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Here's my midweek look at the business blogs. I'm pointing you to two carnivals and to posts on stress and learning, preparing for the New Year, distinguishing between laziness and resting, CEO's who stop learning, and what to do about meetings. Let's start with the carnivals.

Blogblivion hosts the latest edition of Carnival of the Capitalists.

Wayne Turmel at The Cranky Middle Manager hosts the most recent Carnival of Human Resources.

Wally's Comment: Be sure to check out Wayne's blog and podcast. They're musts for me.

From Ellen Weber at Brain Based Business: From Stress to Learning Adventures
"How do you spark stress free conversations that are both interesting and informative? Research shows that we each get hit with about 22 stressors each day. Were you aware, though, how good tone turn stressors into learning adventures."

From Michael Wade at Execupundit: Ten Questions As the New Year Looms

From Lifehack: 11 Tips for Nuking Laziness without Becoming a Workaholic
"Rest is important for productivity. Trying to work straight without recovering your energies leads to a wandering attention, procrastination and, in extreme cases, death. But when does “recovering your energies” just become an excuse to waste time? How do you draw the line between constructive rest and laziness?"

From Jim Bolt at Fast Company: The Learning Glass Ceiling (or, is your leader a Know it All?)
"Working as a consultant with senior leaders in major corporations for the last 25 years I’ve observed a disturbing pattern: once they get to the top (CEO and other C-suite level positions), many of them refuse to participate in learning experiences, even though they expect other leaders in their organizations to do so. What’s that about? And why is it a problem? There are two important issues: 1) the message it sends to the rest of the organization, and 2) the inability of the top leaders to role-model and reinforce what is being taught."

From David Maister at Passion, People and Principles: Meeting Rules
"We all know meetings are a curse. Here are some of the rules I would offer to help make them more productive."

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