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		<title>Insight, aha, lightbulb moments &#8211; and beyond</title>
		<link>http://www.melanieallen.co.uk/insight-aha-lightbulb-moments-and-beyond/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Nov 2010 12:55:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melanie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Coaching]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA['aha' moment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[building on insight]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[change of attitude]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[insight]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[As a coach, I look for &#8216;aha&#8217; moments, lightbulb moments &#8211; whatever you want to call them. That moment of insight marks a shift in attitude or viewpoint for a client. Some insights keep shining and become pivotal and significant because they happen at just the right time, in the right place. Then, it will [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Redundancy: spare a thought for the survivors&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2010 11:32:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melanie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Redundancy is nasty &#8211; even if it gives you the push you needed to start afresh. Redundancies in an organisation are also nasty for the survivors. They will often have to deal with: feeling bad about the people who have been axed &#8211; survivor guilt losing friends and team members   bearing the brunt of resentement and bitterness [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Leadership &#8211; ambiguity and resilience</title>
		<link>http://www.melanieallen.co.uk/leadership-ambiguity-and-resilience/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jun 2010 13:45:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melanie</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.melanieallen.co.uk/?p=692</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As a leader, not only do you have to deal with ambiguity (see my last two posts) but you also have to be resilient and, more importantly, demonstrate and exemplify resilience to your team/people. The two go hand in hand. I define resilience as &#8216;bounce-back-ability&#8217;, and the competencies (they are all a little different) are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>More thoughts on dealing with ambiguity</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 May 2010 09:27:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melanie</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[dealing with ambiguity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ingenuity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[reporting ambiguity]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Two recent examples of people dealing with ambiguity (or not) have struck me recently. The first is a shining example and the second points up the way that the media avoid it in their coverage of important events and issues. First: the recent problems that we&#8217;ve had with the Iceland volcano ash and individuals&#8217; responses [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dealing with ambiguity</title>
		<link>http://www.melanieallen.co.uk/dealing-with-ambiguity/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 May 2010 13:37:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melanie</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[ambiguity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[being present]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dealing with ambiguity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dealing with uncertainty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tolerating ambiguity]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.melanieallen.co.uk/?p=672</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s hardly surprising in these changing times that tolerating or even thriving in ambiguous situations is a buzz topic in the management and leadership world. There’s a lot of ambiguity about the subject, too. I’m writing and developing coaching activities for it at the moment so have done lots of research. I thought I’d share [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What&#8217;s the point of talking about things?</title>
		<link>http://www.melanieallen.co.uk/whats-the-point-of-talking-about-things/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Mar 2010 10:42:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melanie</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[organising thoughts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sounding board]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[talking about feelings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[talking ideas through]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[talking things over]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[why use a coach]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In the last month, I&#8217;ve been asked this most basic of questions by two of my coaching clients. Strangely, no-one has asked it before. Even more strangely, given that I&#8217;m a coach and my practice is predicated on the idea that talking about things is beneficial, I didn&#8217;t have a pat response. So I&#8217;ve been getting my ducks in a row. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Are you creative?</title>
		<link>http://www.melanieallen.co.uk/are-you-creative/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 09:38:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melanie</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[creation.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[creativity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[imagination]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.melanieallen.co.uk/?p=640</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The difference between being creative and being imaginative is that if you&#8217;re creative, you will have created something. It doesn&#8217;t have to be Art with a capital A &#8211; a painting, a symphony or a novel. It can be a creative report, a flowchart, an action or a way of acting. Whatever it is, it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>More on Charisma</title>
		<link>http://www.melanieallen.co.uk/more-on-charisma/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Feb 2010 17:27:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melanie</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.melanieallen.co.uk/?p=620</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[OK. Let&#8217;s look at it another way. Here am I trying to define charisma &#8211; not to find out what it is but to find a way of expressing what I know.  By trying to describe it, what I&#8217;m doing  is unpacking and identifying the complicated strands and shades of meaning that make up my own understanding of it. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Facets of Charisma</title>
		<link>http://www.melanieallen.co.uk/facets-of-charisma/</link>
		<comments>http://www.melanieallen.co.uk/facets-of-charisma/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2010 18:09:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melanie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[charisma]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[charm]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[confidence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[leadership]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[magnetism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mau Tse Tung]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Max Weber]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[presence]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.melanieallen.co.uk/?p=596</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[‘Is a perception of you that can only be defined by someone else. It’s the unique effect you have on other people made up of energy (sparkle and forcefulness), self-esteem  (substance), image (presentation) and communication in the widest sense  (speaking, listening, making people feel special). It turns heads when you walk into a room, draws [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Snow</title>
		<link>http://www.melanieallen.co.uk/snow/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jan 2010 11:39:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melanie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today in Leeds I think the weather has turned a corner, from snow and ice to sleet and sludge. I&#8217;ve loved the snow, as much for the injection of bright light at the worst time of year as for the glee of the snow itself and of things being different. It&#8217;s affected my business of [...]]]></description>
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