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		<title>Visualisation for Exam Success</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A personal visualisation story: I was in the last few weeks of completing my masters degree thesis when I had my final meeting with my supervisor. She gave me a provisional grade and I was not happy about it &#8211; I needed another 10% in order to get an overall first class honors in my [...]]]></description>
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		<title>From Ancient Rome to present day Ireland</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I recently came across a quotation by Lucius Seneca, a Roman philosopher who was born in 3 BC. The theme is that the wise man can suffer neither injury or insult: &#8220;Fortune can only take away what she has given; but she does not give virtue, and therefore she cannot take it away.&#160; Virtue is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Safest place to invest my money?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This question is often bandied about given the seismic changes which have taken place in the financial markets.  My simple answer is this: the safest place to invest your money is in yourself. I say this because any investment in yourself – e.g., education, learning new skills, taking courses, reading – will result in an [...]]]></description>
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		<title>True Value of your Quality Team</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Everyone in an organisation has to be aware of the need to deliver something of value to the customer.  For the quality department, this may involve getting involved in projects outside their usual remit such as manufacturing cost reduction and programs aimed at reducing cycle times for product development: The key things for us is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Business of Quality</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Quality professionals – managers, engineers, supervisors – needs to possess a much broader skill set than that that is generally recognised as the required competencies for this discipline. Relevant competencies should include business skills, communication skills and social skills.  This need arises from the requirement that quality staff need to be able to engage with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Business coaching at the lovely Parknasilla Hotel</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I recently attended a group business coaching day at the Parknasilla Hotel,  Sneem, Co.Kerry &#8211; our coach was Martine Brennan (www.martinebrennan.com).  I think everyone found the day beneficial to their business &#8211; and it was also a good opportunity to network &#38; share tips.  Group coaching is a great way to test the water if [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rise of the Regulators</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Over the past few years, the focus on regulation and compliance has been growing in many sectors, not just the old reliables such as financial services, pharmaceutical and medical devices.  There is a view that everything is moving up a level in terms of regulation, &#8211; a raising of the bar &#8211; and regulatory authorities [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Quality as Guiding Light for Challenged Organisations</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Quality personnel are particularly suited to develop, implement and improve an organisations management system as they possess the most complete knowledge of business improvement tools in an organisation. However, most business leaders do not recognise this as a potential asset. There are two aspects to the deployment of quality staff within organisations; firstly, their skills [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Quality 101</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The increase in the number and diversity of customer requirements as well as the growing complexity in terms of regulations is leading to the risk of companies losing sight of the basic quality requirements.   There are many types of quality programs available to companies who wish to improve their quality and efficiency levels, such as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What is the difference between Value and Quality?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In order for organisations to understand how to create value, it is imperative that they understand the difference between quality and value.  The difference between quality and value is that customers do not buy a product or service because quality is present but they will not buy if quality is absent. The main distinctions between [...]]]></description>
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