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		<title>Please Visit Our New Blog Site</title>
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		<title>Work-life Balance &#8211; Are You on Steady Ground?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 13:00:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The term work-life balance is tossed around in the workplace all the time, but are we always just trying not to fall? A goal for most workers out there, and for students too, should be to find a work-life equilibrium where the balancing act can move from bosu ball acrobatics to steady solid ground. I [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thinkcos.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7994768&amp;post=185&amp;subd=thinkcos&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Should I Go to Work When I am sick?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 13:46:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>thinkcos</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Health & Safety]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[You would think the obvious answer would be &#8220;no&#8221; &#8211; but 79% of Canadians surveyed reported going to work sick at some point in the previous year. Nothing is worse than seeing someone sneeze into their hand before they have approached you with the same outstretched hand for a polite business shake. EW! What a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thinkcos.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7994768&amp;post=181&amp;subd=thinkcos&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Seven Tips for Communicating In Today&#8217;s Diverse Workplace</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 16:25:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>thinkcos</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Multigenerational Workplace]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[“Lost in translation” is a term that many people have experienced, even if they have never heard the expression. The term queue is a simple word for “line-up” in the UK, but it is also the word for a Chinese ponytail hairstyle, and “cue” can also be a signal to commence something. All of these [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thinkcos.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7994768&amp;post=175&amp;subd=thinkcos&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Shake it up Baby: Becoming a Change Agent in a Static Organization</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 07:54:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Shaking your booty may not be your forte, but shaking up your office might be. If change is inevitable, and change always involves taking some risk, then taking a risk now and then should be inevitable too. Whatever the common practices of your organization might be, the best companies are always looking for ways to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thinkcos.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7994768&amp;post=171&amp;subd=thinkcos&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>8 Perfect Fitness Foods</title>
		<link>http://thinkcos.wordpress.com/2009/09/28/8-perfect-fitness-foods/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 17:46:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Food is the yin to exercise’s yang. They are simply inseparable partners when it comes to optimal health. Food not only fuels our energy for daily activities and workouts, it also helps us to repair damage from this activity. Keep in mind these key food items the next time you are active to ensure you [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thinkcos.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7994768&amp;post=161&amp;subd=thinkcos&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Office Profits from “No-Gossip” Zone</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 18:15:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>thinkcos</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gossip Girl? Ok. Gossip office? No way. While watching rich high schoolers gossip on a teen television show may be entertaining to some, the fact of the matter is that we all know gossip is a conversational poison. Not only is gossiping about others bad manners, it is also bad business. Author Sam Chapman, president [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thinkcos.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7994768&amp;post=157&amp;subd=thinkcos&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Increase Workplace Productivity by Managing Your Energy</title>
		<link>http://thinkcos.wordpress.com/2009/09/21/increase-workplace-productivity-by-managing-your-energy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 15:31:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>thinkcos</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When it comes down to productivity in the workplace, energy and time are not created equal. It’s true that “there are only so many hours in a day,” but there is no exhaustive limit to human energy in the workplace. In a study put out by Harvard Business, authors Tony Schwartz and Catherine McCarthy explain [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thinkcos.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7994768&amp;post=151&amp;subd=thinkcos&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>What to include in a Workplace Health and Wellness Program</title>
		<link>http://thinkcos.wordpress.com/2009/09/17/what-to-include-in-a-workplace-health-wellness-program/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 14:58:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>thinkcos</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the most common questions we receive is, &#8220;What should be included in a Workplace Health &#38; Wellness program?&#8221; While processes vary depending on the size and culture of the organization, all successful Workplace Health &#38; Wellness programs share one common feature, an outcome-oriented strategy that can be measured along the way. A Workplace [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thinkcos.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7994768&amp;post=148&amp;subd=thinkcos&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Back to School: Work-life Balance a Challenge for Canadian Parents</title>
		<link>http://thinkcos.wordpress.com/2009/09/08/back-to-school-work-life-balance-a-challenge-for-canadian-parents/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2009 16:19:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>thinkcos</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Canadians are straining more than ever to balance family and work, but a decade of efforts to improve the situation has done little to ease the pressure, a new report from the Vanier Institute of the Family finds (see study here). Preschoolers whose parents are less involved in their activities are more likely to experience [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thinkcos.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7994768&amp;post=136&amp;subd=thinkcos&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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