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		<title>Thanks for Two</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today is the second anniversary of 20/20 Outlook LLC. Helping visionary CEOs create breakout strategies is enjoyable beyond all expectation. Before the launch in February 2010, experienced consulting friends advised that it would take a year for people to remember what 20/20 Outlook is, then another year for the business to hit full stride. They were [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.2020outlook.com/blog/2012/02/01/thanks-for-two/</link>
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		<title>TexasCEO and Vistage</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Symphony&#8230;is the ability to put together the pieces. It is the capacity to synthesize rather than to analyze; to see relationships between seemingly unrelated fields; to detect broad patterns rather than to deliver specific answers; and to invent something new by combining elements nobody else thought to pair.&#8221; — Dan Pink in A Whole New [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.2020outlook.com/blog/2012/01/24/texasceo-and-vistage/</link>
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		<title>New CEO/Mentor Dialogs</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you follow this blog, you already know that I&#8217;m accumulating material for a book. It&#8217;s a compendium of the wisdom of successful serial CEOs presented in the form of dialogs between a new CEO and his/her mentor. The latest dialog addresses the question, &#8220;Do you really want the CEO job?&#8221; and is entitled &#8220;Becoming [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.2020outlook.com/blog/2012/01/20/new-ceomentor-dialogs/</link>
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		<title>2012 CEO Resolution: Disciplined Dreaming!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[During the holidays I focused far less on business and far more on family and friends. Pushing back from normal activities gave extra time for some creative thinking. High on my list was reading one of 2011&#8242;s top business books, Disciplined Dreaming. Author Josh Linkner is a  successful serial entrepreneur.  Founder of ePrize, a dominant company [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.2020outlook.com/blog/2012/01/02/disciplined-dreaming/</link>
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		<title>Two Reasons for Five Common Strategy Mistakes</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Growth relies on having a superior strategy, and in her recent HBR post, Joan Magretta identifies five common strategy mistakes. In reading the piece, two common antecedents became apparent. Hopefully, naming them will amplify rather than oversimplify her points, since she expertly explains how to correct each of the five. The twin antecedent causes are [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.2020outlook.com/blog/2011/12/11/five-common-strategy-mistakes/</link>
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		<title>&#8220;It&#8217;s Hard to Understand If You Haven&#8217;t Lived Here&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When I was recently interviewed for a Wall Street Journal article, answering questions about doing business in Texas came remarkably easy. The interview was nominally about Rick Perry, but almost all our time was spent discussing the state&#8217;s relatively healthy job scene. When asked why Texas is special, I told Dan Henninger about a Brooklyn [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.2020outlook.com/blog/2011/11/07/texas-henninger-rickperry-wsj/</link>
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		<title>Elephant in the Room</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Elephant in the Room Ever been in a conference room with multiple people where the dialog circles around without coming to closure? It eventually dawns on you that the one big issue blocking a decision isn’t being discussed.  Then you realize why. Now hold that thought. In Getting Naked, Patrick Lencioni says willing to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.2020outlook.com/blog/2011/10/31/elephant-in-the-room/</link>
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		<title>Stuck? 5 “Non-Urgent” Paths to Growth</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In companies who have plateaued, the leader may be absorbed with urgent matters like managing finances and addressing operational issues, while neglecting less urgent but critically important issues. In our work advising CEOs, five common “non-urgent” factors repeatedly arise that can hinder or accelerate growth. Take a few minutes to think about where your company [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.2020outlook.com/blog/2011/09/26/5-paths-to-growth/</link>
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		<title>Poke the Box &#8211; Now</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Seth Godin&#8217;s latest little book (little in size, not in ideas) called Poke the Box takes its name from a &#8220;buzzer box&#8221; an MIT Ph.D. uncle built for a cousin decades ago. &#8220;The box had two switches, some lights, and a few other controls on it. Flip one switch and a light goes on. Flip [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.2020outlook.com/blog/2011/08/22/poke-the-box/</link>
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		<title>Three Steps to Growth Through Clarity</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So many companies I meet aren&#8217;t getting the results they expect. The most common reason is a lack of clarity about (a) who they are, (b) what to communicate, and (c) how to accelerate sales. Correcting the problem enables a level of focus and efficiency that&#8217;s otherwise impossible to attain. Here&#8217;s a three-step process to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.2020outlook.com/blog/2011/07/29/three-steps-to-growth/</link>
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