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		<link>http://theloyaltypartners.com/blog/2010/07/05/114/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jul 2010 16:51:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jimrohrer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reprinted with permission of Evergreen Newspapers 
Tomorrow the Sunshine…and Jobs Will Follow
 We hear a great deal of conversation about jobs, or the lack thereof. Our current economic situation won’t be improved until jobs are created and millions of workers who are seeking employment begin to bring home paychecks again.
 We are expecting some politician to come up [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to Increase Your Job Security by Becoming an MVP at Work</title>
		<link>http://theloyaltypartners.com/blog/2010/04/16/how-to-increase-your-job-security-by-becoming-and-mvp-at-work/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Apr 2010 17:11:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jimrohrer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ I’m working on a book; here’s why.  If you have a job, you can be very secure if you are valuable enough to your employer. My book will give readers real life ways to become “layoff proof”. The other half of the book is directed to employers suggesting to them some simple ways they can [...]]]></description>
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		<title>April is International Customer Service Month</title>
		<link>http://theloyaltypartners.com/blog/2010/03/29/april-is-national-customer-service-month/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Mar 2010 00:34:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jimrohrer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[April is International Customer Loyalty Month….and That’s No April Fools
April is the month where you are to make a special effort to create more loyalty among customers. I’m not kidding, there’s a month dedicated to this.  It seems strange that you only have to do this one month a year. Is there a month for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>De Ja Vous All Over Again</title>
		<link>http://theloyaltypartners.com/blog/2010/03/29/de-ja-vous-all-over-again/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Mar 2010 00:30:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jimrohrer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[De Ja Vous All Over Again
 Since the days of Thomas Jefferson we have been debating whether it’s more powerful to have a strong central governing unit help us make informed decisions or to defend the right of individuals to choose for themselves. In 1830 we passed an amendment to the Constitution to protect the right [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What Every Business Can Learn from General Motors</title>
		<link>http://theloyaltypartners.com/blog/2009/12/04/what-every-business-can-learn-from-general-motors/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2009 18:43:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jimrohrer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What Every Business Can Learn From General Motors
It is certain that General Motors new board will replace the now-fired CEO Fritz Henderson with someone from outside the company. Fundamental change almost never comes from company insiders.  
It’s interesting that Detroit’s auto makers have been known as the big three for five decades or so. I’ve [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Few Thoughts About Executive Bonuses</title>
		<link>http://theloyaltypartners.com/blog/2009/11/16/a-few-thoughts-about-executive-bonuses/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 19:44:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jimrohrer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Few Thoughts About Executive Bonuses
So now that we the people have given billions of dollars to financial institutions, the administration is talking about curtailing executive bonuses. If we have a financial stake in the results of these institutions, that’s not a good decision for us. If the institutions do well, we the taxpayers can [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What Causes Businesses to Fail</title>
		<link>http://theloyaltypartners.com/blog/2009/11/16/what-causes-businesses-to-fail/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 19:39:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jimrohrer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reprinted with permission of Evergreen Newspapers
What Causes Businesses to Fail?
When the economy turns down, there is always an increase in business failures. At the same time, there are always businesses which thrive even in tough times.  I have thought a great bit about why this dichotomy exists.
 I recently completed Jim Collins new book “How the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Show Me The Jobs</title>
		<link>http://theloyaltypartners.com/blog/2009/11/16/show-me-the-jobs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 19:34:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jimrohrer</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Finding a job]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Reprinted with permission of Evergreen Newspapers
Show me the Jobs?
 When times are good and revenue is rising, employers are willing to add jobs. But whenever there is a dip in the economy, and growth is not there, the first way employers are able to cut variable expense is with job cuts. This time the economy is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Your Call is Important To Us</title>
		<link>http://theloyaltypartners.com/blog/2009/05/03/your-call-is-important-to-us/</link>
		<comments>http://theloyaltypartners.com/blog/2009/05/03/your-call-is-important-to-us/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 03 May 2009 19:38:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jimrohrer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reprinted with permission of Evergreen Newspapers
Your Call is Important to Us

I’m sure you have heard these words when you called some business for which you had a question or problem to be solved. You would swear that you were hearing an accent from some far away place, but he introduced himself as Joe. Worse, you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bad Service is Hard to Sell</title>
		<link>http://theloyaltypartners.com/blog/2009/01/12/bad-service-is-hard-to-sell/</link>
		<comments>http://theloyaltypartners.com/blog/2009/01/12/bad-service-is-hard-to-sell/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jan 2009 22:22:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jimrohrer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Customer Loyalty]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I recently read the quip, &#8220;Service isn&#8217;t what it used to be; it never was.&#8221; One approach to service in the auto business is to include it in the price of the car. BMW and Mercedes do this the best and they generally deliver very high levels of service. Selling prepaid service is not a [...]]]></description>
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