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	<title>Playing Well at Work and Beyond &#187; Conflict transformation</title>
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		<title>TedxBozeman Video is Available</title>
		<link>http://playingwell.org/2012/04/24/tedxbozeman-video-is-available-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2012 22:36:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deidre Combs</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Per your many requests, please find my March 23rd Tedx Talk below! It is also available on YouTube under the Tedx Channel at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GEAzWD3038Y . Thank you for your kind and enduring support, Deidre]]></description>
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		<title>Cruel to be Kind?</title>
		<link>http://playingwell.org/2012/02/04/cruel-to-be-kind/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 23:37:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deidre Combs</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was asked to speak on the subject of kindness this week.  To do so, I realized I had to first wrestle with the meaning of kindness. How can it be applied not just to those easy moments when a &#8230; <a href="http://playingwell.org/2012/02/04/cruel-to-be-kind/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Opposite of Beauty is Indifference</title>
		<link>http://playingwell.org/2011/11/06/the-opposite-of-beauty-is-indifference/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Nov 2011 22:10:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deidre Combs</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As a continuing theme of this blog, I want to share the work of two artists who bring both beauty from and insight about our oceans&#8217; treasures. Richard and Judy Lang have collected plastic debris since 1999 from 1000 yards &#8230; <a href="http://playingwell.org/2011/11/06/the-opposite-of-beauty-is-indifference/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>You gotta be flexible</title>
		<link>http://playingwell.org/2011/10/28/you-gotta-be-flexible/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Oct 2011 15:50:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deidre Combs</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My mother-in-law Jinny Combs taught me many things. As one of my most formative bosses, I probably model my leadership style off of hers more than I recognize. I know that I rely on two pieces of constant Jinny advice, &#8230; <a href="http://playingwell.org/2011/10/28/you-gotta-be-flexible/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Check out lifebyme.com</title>
		<link>http://playingwell.org/2011/04/10/check-out-lifebyme-com/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Apr 2011 15:49:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deidre Combs</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A few months ago, I was asked to write an essay for www.lifebyme.com and today it is being featured on their home page! I hope you check out &#8220;Paradox&#8221; and find it of interest. As always, thank you for your &#8230; <a href="http://playingwell.org/2011/04/10/check-out-lifebyme-com/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Do or D.I.E.</title>
		<link>http://playingwell.org/2011/02/26/do-or-d-i-e/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Feb 2011 22:33:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deidre Combs</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A couple of weeks ago, I had the opportunity to share leadership skills with nineteen international English teachers who are visiting on a State Department fellowship. Part of the program includes internships in our area schools. In my workshop we &#8230; <a href="http://playingwell.org/2011/02/26/do-or-d-i-e/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Devil trees and leadership</title>
		<link>http://playingwell.org/2011/01/18/devil-trees-and-leadership/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Jan 2011 16:02:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deidre Combs</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over the holiday break, a contingent of our family stood on a hill overlooking Panama City. As we took in the view, our son Cameron remarked, &#8220;It&#8217;s all about perspective, isn&#8217;t it? I might suffer a terrible death. From a &#8230; <a href="http://playingwell.org/2011/01/18/devil-trees-and-leadership/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Chat! It&#8217;s good for your health</title>
		<link>http://playingwell.org/2010/11/08/chat-its-good-for-your-health/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Nov 2010 04:24:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deidre Combs</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[University of Michigan psychologist Oscar Ybarra brought me welcome news this week.  As the lead author of a study reported in the journal Social Psychological and Personality Science, Ybarra explains that brief (10 minute) social conversations like those you would use &#8230; <a href="http://playingwell.org/2010/11/08/chat-its-good-for-your-health/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>What&#8217;s your job?</title>
		<link>http://playingwell.org/2010/09/17/whats-your-job/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Sep 2010 15:39:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deidre Combs</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fall term has begun at Montana State University and I am once again teaching two sections of a leadership course I was lucky enough to design. So, Mondays and Wednesdays 30 students and I explore what is leadership and why &#8230; <a href="http://playingwell.org/2010/09/17/whats-your-job/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Full Engagement Leadership</title>
		<link>http://playingwell.org/2010/08/25/full-engagement-leadership/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Aug 2010 20:21:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deidre Combs</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In matters of style, swim with the current. In matters of principle, stand like a rock.~Thomas Jefferson Leadership can feel like a juggling act. Competing priorities, competing team members, and competing needs call for our attention. Also, there is opposition &#8230; <a href="http://playingwell.org/2010/08/25/full-engagement-leadership/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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