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		<title>How To Calculate Rates in a Competitive Market</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2008 08:28:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Freelancer]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[You may have noticed that SimonStapleton.com has been focusing a lot lately on landing that top job. It&#8217;s no surprise these posts have received a lot of feedback, as in this global economy, landing a well paying job is something that is highly desired. But how do you perceive your worth? Do your perceptions on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>9 Highly Effective Habits of Great Technical Resume Writers</title>
		<link>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/11/13/9-highly-effective-habits-of-great-resume-writers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2008 08:13:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>simonstapleton</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Brilliant Basics]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[best CV]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[What makes a great resume - one which you can&#8217;t put down? A great resume writer, that&#8217;s what. Through my years of IT management and recruiting IT professionals, I&#8217;ve seen countless resumes (in the 1,000s), so what makes me keep on reading some and put the rest aside for later reading?
To compliment my recent focus [...]]]></description>
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		<title>As a Freelancer, You&#8217;re At A Disadvantage</title>
		<link>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/11/07/as-a-freelancer-youre-at-a-disadvantage/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Nov 2008 10:59:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>simonstapleton</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Career Development]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Developer]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Freelancer]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Life Hacks]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Personal Development]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[360 degree feedback]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[professional freelancer]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/?p=1036</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As a freelancer, you are likely to be in a disadvantaged position as far as personal development and feedback goes. Why? Well permanent employees, as a rule, are nurtured by their employers. You don&#8217;t receive the benefit of the development opportunities presented to permies, unless you create them yourself, and out of your own pocket. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Review of Mark McClure&#8217;s IT Career Engineer</title>
		<link>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/11/04/a-review-of-mark-mcclures-it-career-engineer/</link>
		<comments>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/11/04/a-review-of-mark-mcclures-it-career-engineer/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Nov 2008 08:06:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>simonstapleton</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Career Development]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[Personal Development]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Reviews]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Technical Professional]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[courses]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[it career]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[mark mcclure]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[training]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/?p=982</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[What if I told you that you could exchange 3 hours of your time and just over 40 bucks for all the IT career guidance you&#8217;ll need to move from pure techie to IT Leader? You&#8217;d think I was nuts, right? Well I wish I had known about Mark McClure&#8217;s IT Career Engineer 12 years [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Special Report: Why ‘Green’ and Other Niche Causes are Great Career Builders</title>
		<link>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/11/03/special-report-why-%e2%80%98green%e2%80%99-and-other-niche-causes-are-great-career-builders/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Nov 2008 21:30:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>simonstapleton</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/?p=999</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve just released a Special Report on the subject of Why ‘Green’ and Other Niche Causes are Great Career Builders . If you&#8217;re an avid reader of this website you&#8217;ll know that I&#8217;ve discussed the opportunities that supporting niche causes, and being seen to do so, is a powerful means of raising your profile and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>As A Leader, Your Personality Is Everything (Part Two)</title>
		<link>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/11/03/as-a-leader-your-personality-is-everything-part-two/</link>
		<comments>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/11/03/as-a-leader-your-personality-is-everything-part-two/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Nov 2008 08:49:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>simonstapleton</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Featured]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[IT Leadership (CIO, CTO, IT Director, Head of IT)]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[Personal Development]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[leader behavior]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[leadership style]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[myers-briggs]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[personality]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[personality profile]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[personality test]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/?p=958</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Last week I began discussing the subject of Personality , and why it is important to IT leaders. Your personality is your personal brand and it&#8217;s how people, particularly your followers, will expect you to behave. Your behaviors are the root of your leadership style, and consistent behavior is what makes that style predictable by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Do You Consider Business Readiness as an Afterthought?</title>
		<link>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/10/30/do-you-consider-business-readiness-as-an-afterthought/</link>
		<comments>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/10/30/do-you-consider-business-readiness-as-an-afterthought/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Oct 2008 08:28:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>simonstapleton</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[BPM]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Governance]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[Project Manager]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[business readiness]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[change management]]></category>

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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/?p=936</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[You wouldn&#8217;t talk to someone who isn&#8217;t paying attention. Nor would you make a movie if you didn&#8217;t know who would watch it. So why do technology projects often deliver to a Business who isn&#8217;t ready to receive?
Business Readiness is a loose term which can mean the Business&#8217;s ability to take on what a project [...]]]></description>
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		<title>When Outsourcing Goes Wrong</title>
		<link>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/10/28/when-outsourcing-goes-wrong/</link>
		<comments>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/10/28/when-outsourcing-goes-wrong/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Oct 2008 09:47:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>simonstapleton</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Governance]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[IT Leadership (CIO, CTO, IT Director, Head of IT)]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[outsourcing]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/?p=928</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Unless you&#8217;ve been living on the moon for 20 years, the subject of outsourcing shouldn&#8217;t be new to you. It isn&#8217;t a new phenomenon but it has grown, as a business practice, to meteroric proportions over the last 10 years. The Indian economy owes much to the practice. And China has been a location of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Forrester Research: High-Impact Innovation for IT Leaders</title>
		<link>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/10/22/forrester-research-high-impact-innovation-for-it-leaders/</link>
		<comments>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/10/22/forrester-research-high-impact-innovation-for-it-leaders/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Oct 2008 08:39:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>simonstapleton</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[IT Leadership (CIO, CTO, IT Director, Head of IT)]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[high-impact]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[innovation]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/?p=881</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I was lucky enough to go to the Forrester Research IT Forum this summer which I thoroughly enjoyed as it crystallized a lot of my thinking and shone a torch on some important issues. My immediate reaction was to look at the Industrialization of IT  , and it&#8217;s impact on the workers  within [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ten Web-Based Project Management Tools</title>
		<link>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/10/16/ten-web-based-project-management-tools/</link>
		<comments>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/10/16/ten-web-based-project-management-tools/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Oct 2008 09:09:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>simonstapleton</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Project Manager]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Technical Professional]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[microsoft project]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[online project management]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[project tool]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[web-based project management]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/?p=816</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Most organizations use Microsoft Project as a project management tool. Microsoft have enjoyed many years of domination of the corporate project management tool market. Competitors like Clarity have challenged Microsoft, but MS Project remains dominant. And with recent enhancements its users can web-enable it on their intranet. Then add on Microsoft SharePoint and you have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>8 Reasons Why Managing Techies Is Like Driving A Car</title>
		<link>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/10/15/10-reasons-why-managing-techies-is-like-driving-a-car/</link>
		<comments>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/10/15/10-reasons-why-managing-techies-is-like-driving-a-car/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Oct 2008 08:28:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>simonstapleton</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[IT Leadership (CIO, CTO, IT Director, Head of IT)]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Technical Professional]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[managing techies]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[technology management]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/?p=807</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I was in a deep-thought moment and struck upon this analogy!
Managing Techies is like driving a car because&#8230;

You have to steer it, but you shouldn&#8217;t try to turn the wheels yourself  - techies need direction and guidance, but really don&#8217;t want you to do their job for them, so don&#8217;t attempt it. A common [...]]]></description>
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		<title>35 FREE Tools for IT/Developers And Business</title>
		<link>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/10/13/35-free-tools-for-itdevelopers-and-business/</link>
		<comments>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/10/13/35-free-tools-for-itdevelopers-and-business/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Oct 2008 08:29:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>simonstapleton</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Developer]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Featured]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[free software]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[open source]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/?p=788</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Open Source movement continues strongly, and with it comes a greater number of more powerful free tools and applications. After a long week of scouring the web for the best free programs, I&#8217;ve compiles a list below where you will find a great selection of tools and applications for those in the IT/Development and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What A Load Of Tosh! Do You Buy This?</title>
		<link>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/10/10/what-a-load-of-tosh-do-you-buy-this/</link>
		<comments>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/10/10/what-a-load-of-tosh-do-you-buy-this/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Oct 2008 08:53:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>simonstapleton</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Business Analysis]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Humor]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Surveys &amp; Opinion]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Technical Professional]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[enterprise architecture]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/?p=755</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I was researching a subject when I found something on YouTube. Just take a look at this load of crap (below). I&#8217;ve not seen such self-important, head-in-the-clouds nonsense since watching Oprah. I just don&#8217;t buy this &#8216;Enterprise Architecture Solves World Hunger&#8217; angle at all.
I&#8217;m wearing one of De Bono&#8217;s Black Hats  for this. Maybe [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I AM NOT A PC. Are You?</title>
		<link>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/10/08/i-am-not-a-pc-are-you/</link>
		<comments>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/10/08/i-am-not-a-pc-are-you/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2008 09:18:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>simonstapleton</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Geek]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Humor]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/?p=672</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[According to this latest Microsoft commercial, everyone is a PC. Hmmmm&#8230; interesting angle. 



But I am standing firm. I am NOT a PC. Here&#8217;s why:

When I upgrade something in my life (like a car), I really upgrade it, not just stick bling on what I had before.
I won&#8217;t be told to upgrade until I am [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How Do Business Analysts Measure Their Value?</title>
		<link>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/10/06/how-do-business-analysts-measure-their-value/</link>
		<comments>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/10/06/how-do-business-analysts-measure-their-value/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Oct 2008 08:28:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>simonstapleton</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Business Analysis]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Career Development]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[Organizational Development]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[Business Analyst]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[performance]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[value]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/?p=723</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Business Analysts are the fulcrum that turn an idea, problem or opportunity identified in the business into something that IT can engage with and deliver. So BAs generally deal with work whose inputs are less easily defined and therefore measured. So how do BAs measure their value? 
Take a look at BAs who are working in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Diary of a Tired CTO</title>
		<link>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/10/03/diary-of-a-tired-cto-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/10/03/diary-of-a-tired-cto-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Oct 2008 07:56:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>thejendra</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Humor]]></category>

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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/?p=740</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[




Dear Diary
I did the following things this month.
Met fourteen different IT vendors who gave an impressive high impact presentation on how their products and services can guarantee cost effective, cutting edge, optimized, and seamless, business value in tune with our strategic goals.
Rejected three vendors as their presentations were not in line with strategic customer oriented [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Who Are The Super Geeks?</title>
		<link>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/10/02/who-are-the-super-geeks/</link>
		<comments>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/10/02/who-are-the-super-geeks/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Oct 2008 08:30:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>simonstapleton</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Geek]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[IT Leadership (CIO, CTO, IT Director, Head of IT)]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Organizational Development]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[super geek]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/?p=703</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The last quarter century has seen the rise of the Super Geek. This recent CIO.com article features 11 Super Geeks that have transformed society by disruptive technologies. This collection of individuals, if together, might be confused with the cantina in Star Wars, but their combined wealth is a hundred squillion dollars (roughly). Who are they?

Alan Kay - [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Punch Above Your Weight! Drop Some Business Steroids - Get Your CIO Career Plan</title>
		<link>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/09/26/punch-above-your-weight-get-your-cio-career-plan/</link>
		<comments>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/09/26/punch-above-your-weight-get-your-cio-career-plan/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Sep 2008 08:58:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>simonstapleton</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Career Development]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[IT Leadership (CIO, CTO, IT Director, Head of IT)]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Personal Development]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[business steriods]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[business steroids]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[career plan]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[cio]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[commitment]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[MBA]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/?p=706</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[CIOs don&#8217;t become c-level through luck - so why put your career to chance?
Silicon.com have just run this story to highlight the important of having a career plan. CIOs don&#8217;t let their career become a game of wait-and-see, but they actively plan for it. But many people don&#8217;t do this, but instead meander their way [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Projects Are About People, Not Technology (According To Elizabeth Harrin)</title>
		<link>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/09/25/projects-are-about-people-not-technology-according-to-elizabeth-harrin/</link>
		<comments>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/09/25/projects-are-about-people-not-technology-according-to-elizabeth-harrin/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Sep 2008 09:06:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>simonstapleton</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Freelancer]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[IT Leadership (CIO, CTO, IT Director, Head of IT)]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Leadership]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Organizational Development]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Personal Development]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Project Manager]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Technical Professional]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[project]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[project management]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[recruitment]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/?p=652</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In a recent post on her blog, Elizabeth Harrin shares with us some research from Forrester which (in her words) reminds us that projects are about people, not technology. 
Elizabeth Harrin is a blogger (a girl&#8217;s guide to project management) who won the ComputerWeekly 2008 IT Blog Awards in the Project Management category. Her post [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Seven Ways to Look Busier and Keep the Axe from Falling On Your Head</title>
		<link>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/09/24/seven-ways-to-look-busier-and-keep-the-axe-from-falling-on-your-head/</link>
		<comments>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/09/24/seven-ways-to-look-busier-and-keep-the-axe-from-falling-on-your-head/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Sep 2008 08:51:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>simonstapleton</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Personal Development]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Technical Professional]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[avoid severence]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[busy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/?p=639</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Many of us are nervous about the future - are there job cuts around the corner? Well here are seven ways to appear busier! Don&#8217;t be at the top of the list of people in for the chop.

Roll your sleeves up. And I mean this literally. Sleeves rolled up sends a message that ‘I am busy working’. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Will You Get One Of These Tiny Keyboards?</title>
		<link>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/09/23/will-you-get-one-of-these-tiny-keyboards/</link>
		<comments>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/09/23/will-you-get-one-of-these-tiny-keyboards/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Sep 2008 12:44:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>simonstapleton</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Geek]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Lifestyle]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[gadget]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[keyboard]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/?p=658</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Check out this tiny keyboard featured on Gizmodo . Smaller than the size of your hand, and it connects up to your PC via USB. How sweet. But what&#8217;s the point in it?
 It&#8217;s a little bit smaller than most laptop keyboards, but then laptops come with keyboards so no use there. I doubt many [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Five FREE Ways to Stand Out From Other IT Salespeople</title>
		<link>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/09/22/five-free-ways-to-stand-out-from-other-it-salespeople/</link>
		<comments>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/09/22/five-free-ways-to-stand-out-from-other-it-salespeople/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Sep 2008 09:16:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>simonstapleton</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Featured]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[IT Sales]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[selling]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/?p=620</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[IT Sales is a tough job. IT buyers don&#8217;t suffer fools gladly, and they aren&#8217;t tricked by the usual methods employed by door-to-door vacuum cleaner salespeople. IT Sales has developed into an artform, so it&#8217;s vital you stand out from your bustling crowd. 
Here are five FREE ways to do this:

Call your prospects at agreed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How To Respond To The Current Financial Markets Crisis</title>
		<link>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/09/18/how-to-respond-to-the-current-financial-markets-crisis/</link>
		<comments>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/09/18/how-to-respond-to-the-current-financial-markets-crisis/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Sep 2008 09:06:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>simonstapleton</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[IT Leadership (CIO, CTO, IT Director, Head of IT)]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[budget]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[cost-savings]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[expenditure]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/?p=601</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Right now, every business will be looking at its finances. With volatility in financial markets, it&#8217;s time to take another look at budgets and expenditure to insulate your business from the downturn. What should IT leaders do? Cut, cut some more, but don&#8217;t cut deep.
If you control budget and expense it&#8217;s likely you&#8217;re already involved [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ten REAL Reasons Why IT Projects Fail</title>
		<link>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/09/17/ten-real-reasons-why-it-projects-fail/</link>
		<comments>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/09/17/ten-real-reasons-why-it-projects-fail/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Sep 2008 08:21:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>simonstapleton</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Freelancer]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[IT Leadership (CIO, CTO, IT Director, Head of IT)]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Project Manager]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Technical Professional]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[project]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[project management]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/?p=582</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Why do IT Projects fail? Project Managers reel out a million reasons and excuses. But in my years of working in projects, whatever the size or budget, there are 10 reasons why failed projects end up that way.
1. Too Many Parallel Activities into One Completion Date
Project deadlines are not like train stations. Activities of a project [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How To Use Your Connections to Increase Your Productivity and Overall Success</title>
		<link>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/09/16/how-to-use-your-connections-to-increase-your-productivity-and-overall-success/</link>
		<comments>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/09/16/how-to-use-your-connections-to-increase-your-productivity-and-overall-success/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Sep 2008 08:56:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>drewdouglass</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Developer]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[Personal Development]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[freelance developer]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[networking]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[productivity]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[professional freelancer]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/?p=565</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Being a freelance web developer, I rely very heavily on my personal and business connections and relationships, and odds are that you do too. Having a lot of connections and/or references and friends &#8220;in the business&#8221; can be extremely helpful to anyone, but it&#8217;s really what and how you interact with these people that makes [...]]]></description>
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		<title>My Comment on &#8216;Business Readiness for the Facebook Generation&#8217; on the Silicon.com CIO Jury</title>
		<link>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/09/15/my-comment-on-business-readiness-for-the-facebook-generation-on-the-siliconcom-cio-jury/</link>
		<comments>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/09/15/my-comment-on-business-readiness-for-the-facebook-generation-on-the-siliconcom-cio-jury/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Sep 2008 22:14:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>simonstapleton</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[IT Leadership (CIO, CTO, IT Director, Head of IT)]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Surveys &amp; Opinion]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[CIO jury]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[facebook]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[silicon.com]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/?p=575</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I was recently invited to join the Silicon.com CIO Jury , and I&#8217;ve had my first opinion posted. In this article, I comment on whether Businesses are ready for Facebook generation.  
Simon
&#169;2008 SimonStapleton.com. All Rights Reserved..]]></description>
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		<title>Barack Obama Makes His (Pointless?) Play on Outsourcing</title>
		<link>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/09/08/barack-obama-makes-his-pointless-play-on-outsourcing/</link>
		<comments>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/09/08/barack-obama-makes-his-pointless-play-on-outsourcing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Sep 2008 20:11:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>simonstapleton</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[IT Leadership (CIO, CTO, IT Director, Head of IT)]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Organizational Development]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[barack obama]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[outsourcing]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/?p=531</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Barack Obama has publicly stated (I assume in his Government, should he get in) that organizations who outsource overseas won&#8217;t get tax breaks. What tax breaks though? In the US, organizations don&#8217;t get tax breaks specifically for this. And what has an organization&#8217;s choice of outsourcing got to do with politics, I would add - [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How To Build Your Vision for BPM</title>
		<link>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/09/04/how-to-build-your-vision-for-bpm/</link>
		<comments>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/09/04/how-to-build-your-vision-for-bpm/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Sep 2008 10:01:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>simonstapleton</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[BPM]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Technical Professional]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[bpm vision]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[business case]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[sponsorship]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[vision]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/?p=427</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[BPM, or Business Process Management, is a growing sector of Business Technology. Forrester Research forecast growth over the next five years to be between 17.5% and 35.5% (why do they have to use fractions in these figures? We get the picture - Lots!) So if it ain&#8217;t happened to you yet, then there is a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Review: Google&#8217;s Chrome To Disrupt the Browser Market, But Will It Disrupt the Enterprise Desktop?</title>
		<link>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/09/03/review-googles-chrome-to-disrupt-the-browser-market-but-will-it-disrupt-the-enterprise-desktop/</link>
		<comments>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/09/03/review-googles-chrome-to-disrupt-the-browser-market-but-will-it-disrupt-the-enterprise-desktop/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Sep 2008 12:57:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>simonstapleton</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Geek]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[IT Leadership (CIO, CTO, IT Director, Head of IT)]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Reviews]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[chrome]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[google chrome]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/?p=456</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In Google&#8217;s usual style, there was a bit of a fanfare yesterday (September 2 2008) for the launch of their new &#8216;killer&#8217; browser, Chrome. Google&#8217;s brand and penetration will make it an overnight success and I am confident that it will displace Internet Explorer (further) and Firefox (less so) in the consumer PC market. But [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Beware of Your Super Performers</title>
		<link>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/09/03/beware-of-your-super-performers/</link>
		<comments>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/09/03/beware-of-your-super-performers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Sep 2008 10:00:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>thejendra</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[IT Leadership (CIO, CTO, IT Director, Head of IT)]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Leadership]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[excellence]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[management]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[super performer]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/?p=389</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[ If you have  the habit of reading business magazines, management books or articles you will definitely  encounter countless references about various super performers (or hyper efficient employees) that  exist in various organizations, departments, teams, etc. Of course, the  definition of a super performer is a subjective term that can vary [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mistakes I&#8217;ve Made as a Freelance Web Developer and How To Avoid Them</title>
		<link>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/09/01/mistakes-ive-made-as-a-freelance-web-developer-and-how-to-avoid-them/</link>
		<comments>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/09/01/mistakes-ive-made-as-a-freelance-web-developer-and-how-to-avoid-them/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Sep 2008 08:45:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>drewdouglass</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Developer]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[professional freelancer]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[web developer]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/?p=391</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Hindsight is always 20/20, and this is especially true when it comes to the world of freelancing. If I had a few cents for every mistake and/or error I made during my time as a freelancer, then quite frankly, I wouldn&#8217;t be developing websites. Luckily for me, I have been able to persevere and learn [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Take the CIO Project and Portfolio Management Assessment</title>
		<link>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/08/28/take-the-cio-project-and-portfolio-management-assessment/</link>
		<comments>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/08/28/take-the-cio-project-and-portfolio-management-assessment/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Aug 2008 16:16:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>simonstapleton</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[IT Leadership (CIO, CTO, IT Director, Head of IT)]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Project Manager]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[ppm]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[project]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[project management]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/?p=419</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I found a tool offered by Computer Associates which gives CIOs the ability to assess their organization&#8217;s Project and Portfolio Management (PPM). CA says:

68% of IT organizations are underutilizing their project resources - how do you compare? Take this opportunity to gauge the maturity of your own IT organization&#8217;s Project and Portfolio Management process with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Web Outages - What is Your Story?</title>
		<link>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/08/25/web-outages-what-is-your-story/</link>
		<comments>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/08/25/web-outages-what-is-your-story/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Aug 2008 12:40:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>simonstapleton</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[IT Leadership (CIO, CTO, IT Director, Head of IT)]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[IT Ops]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Technical Professional]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[website monitoring]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/?p=358</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Last week I wrote an article about the really embarrassing issue of not knowing when your website is down - particularly before your boss does. Does this still happen to you?
Have you got a story along these lines? And how did you solve it? 
  
 Here is a story that a Charlie Steed, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Brilliant Basics: When Good People Become Bad Bosses</title>
		<link>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/08/25/brilliant-basics-when-good-people-become-bad-bosses/</link>
		<comments>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/08/25/brilliant-basics-when-good-people-become-bad-bosses/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Aug 2008 05:31:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>thejendra</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/?p=350</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As soon as the word bad boss is mentioned most people start imagining pictures of a wicked person, a crook, a tyrant, a scheming backstabbing individual, a selfish ogre, etc. And typical textbook definitions of a bad boss is one who screams, threatens, intimidates, grabs credit, fires people, throttles people’s necks and so on. While [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to Piss Off IT Professionals: Misalignment of Objectives</title>
		<link>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/08/22/how-to-piss-off-it-professionals-misalignment-of-objectives/</link>
		<comments>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/08/22/how-to-piss-off-it-professionals-misalignment-of-objectives/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Aug 2008 05:43:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>simonstapleton</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[Leadership]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[alignment]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[employee satisfaction]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[objectives]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[productivity]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/?p=328</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[One of my more popular articles recently has been &#8216;12 Behaviors Most Disliked by IT Professionals &#8216; in which I shared the 12 things IT professionals hated the most about their leaders. In this article, I will be addressing one of these - when the objectives of different leaders are misaligned. 
  
 I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Money Isn&#8217;t Everything, According to IT Professionals (who responded)</title>
		<link>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/08/20/money-isnt-everything-according-to-it-professionals-who-responded/</link>
		<comments>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/08/20/money-isnt-everything-according-to-it-professionals-who-responded/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2008 05:28:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>simonstapleton</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[Pay &amp; Money]]></category>

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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/?p=317</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve just read an excellent article, written by Ann All, on the IT Business Edge website that discusses the working environment that IT professionals prefer to work in.
What I like about it is Ann&#8217;s honest view about the conclusion that IT people like to work in a positive, challenging environment. I&#8217;m pleased that IT people see [...]]]></description>
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		<title>8 Easy Tips on How To Create a Professional Image as a Freelance Developer</title>
		<link>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/08/19/8-easy-tips-on-how-to-create-a-professional-image-as-a-freelance-developer/</link>
		<comments>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/08/19/8-easy-tips-on-how-to-create-a-professional-image-as-a-freelance-developer/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Aug 2008 05:54:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>simonstapleton</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Developer]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Freelancer]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[prince 2]]></category>

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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/?p=315</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I have been a developer myself, and I know many developers. The nature of these beasts, in general terms, tends to be outside of the &#8216;corporate norm&#8217;, as quite frankly, development requires abnormal skills (I mean that in the nice way!) However, customers and colleagues of developers who fit in with the norm can sometimes [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Know When Your Website is Down Before Your Boss Does!</title>
		<link>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/08/18/know-when-your-website-is-down-before-your-boss-does/</link>
		<comments>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/08/18/know-when-your-website-is-down-before-your-boss-does/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2008 06:36:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>simonstapleton</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Geek]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[IT Ops]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Technical Professional]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[SLA]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[website monitoring]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/?p=310</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[One of the most embarrassing events to happen to me is when my boss has asked me why our company website is down. I didn&#8217;t know it was down - and it was. Yellow Pages down the pants-time.
One easy way I found to get to know first is to use a website monitoring tool. I&#8217;ve [...]]]></description>
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		<title>12 Behaviors Most Disliked by IT Professionals</title>
		<link>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/08/14/12-behaviors-most-disliked-by-it-professionals/</link>
		<comments>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/08/14/12-behaviors-most-disliked-by-it-professionals/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Aug 2008 05:39:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>simonstapleton</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/?p=257</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Opinion isn&#8217;t one-sided! In response to my recent article on the 11 behaviors most disliked by IT leaders, here are the 12 behaviors most disliked by IT workers of their managers/leaders. This list was created from surveying some of the IT professionals I know and connect with from a number of countries and industries (56 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Leaders Must Exorcise The Curse of Email</title>
		<link>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/08/08/leaders-must-exorcise-the-curse-of-email/</link>
		<comments>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/08/08/leaders-must-exorcise-the-curse-of-email/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2008 05:38:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>simonstapleton</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[saying No]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/?p=238</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I recently wrote about the 11 Behaviors most disliked by IT Leaders, and #9 in that list was:
Email-itis - in other words, staff using emails rather than interacting with each other in person. The added hatred was the use of blind copy and the overuse of copy to a wide audience

What is so annoying about [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How To Sell SOA to Your Business</title>
		<link>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/08/06/how-to-sell-soa-to-your-business/</link>
		<comments>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/08/06/how-to-sell-soa-to-your-business/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Aug 2008 05:39:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>simonstapleton</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[IT Leadership (CIO, CTO, IT Director, Head of IT)]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[SOA]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/?p=229</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[To most people outside of IT, SOA is really dull. I hear business people talk about it as &#8216;hype&#8217; and an &#8216;excuse&#8217; to delay work. Well that might be true in some cases. But I think it is more likely because of a lack of understanding and appreciation of the potential upside.
I recently wrote about [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Do You Know If You Live Your Organization&#8217;s Values?</title>
		<link>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/08/02/do-you-know-if-you-live-your-company-values/</link>
		<comments>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/08/02/do-you-know-if-you-live-your-company-values/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Aug 2008 05:57:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>simonstapleton</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[company values]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[organizational values]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/?p=182</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Good leaders know what they value and what their values are, and they recognize the importance of ethical behavior. The great leaders consistently and recognizably exhibit their values and ethics in their leadership style and actions. But what about the values that your organization declares it honors in corporate brochures, office posters and standard desktop [...]]]></description>
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		<title>11 Behaviors Most Disliked by IT Leaders</title>
		<link>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/07/31/11-behaviors-most-disliked-by-it-leaders/</link>
		<comments>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/07/31/11-behaviors-most-disliked-by-it-leaders/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 05:52:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>simonstapleton</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/?p=175</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Last week I met with 20 CIOs and other senior IT leaders over dinner and we approached the subject of behavior in their departments. We went around the table sharing the behaviors we would most like to see the back of. So I noted them down to share with you.
I should first say that, of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to Avoid Wasting Time When Selling Technology</title>
		<link>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/07/30/how-to-avoid-wasting-time-when-selling-technology/</link>
		<comments>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/07/30/how-to-avoid-wasting-time-when-selling-technology/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jul 2008 06:27:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>simonstapleton</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[IT Sales]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/?p=170</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This is my first article aimed at IT Sales. Selling technology is not easy, particularly in this Web2.0-fuelled, open-source aware, web-enabled environment. There is always a competitive product, and sometimes the competition might be available for free.
Sales calls are a wonderful bevy of pleasantries and good intentions. Sales, though, are not won or lost in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to Successfully Share Your Vision for IT</title>
		<link>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/07/29/how-to-successfully-share-your-vision-for-it/</link>
		<comments>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/07/29/how-to-successfully-share-your-vision-for-it/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jul 2008 06:14:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>simonstapleton</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[IT Leadership (CIO, CTO, IT Director, Head of IT)]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[it strategy]]></category>

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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/?p=160</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Successfully sharing your vision for technology in your business is a constant challenge.  If there was a silver bullet to this, it would be worth more than its weight in gold (nice metaphor, eh?)
The IT vision isn&#8217;t something owned only by the CIO, it is a product of many people in the organization. Once [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is Virtualization a Buyer&#8217;s Market? Why it is a Real Opportunity for IT</title>
		<link>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/07/28/is-virtualization-a-buyer%e2%80%99s-market-why-it-is-a-real-opportunity-for-it/</link>
		<comments>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/07/28/is-virtualization-a-buyer%e2%80%99s-market-why-it-is-a-real-opportunity-for-it/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jul 2008 06:03:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mattroblin</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/?p=147</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The last six weeks have been an interesting time in the world of virtualization. In late June Microsoft released their final version of Hyper-V, their new virtualization platform built into Windows Server 2008. Hyper-V has been widely anticipated, as Microsoft&#8217;s absence from the enterprise virtual market has left VMWare and some smaller players free to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Painful Reminder About Change Management</title>
		<link>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/07/24/a-painful-reminder-about-change-management/</link>
		<comments>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/07/24/a-painful-reminder-about-change-management/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2008 06:16:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>simonstapleton</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[business transformation]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[transformational leadership]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/?p=143</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[When you&#8217;re headlong into a programme of work which requires significant process change, it is so easy to forget about the people the processes have an effect on. I&#8217;ve just realized this to my dispeasure!
Right now I am involved in a programme of working changing IT delivery processes, that covers the standard ITIL approach of Release [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Freelancers Tend to Have Their Head In The Sand (and Nine Free Course places available!)</title>
		<link>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/07/22/freelancers-tend-to-have-their-head-in-the-sand-and-ten-free-course-places-available/</link>
		<comments>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/07/22/freelancers-tend-to-have-their-head-in-the-sand-and-ten-free-course-places-available/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2008 06:22:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>simonstapleton</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[professional freelancer]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/?p=138</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The majority of freelancers in IT have their head in the sand, as far as their personal performance goes.
IT leaders from across several industries have commented to me that freelancers tend to move from appointments without seeking feedback on their performance. It&#8217;s estimated that over 60% of freelancers do not receive regular feedback on their [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SOA Demands Different Leaders</title>
		<link>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/07/21/soa-demands-different-leaders/</link>
		<comments>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/07/21/soa-demands-different-leaders/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jul 2008 07:17:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>simonstapleton</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[BPM]]></category>

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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/?p=137</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) isn&#8217;t a new concept, but its emergence in organizations is demanding transformational leadership to be applied at all levels.
I&#8217;m assuming you already know about SOA, but I want to recap one important point. The nature of SOA is that it demands server-based technology functions, such as an accounting suite, to become the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Industrialization of IT Will Create a Blue-Collar Sub-Class of IT Workers</title>
		<link>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/07/20/industrialization-of-it-will-create-a-blue-collar-sub-class-of-it-workers/</link>
		<comments>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/07/20/industrialization-of-it-will-create-a-blue-collar-sub-class-of-it-workers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Jul 2008 06:57:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>simonstapleton</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[IT Ops]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[Cloud Computing]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[industrialization]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[outsourcing]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/?p=136</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Industrialization of IT is one of my current favorite topics as I think we are at a turning point of the whole industry. But one of the biggest implications of this change is that it will reshape the workforce towards blue-collar working.
Industrialization of the IT department and the services it provides is a good [...]]]></description>
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