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		<title>Influence</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 20:57:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carol Senour</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Certain phrases used by some employees can really irritate true leaders.  The most popular phrase, “it is not fair”.  A fair is a carnival with rides, not a term that belongs in the business world.  How about, “it is not my job”.  A job is whatever it takes; there is no black and white definition [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A New Year, A New You?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 19:54:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carol Senour</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Each day should be a stretch to improve ourselves, through a daily challenge of everything that surrounds us.  It is interesting that a “New Year” often brings about a desire to change; but the sentiment is lost after the New Year starts and often goals to improve fade before January ends.  Why is it easier [...]]]></description>
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		<title>End of Chapter 11</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Aug 2011 11:46:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JB Brown</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today is the end of chapter 11 for Dan Hirsch but the begging of chapter 12!  Aug 31st will go down as the day that Dan retired but became a full time husband, dad, grandpa and friend.  Dan Hirsch is BCI&#8217;s Dir of Operations since November 11th, 2005, see Dan has been a foundrymen his [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Workplace Insanity</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Aug 2011 11:17:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carol Senour</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The definition of workplace insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.  Not being happy with your results leads to one of two choices; change your circumstances or look inside yourself and change what you are doing.  Most interesting is that employees often choose the easier of the two [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Share the Sacrafice</title>
		<link>http://www.bremencastings.com/blog/?p=342</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jul 2011 11:15:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JB Brown</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Just Politics]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday the Barry O admin had their daily press conference. They have put the American citizens on notice that the huge spending spree that our Government has been on for years is our problem. Taxes will be raised for all in one way or another Have we already not been paying our share to the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Attitude, your picture to the outside world</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 May 2011 19:38:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carol Senour</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Your attitude is the single biggest predictor in your success or failure at any job.  Employees fail to realize that their attitude is a picture to the outside world.   You can choose to let your problems sour your attitude; or you can turn your problems into opportunities.  You can choose to complain; or you can [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Email Etiquette</title>
		<link>http://www.bremencastings.com/blog/?p=337</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Mar 2011 15:03:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carol Senour</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Email is a wonderful tool for communicating; however we need to remember a little email etiquette.  As I receive emails or am simply copied as an FYI, I have been disappointed to see the lack of professionalism given to the written word in the workplace. Here are a few rules on emails;  (1) First and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Machine Uptime</title>
		<link>http://www.bremencastings.com/blog/?p=334</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Mar 2011 12:20:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carol Senour</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Manufacturing]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Bremen Foundry]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a manufacturing organization, you have to maximize your revenue maker.  Once you cover your total cost, every additional part that you run goes to the bottom line.  Every available resource needs to be utilized to acquired increasing amounts of production.    Indirect labor is a necessary evil; in that there are jobs that need to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Argumentative Distractions</title>
		<link>http://www.bremencastings.com/blog/?p=332</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Feb 2011 19:53:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carol Senour</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You have met the select few employees that find it necessary to argue about everything.  The intent of what you are trying to implement, change or improve does not matter; they find it necessary to argue from their point of view.   Often, it is the art of arguing that brings about the best decisions and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Greener Grass, not really, just different</title>
		<link>http://www.bremencastings.com/blog/?p=328</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Jan 2011 19:02:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carol Senour</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week, I received an email update from LinkedIn, showing me how many of my connections have changed jobs in 2010.  Now January is showing an uptick in employment movement, not seen in the last 2-year recession.   What truly amazes me is that applicants think the grass is always greener someplace else.  However, there are always [...]]]></description>
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