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		<title>Thanks Roy</title>
		<link>http://www.elilopian.com/2011/01/02/thanks-roy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Jan 2011 15:53:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eli Lopian</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I would like to thank Roy for the amazing time we had together, Roy has been working at Typemock for 3 years now and it has been a blast! Good times, hearty discussions and we managed to overcome great challenges together.    Now Roy is going on another journey and is focusing on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I want loud disputes in our meetings</title>
		<link>http://www.elilopian.com/2010/12/16/i-want-loud-disputes-in-our-meetings/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Dec 2010 11:29:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eli Lopian</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We had a really high tone dispute in a few meetings about our coming breakthrough product. It was on the verge of getting hostile, both sides where trying to make a point but no one was really listening and the same questions where being asked over again with the same answers just with higher and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Top 5 questions to ask when checking references</title>
		<link>http://www.elilopian.com/2010/08/18/top-5-questions-to-ask-when-checking-references/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Aug 2010 16:20:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eli Lopian</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It has taken me some time to really follow the best practice of checking references,&#160; both before hiring of new employees and of external contractors. Now I don’t move without it. The main reason that I didn’t check references is that it seemed to be a useless process, every reference I talked to always said [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Debugging Communication Errors</title>
		<link>http://www.elilopian.com/2010/02/10/debugging-communication-errors/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2010 16:07:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eli Lopian</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Debugging]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Time Management]]></category>
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		<title>Getting the Boss to get Rid of Himself</title>
		<link>http://www.elilopian.com/2009/10/15/getting-the-boss-to-get-rid-of-himself/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 21:00:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eli Lopian</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here is a short discussion I had with a Typemock employee a few weeks ago. 
Employee: “Phew, We managed to purchase the last available ticket  ”     Me: “That’s great…” after a pause “… Why do we keep on missing the early-bird discounts?”*    Employee: “That’s because you didn’t [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Managing Rookie Managers</title>
		<link>http://www.elilopian.com/2009/10/14/managing-rookie-managers/</link>
		<comments>http://www.elilopian.com/2009/10/14/managing-rookie-managers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 19:35:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eli Lopian</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Rookie managers have a incomplete perception of management and hold on to the idea that they are still reviewed by their personal performance and that there job is to keep things running.
Quite the opposite, it is a mangers job to make change, it is their job to search for problems and opportunities and manage [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Never promote to a management role</title>
		<link>http://www.elilopian.com/2009/10/13/never-promote-to-a-management-role/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 10:27:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eli Lopian</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ This post is to remind myself what to do what promoting first time managers, based on the final tip in the Myth and Realty Check Post.
Eli, Remember to Delay the Promotion
Here is why. When promoting a manager, I normally promote a high performance employees. These employees are excellent at doing their job well. They [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rookie Manager #3: Myth vs Reality</title>
		<link>http://www.elilopian.com/2009/10/12/rookie-manager-3-myth-vs-reality/</link>
		<comments>http://www.elilopian.com/2009/10/12/rookie-manager-3-myth-vs-reality/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 20:48:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eli Lopian</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Rookie Managers, including myself, often fail in their new role. Now looking back at my first managerial job (10 years ago) I think that the reason for this was misconceptions and myths that I believed in as a new manager that lead to neglecting key responsibilities.
Myth #1: Authority.   I used to believe [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rookie Manager #2: Problem Solving vs Problem Finding</title>
		<link>http://www.elilopian.com/2009/10/11/rookie-manager-2-problem-solving-vs-problem-finding/</link>
		<comments>http://www.elilopian.com/2009/10/11/rookie-manager-2-problem-solving-vs-problem-finding/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Oct 2009 19:35:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eli Lopian</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Management for Geeks]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[ There is a big difference between problem solving and problem finding. This is one of the differences that a Rookie Manager must learn quickly. A Rookie manager that has been promoted from the firing lines, from software development is trained to solve problems. Normally the best problem solver who is promoted to the team-leader [...]]]></description>
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		<title>#1 tip: What I expect from managers and team leaders</title>
		<link>http://www.elilopian.com/2009/09/10/1-tip-what-i-expect-from-managers-and-team-leaders/</link>
		<comments>http://www.elilopian.com/2009/09/10/1-tip-what-i-expect-from-managers-and-team-leaders/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 08:22:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eli Lopian</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is very natural for new Managers and Team leaders seem to think that once they are given the responsibility over a group they have to ‘Claim their territory’ and guard it with all their might.
Things that can really tick off new managers are others telling specific team members what to do or how to [...]]]></description>
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