Michael Lee Stallard

APRIL 20, 2010

There was a terrific energy among group participants. Last week when I was in Miami Beach, one morning I stopped at a Starbucks on the Lincoln Avenue Mall. Starbucks partners were gathering there for a walk (see picture above) to raise money for a non-profit organization. What a simple idea! why is everyone smiling?

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 10, 2010

but they expend far more energy intentionally searching for opportunity, but not just any opportunity – a game changer. If you cannot turn an idea into innovation, if you can’t put thought into practice, it’s not a game changer. What’s interesting is that the best leaders proactively focus on looking for game changers.

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Lead on Purpose

JULY 19, 2010

It’s the energy that drives you throughout the day. Goal-setting research tells us that feedback is necessary for any goal setting to motivate performance. If you want to improve, seek out feedback from others, listen to what they say and take action. It’s the fuel that gets you going in the morning.

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Lead on Purpose

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

You have incredibly knowledgeable and highly motivated consultants at your beck and call. Over 150 companies, including Durkee, Cremora, San Giorgio, Ronzoni, and McCormick, now use the entire line of Flapper products, and Weatherchem continues to lead the industry in offering the widest, most innovative array of closure products.

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Committee Automotive Ethics Productivity 140

QAspire

DECEMBER 8, 2009

With wrong examples around, people are bound to underperform, get de-motivated and hence, disengaged. Your thinking, approach, method, statements and actions are your tools to ensure that they derive the “right” meaning that helps them become more engaged with their work, be more productive and stay motivated. Works wonders.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

It is not my intent to offend anyone with the text that follows, and if you find yourself being offended, it is my opinion that you need to examine your motives and principles. link] Anna Smith “Let the attacks begin” – The number one source for innovation/change is pissed-off people (Tom Peters). LeRoyD Amen!

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Women on Business

JANUARY 24, 2011

We need to decide how to best divide energies—whom to feed first. Do what has to be done and don’t waste energy on fear that undermines performance— unless the doubt is a nagging hunch of a wrong direction! Connect as many strengths and resources as possible, for innovation lives in fresh combinations.

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Roundtable Talk

MARCH 4, 2010

→ View from the corner cubicle: leadership lessons from Tomer Strolight Posted on March 4, 2010 by LeaderTalker | Leave a comment TorStar Digital is one of Canada’s fastest growing, most innovative media companies. Don’t waste your energies trying to win everyone over. Management’s dirty little secrets exposed!!

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 21, 2010

I don’t care in the slightest about winning arguments, whether someone is right or wrong, or whether logic is sound or flawed, but I do care about motivation and intent. If opposing views are worth the time and energy to debate, then they are worth a legitimate effort to gain alignment on perspective and resolution on position.

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Rajesh Setty

NOVEMBER 18, 2008

About Portfolio Resources eBuzz Blog Home Blog Main Page Feedback – You need it to surive and to thrive RSS Feed Feedback – You need it to surive and to thrive By Rajesh Setty on Tue 18 Nov 2008, 11:11 PM - View Comments Feedback is such a natural thing that happens in our daily life. Lost a little energy towards the end.

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Strategy Driven

JANUARY 26, 2011

Social Nation : How to Harness the Power of Social Media to Attract Customers, Motivate Employees, and Grow Your Business by Barry Libert It’s time to join Social Nation and prosper! Avon was one of the few companies to chart growth during the 2008-2009 recession. Rule 6: Rely on Others for Growth and Innovation.

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Media Learning-by-Doing Open-book Company 67

Michael Lee Stallard

JUNE 28, 2010

The energy and effort Marshall put into his work led Senator Henry Stimson to say, “I have never seen a task of such magnitude performed by a man.” George Marshall once said, “The less you agree with the policies of your superiors, the more energy you must direct to their accomplishment.” why is everyone smiling?

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Ryan Learning-by-Doing Career Magazine 220

Kevin Eikenberry

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

Most would agree that if the energy and morale in an organization or team is lacking, Customers may notice and be impacted by that poor morale. You’re looking to lift, strengthen and maintain a powerful motivating and productive working environment. Keep the good, high energy, and always useful stuff coming!

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Morale Strategy Short-term Workshop 190

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 21, 2016

Fostering innovation. Investing in sustainability is not only a risk management tool; it can also drive innovation. Nike embedded sustainability into its innovation process and created the $1 billion-plus Flyknit line, which uses a specialized yarn system, requiring minimal labor and generating large profit margins.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 15, 2014

Consider Ashoka , which provides start-up funding and support for social innovators worldwide. In 2008, Pfizer was struggling with an unwieldy and costly model of obtaining outside legal help. The more responsible participants feel, the more energy and drive they’ll offer — and the better they’ll feel about participating.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 2, 2014

Indeed, these teams seem to use swarm intelligence, making decisions collectively and coming up with innovative moves on the fly. Some coaches, like Pep Guardiola, focus not so much on titles won or goals scored as on perfection in attacking or defensive play — learning targets that motivate and contribute to all-round performance.

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Cooper Objective Short-term Incentives 16

Harvard Business Review

JULY 2, 2014

Indeed, these teams seem to use swarm intelligence, making decisions collectively and coming up with innovative moves on the fly. Some coaches, like Pep Guardiola, focus not so much on titles won or goals scored as on perfection in attacking or defensive play — learning targets that motivate and contribute to all-round performance.

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Cooper Objective Short-term Incentives 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 13, 2016

In 2008, as the CEO of a software company that had just missed its target for the second quarter in a row, I was so intent on hitting our fourth-quarter revenue number of $8 million — and so scared for my job — that I promised the company I would get a tattoo of the number somewhere on my body if we hit it. The result?

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