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	<title>Leadership Cafe</title>
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	<description>Discussing the challenges of leadership in a relaxing, thought-provoking, relational way.</description>
	<pubDate>Fri, 10 Dec 2010 20:47:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>A Rant on Youth Engagment&#8211;Real Life Story</title>
		<link>http://highergroundconsulting.net/blog/2010/12/10/a-rant-on-youth-engagment-real-life-story/</link>
		<comments>http://highergroundconsulting.net/blog/2010/12/10/a-rant-on-youth-engagment-real-life-story/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Dec 2010 20:40:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Youth Development]]></category>

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

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

		<category><![CDATA[youth devel]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Last night I had the privilege of attending the West Sacramento’s Washington Unified School District’s School Board meeting.  I was there in support of West Sacramento’s Sactown Heroes, a part of the West Sacramento Youth Resource Coalition that has been funded by the Sierra Health Foundation REACH youth programs initiative.  These amazing young [...]]]></description>
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		<title>9-20-09 The Blessing&#8211;Celebrating Lives</title>
		<link>http://highergroundconsulting.net/blog/2009/09/20/the-blessing-celebrating-lives/</link>
		<comments>http://highergroundconsulting.net/blog/2009/09/20/the-blessing-celebrating-lives/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Sep 2009 23:50:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[General Leadership]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Leadership Principles through Parenting]]></category>

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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		<description><![CDATA[In their book, The Blessing, Gary Smalley &#038; John Trent talk about the importance of using words of high value to bless someone.  They talk about &#8220;value&#8221; as &#8220;attaching great importance to it&#8221; (p.67) and that &#8220;anytime we bless someone, we are attaching high value to him or her.&#8221;  
Today is my youngest [...]]]></description>
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		<title>8-20-09 Leadership Principles in Parenting</title>
		<link>http://highergroundconsulting.net/blog/2009/08/20/8-20-09-leadership-principles-in-parenting/</link>
		<comments>http://highergroundconsulting.net/blog/2009/08/20/8-20-09-leadership-principles-in-parenting/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2009 05:57:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This past Monday my oldest daughter Jenna started 1st grade&#8211;the drama bigger than any soap opera!  Stomach in knots, she couldn&#8217;t eat breakfast, complete fear had gripped my dear daughter.  Fear of the unknown, fear of rejection, fear of being alone, fear of something new, different and unpredictable.  
Well as a father [...]]]></description>
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		<title>8-19-09  Leadership Principles in Parenting</title>
		<link>http://highergroundconsulting.net/blog/2009/08/19/lpp-8-19-09-about-my-kids/</link>
		<comments>http://highergroundconsulting.net/blog/2009/08/19/lpp-8-19-09-about-my-kids/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2009 05:05:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Parenting]]></category>

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I have to admit that being a father is one of the greatest tests of leadership.  I am starting this blog as an attempt to document the leadership lessons I learn through parenting.  After all, isn’t the whole point of both leadership development and parenting to pour your life into someone and help [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Creating A Transformational Team</title>
		<link>http://highergroundconsulting.net/blog/2009/07/19/creating-a-transformational-team/</link>
		<comments>http://highergroundconsulting.net/blog/2009/07/19/creating-a-transformational-team/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2009 07:26:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[General Leadership]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[What does it take to create a team of people that don&#8217;t just perform well but create cultural transformation?  Higher Ground Consulting would love to get your imput and discussion on this critical issue.  Are great teams made?  If so, how?  What are some of the key indicators of a team [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Welcome to the Leadership Cafe&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://highergroundconsulting.net/blog/2009/07/19/welcome-to-the-leadership-cafe/</link>
		<comments>http://highergroundconsulting.net/blog/2009/07/19/welcome-to-the-leadership-cafe/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2009 06:27:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>HigherGroundConsulting</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[General Leadership]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Hello everyone, this is Scott from Higher Ground Consulting and I wanted to welcome you to our new blog about challenges, insights and successes in your personal journey as a leader.  The goal of this blog is to create a learning community of leaders to strengthen and challenge each other around the issues we [...]]]></description>
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