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A happy New Year to you all! As I did last year, I am posting on the progress this blog has made over the last year.

Overall

• Number of Posts: 109
• Number of RSS Readers: 1062 up from 300 in 2006
• Number of Spam Comments Received: 26,787 !!!
• Total number of visitors in 2007: 185,264
• Total number of unique visitors in 2007: 147,010
• Average Time on Site in 2007: 00:02:23

The Top Posts of 2007

Just in case you missed some of the great posts from 2007, these were the most read posts of 2007….

1. The ten C’s of employee engagement
2. Book Review: The Five Dysfunctions of a Team
3. Learning from the life of Benjamin Franklin
4. Talent is Never Enough
5. 5 Principles of Innovation
6. Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die
7. Your Boss Has an Attitude Problem
8. The Importance of ‘Know Why’ over ‘Know How’
9. The gap between strategy and execution
10. 8 Skills That Separate Leaders Who Perform from Those Who Don’t

The Top Five Categories of 2007

1. Quotes
2. Getting Things Done
3. Book Reviews
4. Role Models
5. Leadership Practices

Top 10 Visiting Countries

1. United States
2. United Kingdom
3. Canada
4. Australia
5. India
6. South Africa
7. Philippines
8. Germany
9. Malaysia
10. Singapore

Wishing you all a great 2008! Hoping that this blog will continue to add value to your lives as we all strive to become the change we wish to see in the world, leaving a legacy the will touch many generations…..

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