Michael Lee Stallard

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Three Tips for Leading Your Team Into a New Year

Michael Lee Stallard

Naval Operations (CNO) Admiral Vern Clark’s Top 5 priorities in 2003. In fact, neuroscientists have discovered that when people feel overwhelmed, brain function shifts from the frontal lobes of the brain, where rational decisions are made, to the mid-brain region, where rash decisions are more likely. Navy accomplished.

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Steve Jobs’ Announcement: Reminder of Need to Make Cancer History

Michael Lee Stallard

I’ve also written about the challenges facing cancer patients and their families from my wife Katie’s battles with breast cancer in 2003 and advanced ovarian cancer in 2004 (today, Kate is cancer free). I’ve followed Jobs closely over the years and written about him. Being at M.D.

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Preparing for Re-entry into the Physical Workplace: Lessons from NASA

Michael Lee Stallard

Previously I’ve written about how relational disconnection between NASA engineers and senior managers contributed to the fatal accidents of the space shuttles Challenger in 1986 and Columbia in 2003.

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Work and Life Interview About Connection Culture

Michael Lee Stallard

Finally, I had a very unusual situation happen where my wife, Katie, was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2003, and ovarian cancer in 2004. Then, also the deals over the course of my career. I saw cultures that were different. She’s healthy and thriving today. But she had three episodes of cancer over the last decade.

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More Evidence: Trust and Connection=Life, Distrust and Isolation=Death

Michael Lee Stallard

In 2003, Jeffrey Dyer and Wujin Chu studied buyer-supplier relationships among eight major automakers in Japan, Korea and the U.S. Money, governance, curriculum, etc. I learned about two additional studies related to connection and trust from the writings of Dov Seidman , the founder and CEO of LRN.

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John Wooden: What the Obituaries Missed

Michael Lee Stallard

In the summer of 2003, the ninety-two year-old Wooden traveled to the White House, where he was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, America’s highest civilian honor. In 1973, he was honored for his achievements as a coach.

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