx</link>
      <author>Stephen R. Balzac, Leadership Development Expert</author>
      <pubDate>Wed, 10 Nov 2010 10:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Serious Games Enable Leaders to Train Emotional Intelligence</title>
      <description>For immediate release&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Serious Games Enable Leaders to Train Emotional Intelligence&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;ldquo;All leaders need to connect emotionally with their followers,&amp;rdquo; says leadership expert Stephen Balzac, president of </description>
      <link>http://www.expertclick.com/NRWire/Serious_Games_Enable_Leaders_to_Train_Emotional_Intelligence,201333907.aspx</link>
      <author>Stephen R. Balzac, Leadership Development Expert</author>
      <pubDate>Tue, 19 Oct 2010 13:01:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Emotional Intelligence Enables Leaders to Increase Profits</title>
      <description>For Immediate Release&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Emotional Intelligence Enables Leaders to Increase Profits&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;ldquo;Successful leaders don&amp;rsquo;t just lead with their heads,&amp;rdquo; says leadership expert &lt;a href="mailto:info@7stepsahead.c</description>
      <link>http://www.expertclick.com/NRWire/Emotional_Intelligence_Enables_Leaders_to_Increase_Profits,201333847.aspx</link>
      <author>Stephen R. Balzac, Leadership Development Expert</author>
      <pubDate>Wed, 13 Oct 2010 16:01:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>How Successful Leaders Utilize Employee Engagement to Drive Profits</title>
      <description>For Immediate Release&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;How Successful Leaders Utilize Employee Engagement to Drive Profits&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;ldquo;The most successful leaders never do it alone: they are supported by dedicated and loyal employees,&amp;rdquo; says le</description>
      <link>http://www.expertclick.com/NRWire/How_Successful_Leaders_Utilize_Employee_Engagement_to_Drive_Profits,201333775.aspx</link>
      <author>Stephen R. Balzac, Leadership Development Expert</author>
      <pubDate>Fri, 08 Oct 2010 07:58:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Do bullies realize that they are bullies?</title>
      <description>We've all heard the news about the suicide at Rutgers. Bullying is in the news almost every day and yet it continues to happen.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Do bullies even realize that they are bullies?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The answer is, probably not. Most people who hurt oth</description>
      <link>http://www.expertclick.com/NRWire/Do_bullies_realize_that_they_are_bullies,201333716.aspx</link>
      <author>Stephen R. Balzac, Leadership Development Expert</author>
      <pubDate>Sat, 02 Oct 2010 16:58:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Failing Strategies Tell You You?re Solving Yesterday?s Problems</title>
      <description>For Immediate Release&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Failing Strategies Tell You You&amp;rsquo;re Solving Yesterday&amp;rsquo;s Problems&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If only we could buy lottery tickets based on yesterday&amp;rsquo;s newspaper. Becoming rich would be the easiest thing imaginable. Ju</description>
      <link>http://www.expertclick.com/NRWire/Failing_Strategies_Tell_You_Youre_Solving_Yesterdays_Problems,201333564.aspx</link>
      <author>Stephen R. Balzac, Leadership Development Expert</author>
      <pubDate>Wed, 22 Sep 2010 08:29:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Are Your Leaders Undermined and Your Strategies Destroyed By Infighting?</title>
      <description>&amp;lt;html&amp;gt;&amp;lt;head&amp;gt;&amp;lt;meta http-equiv=&amp;quot;Content-Type&amp;quot; content=&amp;quot;text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;title&amp;gt;The Effective Organization, September 2010&amp;lt;/title&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/head&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;lt;body topmargin=&amp;quot;0&amp;quot; le</description>
      <link>http://www.expertclick.com/NRWire/Are_Your_Leaders_Undermined_and_Your_Strategies_Destroyed_By_Infighting,201333493.aspx</link>
      <author>Stephen R. Balzac, Leadership Development Expert</author>
      <pubDate>Thu, 16 Sep 2010 08:06:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Hiring the wrong people? Unable to find and retain top talent?</title>
      <description>For Immediate Release&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hiring the wrong people? Unable to find and retain top talent?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Your company may be experiencing the &amp;ldquo;Taboo of the Bananas!&amp;rdquo; Sending the wrong messages to potential candidates and interviewers al</description>
      <link>http://www.expertclick.com/NRWire/Hiring_the_wrong_people_Unable_to_find_and_retain_top_talent,201333425.aspx</link>
      <author>Stephen R. Balzac, Leadership Development Expert</author>
      <pubDate>Mon, 13 Sep 2010 08:27:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Five Ways that Leaders Destroy Organizations</title>
      <description>For Immediate Release&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What are five ways that leaders destroy organizations?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Stephen Balzac, consultant and author of &amp;ldquo;&lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0071743820?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;tag=7steahe-20&amp;amp;linkCode=as2&amp;amp;ca</description>
      <link>http://www.expertclick.com/NRWire/Five_Ways_that_Leaders_Destroy_Organizations,201333364.aspx</link>
      <author>Stephen R. Balzac, Leadership Development Expert</author>
      <pubDate>Fri, 10 Sep 2010 08:21:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Results Only Work Environments Don?t Work? But Leaders Keep Trying!</title>
      <description>For Immediate Release&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Results Only Work Environments Don&amp;rsquo;t Work&amp;hellip; But Leaders Keep Trying!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;According to &lt;a href="http://www.7stepsahead.com/about.html" target="_blank"&gt;Stephen Balzac&lt;/a&gt;, consultant and author of &amp;ld</description>
      <link>http://www.expertclick.com/NRWire/Results_Only_Work_Environments_Dont_Work_But_Leaders_Keep_Trying,201333198.aspx</link>
      <author>Stephen R. Balzac, Leadership Development Expert</author>
      <pubDate>Thu, 09 Sep 2010 09:16:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>How Turf Wars Destroy Your Business Strategies</title>
      <description>For immediate release&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;How Turf Wars Destroy Your Business Strategies&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There&amp;rsquo;s nothing like having the different departments in your company working together like a well-oiled machine. Unfortunately, what most businesses exp</description>
      <link>http://www.expertclick.com/NRWire/How_Turf_Wars_Destroy_Your_Business_Strategies,201333328.aspx</link>
      <author>Stephen R. Balzac, Leadership Development Expert</author>
      <pubDate>Wed, 08 Sep 2010 09:25:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Nothing Succeeds Like Success... So Why Do Leaders Focus On Failure?</title>
      <description>For Immediate Release&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If nothing succeeds like success, why do so many leaders focus on failure?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;According to &lt;a href="http://www.7stepsahead.com/about.html" target="_blank"&gt;Stephen Balzac&lt;/a&gt;, consultant and author of &amp;ldquo;&lt;a</description>
      <link>http://www.expertclick.com/NRWire/Nothing_Succeeds_Like_Success_So_Why_Do_Leaders_Focus_On_Failure,201333197.aspx</link>
      <author>Stephen R. Balzac, Leadership Development Expert</author>
      <pubDate>Tue, 07 Sep 2010 10:18:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Are disgruntled employees destroying your business strategies and killing motivation?</title>
      <description>For Immediate Release&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you are looking to create a highly motivated workforce, the type of workforce that can't wait to come in each day and is excited by challenge, then you need &lt;a href="http://www.7stepsahead.com/about.html" target="_</description>
      <link>http://www.expertclick.com/NRWire/Are_disgruntled_employees_destroying_your_business_strategies_and_killing_motivation,201333306.aspx</link>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 06 Sep 2010 09:31:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>The Top Ten Failing Leadership Strategies</title>
      <description>The Top Ten Failing Leadership Strategies &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;According to &lt;a href="http://www.7stepsahead.com/about.html" target="_blank"&gt;Stephen Balzac&lt;/a&gt;, consultant and author of &amp;ldquo;&lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0071743820?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;ta</description>
      <link>http://www.expertclick.com/NRWire/The_Top_Ten_Failing_Leadership_Strategies,201333305.aspx</link>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 03 Sep 2010 13:21:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Why Leaders Fail Their Organizations and Destroy Their Companies</title>
      <description>For Immediate Release&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Why do leaders fail? &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;According to &lt;a href="http://www.7stepsahead.com/about.html" target="_blank"&gt;Stephen Balzac&lt;/a&gt;, consultant and author of &amp;ldquo;&lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0071743820?ie</description>
      <link>http://www.expertclick.com/NRWire/Why_Leaders_Fail_Their_Organizations_and_Destroy_Their_Companies,201333196.aspx</link>
      <author>Stephen R. Balzac, Leadership Development Expert</author>
      <pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 07:57:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>How Culture Destroys Companies</title>
      <description>For Immediate Release&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Do You Have A Success Culture?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In his new book, &amp;ldquo;&lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0071743820?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;tag=7steahe-20&amp;amp;linkCode=as2&amp;amp;camp=1789&amp;amp;creative=9325&amp;amp;creativeASIN=00717</description>
      <link>http://www.expertclick.com/NRWire/How_Culture_Destroys_Companies,201333304.aspx</link>
      <author>Stephen R. Balzac, Leadership Development Expert</author>
      <pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2010 08:02:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Change is a good thing?when you?ve mastered organizational development!</title>
      <description>For Immediate Release&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Change is a good thing&amp;mdash;when you&amp;rsquo;ve mastered organizational development! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Change comes fast&amp;mdash;and the most successful organizations are prepared to handle it before impact; they act, they don</description>
      <link>http://www.expertclick.com/NRWire/Change_is_a_good_thingwhen_youve_mastered_organizational_development,201333292.aspx</link>
      <author>Stephen R. Balzac, Leadership Development Expert</author>
      <pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2010 09:31:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>In a time when we need strong leadership why are so many business leaders failing?</title>
      <description>For Immediate Release&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In a time when we need strong leadership why are so many business leaders failing?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;According to &lt;a href="http://www.7stepsahead.com/about.html" target="_blank"&gt;Stephen Balzac&lt;/a&gt;, consultant and author of &amp;</description>
      <link>http://www.expertclick.com/NRWire/In_a_time_when_we_need_strong_leadership_why_are_so_many_business_leaders_failing,201333195.aspx</link>
      <author>Stephen R. Balzac, Leadership Development Expert</author>
      <pubDate>Mon, 30 Aug 2010 07:47:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Balzac's book available next month</title>
      <description>For Immediate Release&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Balzac&amp;rsquo;s book available within the next month&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In his new book, &amp;ldquo;The 36-Hour Course in Organizational Development,&amp;rdquo; noted consultant, speaker, and psychology professor Stephen Balzac explai</description>
      <link>http://www.expertclick.com/NRWire/Balzacs_book_available_next_month,201333238.aspx</link>
      <author>Stephen R. Balzac, Leadership Development Expert</author>
      <pubDate>Thu, 26 Aug 2010 07:58:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>What leadership mistakes run organizations off cliffs as certainly as a brake failure will run a car into a brick wall?</title>
      <description>For Immediate Release&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What leadership mistakes run organizations off cliffs as certainly as a brake failure will run a car into a brick wall? And why to do leaders make those mistakes over and over again?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;According to &lt;a href="h</description>
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      <author>Stephen R. Balzac, Leadership Development Expert</author>
      <pubDate>Wed, 25 Aug 2010 08:39:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Having Trouble Motivating Employees?</title>
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      <link>http://www.expertclick.com/NRWire/Having_Trouble_Motivating_Employees,201333233.aspx</link>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 24 Aug 2010 17:23:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Understanding the five elements of effective leadership</title>
      <description>For Immediate Release&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Why are so many leaders failing in this economy?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Why do companies make the same mistakes over and over?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Noted consultant and author Stephen Balzac, &amp;ldquo;&lt;a href="http://www.TheBusinessSensei.co</description>
      <link>http://www.expertclick.com/NRWire/Understanding_the_five_elements_of_effective_leadership,201333192.aspx</link>
      <author>Stephen R. Balzac, Leadership Development Expert</author>
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      <title>When Perfection Is A Route to Killing Innovation</title>
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      <link>http://www.expertclick.com/NRWire/When_Perfection_Is_A_Route_to_Killing_Innovation,201333112.aspx</link>
      <author>Stephen R. Balzac, Leadership Development Expert</author>
      <pubDate>Thu, 19 Aug 2010 08:49:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>What General McChrystal Teaches Us About Business Leadership</title>
      <description>For Immediate Release&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What does the story of General Stanley McChrystal tell us about leadership and good business?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;ldquo;Quite a bit,&amp;rdquo; says Stephen Balzac, the author of &amp;ldquo;&lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0</description>
      <link>http://www.expertclick.com/NRWire/What_General_McChrystal_Teaches_Us_About_Business_Leadership,201333110.aspx</link>
      <author>Stephen R. Balzac, Leadership Development Expert</author>
      <pubDate>Mon, 16 Aug 2010 07:45:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Seize the Recovery: Succeeding in Today's Economy</title>
      <description>For Immediate Release&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Why do companies leave success to chance?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Why do companies make the same mistakes over and over?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Why do so many so-called leaders rely on coercion instead of inspiration?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What does it </description>
      <link>http://www.expertclick.com/NRWire/Seize_the_Recovery_Succeeding_in_Todays_Economy,201333072.aspx</link>
      <author>Stephen R. Balzac, Leadership Development Expert</author>
      <pubDate>Wed, 11 Aug 2010 14:59:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Participants in fantasy serious game solve real problems</title>
      <description>For Immediate Release&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Predicting how people will respond to a rapidly changing situation or unexpected setback is extremely difficult... until now.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Steve Balzac, author of &amp;quot;&lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/00717438</description>
      <link>http://www.expertclick.com/NRWire/Participants_in_fantasy_serious_game_solve_real_problems,201332756.aspx</link>
      <author>Stephen R. Balzac, Leadership Development Expert</author>
      <pubDate>Mon, 19 Jul 2010 08:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>What Hydrangeas and Russian Spies Says About Hiring and Performance</title>
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      <link>http://www.expertclick.com/NRWire/What_Hydrangeas_and_Russian_Spies_Says_About_Hiring_and_Performance,201332738.aspx</link>
      <author>Stephen R. Balzac, Leadership Development Expert</author>
      <pubDate>Thu, 15 Jul 2010 15:25:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Why Feedback Meetings Don?t Work? And What To Do About It!</title>
      <description>For Immediate Release&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The annual performance review is far too often an experience to be dreaded by both employees and managers alike. Instead of a valuable feedback session which enables the employee to improve performance and grow in the</description>
      <link>http://www.expertclick.com/NRWire/Why_Feedback_Meetings_Dont_Work_And_What_To_Do_About_It,201332705.aspx</link>
      <author>Stephen R. Balzac, Leadership Development Expert</author>
      <pubDate>Tue, 13 Jul 2010 21:10:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Why organizational change creates unexpected headaches</title>
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      <link>http://www.expertclick.com/NRWire/Why_organizational_change_creates_unexpected_headaches,201332632.aspx</link>
      <author>Stephen R. Balzac, Leadership Development Expert</author>
      <pubDate>Wed, 07 Jul 2010 21:22:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Is your company setting itself up for failure?</title>
      <description>For Immediate Release&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Is your company setting itself up to fail?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Do you have employees that are hard to motivate?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Is getting your employees to take initiative like pulling teeth?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Do your employees shrug and</description>
      <link>http://www.expertclick.com/NRWire/Is_your_company_setting_itself_up_for_failure,201332543.aspx</link>
      <author>Stephen R. Balzac, Leadership Development Expert</author>
      <pubDate>Tue, 29 Jun 2010 14:33:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Do your decisions return like Dracula from the grave?</title>
      <description>For Immediate Release&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;ldquo;One of the biggest complaints I hear managers say about their teams is &amp;lsquo;I thought we&amp;rsquo;d settled that!&amp;rsquo;&amp;rdquo; says consultant and author Stephen Balzac, president of management consulting firm </description>
      <link>http://www.expertclick.com/NRWire/Do_your_decisions_return_like_Dracula_from_the_grave,201332364.aspx</link>
      <author>Stephen R. Balzac, Leadership Development Expert</author>
      <pubDate>Mon, 21 Jun 2010 08:41:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>What does it really mean to have a team of leaders?</title>
      <description>For Immediate Release&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What does it really mean to have a team of leaders?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Many organizations claim they want everyone to act like a leader, but does that really makes sense? How many people can really be setting the agenda, sche</description>
      <link>http://www.expertclick.com/NRWire/What_does_it_really_mean_to_have_a_team_of_leaders,201332362.aspx</link>
      <author>Stephen R. Balzac, Leadership Development Expert</author>
      <pubDate>Mon, 14 Jun 2010 08:19:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Don?t Leave Success to Chance!</title>
      <description>For Immediate Release&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Don&amp;rsquo;t leave success to chance!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Why do companies make the same mistakes over and over?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Why do so many so-called leaders rely on coercion instead of inspiration? &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What does it take</description>
      <link>http://www.expertclick.com/NRWire/Dont_Leave_Success_to_Chance,201332190.aspx</link>
      <author>Stephen R. Balzac, Leadership Development Expert</author>
      <pubDate>Tue, 01 Jun 2010 09:01:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Have a Frankenstein Problem? Put the Candle Back</title>
      <description>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Put The Candle Back&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In the classic comedy, &amp;ldquo;Young Frankenstein,&amp;rdquo; Frederick Frankenstein and Inga, played respectively by Gene Wilder and Teri Garr, are seeking the hidden entran</description>
      <link>http://www.expertclick.com/NRWire/Have_a_Frankenstein_Problem_Put_the_Candle_Back,201331866.aspx</link>
      <author>Stephen R. Balzac, Leadership Development Expert</author>
      <pubDate>Sat, 15 May 2010 20:38:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Deja vu All Over Again</title>
      <description>For Immediate Release&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;D&amp;eacute;j&amp;agrave; vu All Over Again&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.7stepsahead.com/articles/DejavuAllOverAgainlr.pdf"&gt;As published in the CEO Refresher&lt;/</description>
      <link>http://www.expertclick.com/NRWire/Deja_vu_All_Over_Again,201330463.aspx</link>
      <author>Stephen R. Balzac, Leadership Development Expert</author>
      <pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 12:50:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Avoiding the Problem of Going Right to Midnight!</title>
      <description>&lt;em&gt;&amp;ldquo;Left or right?&amp;rdquo;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;ldquo;Right to Midnight.&amp;rdquo;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I had this conversation recently with my 3.5 year old son. We were in the car, and he had just dropped his favorite stuffed animal, a black cat named Midnigh</description>
      <link>http://www.expertclick.com/NRWire/Avoiding_the_Problem_of_Going_Right_to_Midnight,201330388.aspx</link>
      <author>Stephen R. Balzac, Leadership Development Expert</author>
      <pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 12:17:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Are You and Your Employees Speaking the Same Language?</title>
      <description>For Immediate Release&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Are you and your employees speaking the same language?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The struggle between managers and engineers is legendary. Each group seems to have different priorities, different goals, different perspectives on how</description>
      <link>http://www.expertclick.com/NRWire/Are_You_and_Your_Employees_Speaking_the_Same_Language,201329460.aspx</link>
      <author>Stephen R. Balzac, Leadership Development Expert</author>
      <pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 13:11:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Serious Games Create Seriously Good Leaders</title>
      <description>For Immediate Release&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Serious Games Create Seriously Good Leaders&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;On October 31, 2009, Steve Balzac will present Long Ago and Far Away, a leadership and negotiation serious live game at the Association for Experiential Education</description>
      <link>http://www.expertclick.com/NRWire/Serious_Games_Create_Seriously_Good_Leaders,201329235.aspx</link>
      <author>Stephen R. Balzac, Leadership Development Expert</author>
      <pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 09:01:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>7 Habits of Pointy-Haired Bosses</title>
      <description>&lt;div style="text-align: center; "&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The Seven Habits of Pointy-Haired Bosses&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Scott Adams, of Dilbert fame, routinely features tales of bumbling managers. The popularity of Dilbert, and the degree to which it reso</description>
      <link>http://www.expertclick.com/NRWire/7_Habits_of_PointyHaired_Bosses,201327062.aspx</link>
      <author>Stephen R. Balzac, Leadership Development Expert</author>
      <pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2009 18:46:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>How To Succeed At Consulting!</title>
      <description>&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;The Society of Professional Consultants to Present an Educational Seminar on Consulting as Your New Career &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Find out what you need to be successful &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Waltham, MA &amp;ndash; May </description>
      <link>http://www.expertclick.com/NRWire/How_To_Succeed_At_Consulting,201327016.aspx</link>
      <author>Stephen R. Balzac, Leadership Development Expert</author>
      <pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2009 09:01:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Amid Panic and Layoffs, Businesses Can Still Grow in Today?s Economy</title>
      <description>?For Immediate Release&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Amid Panic and Layoffs, Businesses Can Still Grow in Today?s Economy&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Is the economic news getting you down? According to well-known consultant and speaker, Stephen Balzac, more</description>
      <link>http://www.expertclick.com/NRWire/Amid_Panic_and_Layoffs_Businesses_Can_Still_Grow_in_Todays_Economy,201326837.aspx</link>
      <author>Stephen R. Balzac, Leadership Development Expert</author>
      <pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2009 10:46:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>There are thousand ways to not make a lightbulb. Why stop at 999?</title>
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There are thousand ways to not make a lightbulb. Why stop at 999?

Innovation is touted as the life-blood of economic success. Companies such as Wal-Mart, Home Depot, IBM, Cicso, and Microsoft were once heralded as amongst </description>
      <link>http://www.expertclick.com/NRWire/There_are_thousand_ways_to_not_make_a_lightbulb_Why_stop_at_999,201326161.aspx</link>
      <author>Stephen R. Balzac, Leadership Development Expert</author>
      <pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2009 12:26:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>You?re Good At What You Do, But Can You Convince Others?</title>
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You?re Good At What You Do, But Can You Convince Others?

The steady barrage of negative news makes it easy to believe that if you don?t have a job, you won?t be able to get one. Conventional advice, such as sending out dozens </description>
      <link>http://www.expertclick.com/NRWire/Youre_Good_At_What_You_Do_But_Can_You_Convince_Others,201325710.aspx</link>
      <author>Stephen R. Balzac, Leadership Development Expert</author>
      <pubDate>Tue, 03 Mar 2009 11:50:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>If Innovation Is So Important, Why Do Companies Stop?</title>
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&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;If Innovation Is So Important, Why Do Companies Stop?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Innovation is touted as the life-blood of economic success. Companies such as Wal-Mart, Home Depot, IBM, Cicso, and Microsoft</description>
      <link>http://www.expertclick.com/NRWire/If_Innovation_Is_So_Important_Why_Do_Companies_Stop,201325565.aspx</link>
      <author>Stephen R. Balzac, Leadership Development Expert</author>
      <pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2009 11:21:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>It's a $14,000,000,000 Economy and No Jobs?</title>
      <description>For Immediate Release&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;A $14,000,000,000 Economy and No Jobs?&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;The steady barrage of negative news makes it easy to believe that if you don?t have a job, you won?t be able to get one. Conventional advice, such as sending out dozens of</description>
      <link>http://www.expertclick.com/NRWire/Its_a_14000000000_Economy_and_No_Jobs,201325531.aspx</link>
      <author>Stephen R. Balzac, Leadership Development Expert</author>
      <pubDate>Mon, 23 Feb 2009 14:01:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Fantasy Creates Real Leaders</title>
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Using Fantasy To Develop Real Leadership

On January 30th, 2009, Steve Balzac presented &amp;quot;Long Ago and Far Away,&amp;quot; a leadership and negotiation serious live game at the New England Society for Applied Psychology bimonth</description>
      <link>http://www.expertclick.com/NRWire/Fantasy_Creates_Real_Leaders,201325220.aspx</link>
      <author>Stephen R. Balzac, Leadership Development Expert</author>
      <pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2009 10:22:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Play a Leader, Be a Leader</title>
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Does your organization want effective leaders?

On January 30th, 2009, Steve Balzac will present Long Ago and Far Away, a leadership and negotiation serious live game at the New England Society of Applied Psychology bimonthly m</description>
      <link>http://www.expertclick.com/NRWire/Play_a_Leader_Be_a_Leader,201324277.aspx</link>
      <author>Stephen R. Balzac, Leadership Development Expert</author>
      <pubDate>Sat, 10 Jan 2009 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Fantasy Scenarios Create Real Leaders</title>
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Does your organization want effective leaders?

On January 30th, 2009, Steve Balzac will present Long Ago and Far Away, a leadership and negotiation serious live game at the New England Society of Applied Psychology bimonthly m</description>
      <link>http://www.expertclick.com/NRWire/Fantasy_Scenarios_Create_Real_Leaders,201324276.aspx</link>
      <author>Stephen R. Balzac, Leadership Development Expert</author>
      <pubDate>Fri, 26 Dec 2008 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>The Secret to Creating Effective Leaders</title>
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Does your organization want effective leaders?

On January 30th, 2009, Steve Balzac will present Long Ago and Far Away, a leadership and negotiation serious live game at the New England Society of Applied Psychology bimonthly m</description>
      <link>http://www.expertclick.com/NRWire/The_Secret_to_Creating_Effective_Leaders,201324275.aspx</link>
      <author>Stephen R. Balzac, Leadership Development Expert</author>
      <pubDate>Thu, 04 Dec 2008 13:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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