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		<title>How Cancer Helped Me See the Key to Successful Organizational Change</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Feb 2019 02:38:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Katie Russell</dc:creator>
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				<description><![CDATA[Article Published by SmartBrief. <p>Sometimes life lessons come from surprising places. In early 2004, just nine months after completing treatment for breast cancer, my wife, Katie, was diagnosed with advanced ovarian cancer. During the months that followed, I learned an important lesson about connection that influenced my perspective on how to approach organizational change. I wrote about this lesson [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.michaelleestallard.com/cancer-helped-see-key-successful-organizational-change">How Cancer Helped Me See the Key to Successful Organizational Change</a> appeared first on <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.michaelleestallard.com">Michael Lee Stallard</a>.</p>
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					<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em id="gnt_postsubtitle" style="color:#770005;font-family:'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:1.3em;line-height:1.2em;font-weight:normal;font-style:italic;">Article Published by SmartBrief</em></p> <img width="760" height="390" src="http://www.michaelleestallard.com/wp-content/uploads/Hospital-Waiting-Room_860x440-760x390.png" class="featured-image wp-post-image" alt="Empty chairs in hospital waiting room" srcset="http://www.michaelleestallard.com/wp-content/uploads/Hospital-Waiting-Room_860x440-760x390.png 760w, http://www.michaelleestallard.com/wp-content/uploads/Hospital-Waiting-Room_860x440-300x154.png 300w, http://www.michaelleestallard.com/wp-content/uploads/Hospital-Waiting-Room_860x440-768x394.png 768w, http://www.michaelleestallard.com/wp-content/uploads/Hospital-Waiting-Room_860x440-518x266.png 518w, http://www.michaelleestallard.com/wp-content/uploads/Hospital-Waiting-Room_860x440-82x42.png 82w, http://www.michaelleestallard.com/wp-content/uploads/Hospital-Waiting-Room_860x440-600x308.png 600w, http://www.michaelleestallard.com/wp-content/uploads/Hospital-Waiting-Room_860x440.png 860w" sizes="(max-width: 760px) 100vw, 760px" /><p>Sometimes life lessons come from surprising places. In early 2004, just nine months after completing treatment for breast cancer, my wife, Katie, was diagnosed with advanced ovarian cancer. During the months that followed, I learned an important lesson about connection that influenced my perspective on how to approach organizational change.</p>
<p>I wrote about this lesson in <a href="https://www.smartbrief.com/original/2018/11/how-cancer-helped-me-see-key-successful-organizational-change">an article published by <em>SmartBrief</em></a>. If you are navigating change in your organization or personal life, I hope this piece is an encouragement to you.</p>
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