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		<title>The Advantages Of Empowerment</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;It is unspeakable how advantageous it is, that a man should think he has something which he may call his own&#8230;&#8221; ~Politics, Aristotle To have a true impact as a leader you must have ownership of your role, your mission, or your work center. You must realize that you have all the authority and power [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=deckplateleader.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2358899&amp;post=55&amp;subd=deckplateleader&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>We&#8217;ve All Been There&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Nov 2009 17:55:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8230;Well, most of us have. You take in every bit of advice, you work your butt off, and then the selection results for that promotion comes out without your name on the list. It hurts to not be picked for the team. But this is the moment that really shows one&#8217;s true colors. This is [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=deckplateleader.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2358899&amp;post=50&amp;subd=deckplateleader&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>There Are No Visionaries</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Nov 2008 22:27:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8230;At least they are rare. I say this because one of the things that a Deckplate Leader must learn and accept as they grow is that everything is cyclical. Every once in a while someone will come up with this great plan or idea. But the old timers will be able to see that this [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=deckplateleader.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2358899&amp;post=47&amp;subd=deckplateleader&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A Site To Chew On</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2008 23:19:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ok, so until I get another post up here I figured I&#8217;d throw out a site to take a gander through. The author isn&#8217;t a member of the site anymore, so there won&#8217;t be any new content there, but all of his old articles are still up. He&#8217;s in the process of looking for a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=deckplateleader.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2358899&amp;post=45&amp;subd=deckplateleader&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Long Time, No Write</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2008 23:11:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hello all! I am back from a bit of a hiatus. I&#8217;ve just been busy with life, getting settled into our new home in Georgia and my new jobs&#8230;.I say jobs-plural because I had been placed in charge of a program that was ultimately disolved and am now getting settled into my new position, which [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=deckplateleader.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2358899&amp;post=43&amp;subd=deckplateleader&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The 5 Be&#8217;s Principle #2: Be CREATIVE</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Feb 2008 15:30:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;The world doesn&#8217;t come to the clever folks, it comes to the stubborn, obstinate, one-idea-at-a-time people.&#8221; ~ Mary Roberts Rinehart Creativity is vital to the Deckplate Leader because life is rarely black-and-white. We have to be able to come up with what I like to call, &#8220;creative solutions to modern problems.&#8221; The Role Of The [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=deckplateleader.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2358899&amp;post=40&amp;subd=deckplateleader&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Now That The Test Is Over&#8230;It Is Just Beginning</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jan 2008 15:20:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our Navy&#8217;s Sailors recently, on 17 January, took the advancement exam for Chief Petty Officer, which begins the nearly one year long process for advancement to Chief Petty Officer. This post is not going to be about Deckplate Leadership necessarily, but I instead wanted to take a moment to provide some advice for those you [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=deckplateleader.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2358899&amp;post=34&amp;subd=deckplateleader&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>How To Get Ahead&#8230;The Right Way</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Jan 2008 21:36:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As I was surfing through the leadership blogs on my blogroll, I came across an article called &#8220;Another Definition of Remarkable&#8221; on Remarkable Leadership. In it, the author gives credit to Steve Martin for some beautiful advice. I will repeat the same quote here: “When people ask me how do you make it in show [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=deckplateleader.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2358899&amp;post=33&amp;subd=deckplateleader&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The 5 Be&#8217;s Principle #1: BE BOLD</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Jan 2008 03:55:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Quick Recap There are a lot of &#8220;Be&#8221;s in &#8220;Being The Chief&#8221;, &#8220;Being The Leader&#8221;, or just plain &#8220;Being Successful&#8221;, but I believe these five &#8220;Be&#8221;s to be the most important in creating success: Be BOLD Be CREATIVE Be RELEVANT Be READY Be RIGHT I think of these five &#8220;Be&#8221;s as being very dependent [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=deckplateleader.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2358899&amp;post=31&amp;subd=deckplateleader&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Famous Excuses #1: I Don&#8217;t Have Time.</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the Navy, when someone begins their transition into the Chief Petty Officer ranks, one of the things that must be memorized is &#8220;The Difference Between A Chief And An E-7&#8243;. You can read the whole thing HERE, but one of the phrases in it is &#8220;The Chief works harder than the E7 and always [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=deckplateleader.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2358899&amp;post=30&amp;subd=deckplateleader&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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