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				<description><![CDATA[<p>Thanks to my friend Deborah Mills-Scofield for sending me this article from Science Daily entitled &#8220;Exploring How Partners Perceive Each Others Emotion During a Relationship Fight.&#8221;  It looks at how expressions of hard, flat or soft emotion are perceived and how such perceptions affect relationships.  This research suggests that a leader&#8217;s ability to express appropriate [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.michaelleestallard.com/signals-you-send-in-relationships">Signals We Send in Relationships</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>Thanks to my friend <a href="http://www.mills-scofield.com/blog">Deborah Mills-Scofield</a> for sending me this article from <em>Science Daily </em>entitled &#8220;<a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/12/101216161514.htm">Exploring How Partners Perceive Each Others Emotion During a Relationship Fight</a>.&#8221;  It looks at how expressions of hard, flat or soft emotion are perceived and how such perceptions affect relationships.  This research suggests that a leader&#8217;s ability to express appropriate emotions at appropriate times is important to keep people feeling connected to the them (and emotional connections are essential to employee engagement and alignment).</p>
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