Michael Lee Stallard

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How Cancer Helped Me See the Key to Successful Organizational Change

Michael Lee Stallard

In early 2004, just nine months after completing treatment for breast cancer, my wife, Katie, was diagnosed with advanced ovarian cancer. Article Published by SmartBrief Sometimes life lessons come from surprising places.

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Divided We Stand: Treating Corporate America’s Loneliness Epidemic

Michael Lee Stallard

In 1985, and then again in 2004, the General Social Survey (GSS) asked Americans about their close social networks. In 1985, the most common answer was three and in 2004, this statistic dropped to zero. The results were alarming. Even more, the GSS asked respondents to record the number of people they consider confidants.

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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). Being at M.D. Anderson Cancer Center was inspiring and humbling. MDACC is the top-rated cancer center according to U.S.

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Will Aetna CEO Transform Healthcare (and CEO Leadership While He’s at it)?

Michael Lee Stallard

In 2004, Bertolini was seriously injured in a ski accident that fractured his neck in five places and left him struggling to recover his health. In 2001, Bertolini’s son was diagnosed with incurable lymphoma. Bertolini took time off from work and moved into his son’s hospital room. Today, his son is alive, well, and working in Boston.

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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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Rise of Lonely American Employees Undermines Productivity

Michael Lee Stallard

Between 1985 and 2004, the number of people with whom the average American discussed “important matters&# dropped from three to two. In 1940, 7.7 percent of Americans lived in one-person households. By 2000, that number more than tripled to 25.8 percent. (In

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Byron Wien’s 20 Lessons Learned

Michael Lee Stallard

Mr. Wien was named to the 2004 Smart Money Power 30 list of Wall Street’s most influential investors, thinkers, enforcers, policy makers, players and market movers. In 1998 he was named by First Call the most widely read analyst on Wall Street and in 2000 was ranked the No. He appeared in the “Thinker” category. In 2006, Mr.

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