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		<title>How to keep 20-somethings from driving you crazy</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 13:53:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Published in Outlook by the Bay magazine, January/February issue. http://www.outlookbythebay.com/ Sometimes people forget that a key word in the term “middle-aged” is the word middle, as in “stuck in the middle.” We find ourselves in the middle of various other generations, sometimes living and working with up to four different age groups. On the positive side, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tportis.wordpress.com&amp;blog=631334&amp;post=261&amp;subd=tportis&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Whitlock on target about the Penn State child abuse scandal</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Nov 2011 22:30:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[While I often find Jason Whitlock annoying, he is right on the money in his editorial (linked below) today about the Penn State scandal. No matter what the exact facts are, this appears to have been mishandled… badly. How can educated, experienced professionals mishandle child abuse? I think there is a paralyzing fear in many [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tportis.wordpress.com&amp;blog=631334&amp;post=255&amp;subd=tportis&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>It&#8217;s Never too Late for This</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jul 2011 23:42:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. Terry Portis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From Outlook by the Bay, summer 2011 By Terry Portis I am never quite sure how to respond when someone tells me, &#8220;The time for that has passed me by.” If I agree, is that insulting, questioning the person’s abilities? If I disagree, am I questioning whether or not a person knows their own life? [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tportis.wordpress.com&amp;blog=631334&amp;post=195&amp;subd=tportis&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Disability Must be Part of Diversity Initiatives</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jun 2011 18:28:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Understanding the Psychology of the Kiss-Up/Kick-Down Leader</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Jan 2011 03:10:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. Terry Portis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the field of organizational psychology, this type of leader was first recognized in the 1950’s. You may find yourself working for or with this type of person, and yet no one else in authority seems to recognize it. The KU/KD person is very charming and perhaps adored by those who are friends or equal-status [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tportis.wordpress.com&amp;blog=631334&amp;post=179&amp;subd=tportis&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>3 R&#8217;s for Excelling in Job Interviews</title>
		<link>http://tportis.wordpress.com/2010/08/28/3-rs-for-excelling-in-job-interviews/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Aug 2010 16:42:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. Terry Portis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I always find job interviews exhausting, whether I am the interviewer, or occasionally in the past as an interviewee. These meetings can be among the most important of your life, so it is critical to have a strategy going into it. In this post, I am going to outline three principles that are especially important [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tportis.wordpress.com&amp;blog=631334&amp;post=175&amp;subd=tportis&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Closing thoughts about &#8220;The Incidents&#8221; at FSK Mall in Frederick</title>
		<link>http://tportis.wordpress.com/2010/08/20/closing-thoughts-about-the-incidents-at-fsk-mall-in-frederick/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Aug 2010 00:34:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. Terry Portis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The last week at our home has been focused, first of all, on getting my daughter off to college. A second focus has been dealing with the “incidents” at FSK Mall in Frederick. http://www.fredericknewspost.com/sections/news/display.htm?storyID=108668 After two newspaper articles, an online article, and a television news story, we think there has been sufficient coverage. Just to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tportis.wordpress.com&amp;blog=631334&amp;post=171&amp;subd=tportis&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Leaving Facebook sounds mature and righteous, but it&#8217;s actually the opposite</title>
		<link>http://tportis.wordpress.com/2010/08/07/leaving-facebook-sounds-mature-and-righteous-but-its-actually-the-opposite/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Aug 2010 15:15:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. Terry Portis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There has been a movement of late to encourage people to leave Facebook. Some are counter-culture types who decry the widespread use of this non-secure and privacy-invading website. Others are saying that it is getting in the way of real, authentic relationships and giving people a false sense of friendships, which are really shallow acquaintances. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tportis.wordpress.com&amp;blog=631334&amp;post=170&amp;subd=tportis&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Three principles to keep your resume from killing you</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jul 2010 15:56:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. Terry Portis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the not too distant past, you hired a resume service to help you develop your resume. They put it on some type of parchment paper, and even helped you write a cover letter. You then mailed this out to 100 to 200 companies and waited for the call. While most people understand that today’s [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tportis.wordpress.com&amp;blog=631334&amp;post=166&amp;subd=tportis&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Bitter</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2010 14:56:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is an old cliche, but one I have thought about recently: “Problems will make you bitter, or make you better.” Some of the people I have been most impressed by in my life have been people who have gone through unimaginable hardship and yet seem to be an inspiration to people around them. This [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tportis.wordpress.com&amp;blog=631334&amp;post=161&amp;subd=tportis&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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