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Top Leaders of 2010 | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

He has recently aquired ownership of The Whiteboard Sessions (a conference designed for leaders & strategy). In other words, instead of viewing this as something to be kept under her control, she reaches out the parents to help participate in succeeding to reach a goal they both share – of helping their child learn how to read.

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Serving a Cause Greater than Self

Michael Lee Stallard

The conference is organized by the Foundation for Social Change, a group that is lead by super connector Louise Guido. Meta Log in Entries RSS Comments RSS WordPress.org Copyright © 2010 Michael Lee Stallard Later this week at the United Nations, several organizations are gathering to talk about serving a cause greater than self.

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Preview Thursday: Let’s Stop Meeting Like This

Lead Change Blog

All of us are spending more time in meetings than we did five years ago, and this trend is expected to continue (Lee 2010). Any meeting participant can lead the discussion, contribute, or facilitate the discussion. His answers to these questions prepare him to be an active meeting participant. But it doesn’t have to be that way.

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Is Facebook Making Us Lonely?

Michael Lee Stallard

By 2010, nearly 27 percent had just one person. A 2010 AARP survey found that 35 percent of adults older than 45 were chronically lonely as opposed to 20 percent a decade earlier. A 2010 Hoover Institute paper stated in 1950 the U.S. ” The rise in loneliness has led to an explosion in the number of paid confidants. .

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Two Easy Ways to Boost Employee Engagement

Michael Lee Stallard

On a Friday at lunchtime, get employees together in a conference room for pizza and salad or go outside of work for an informal lunch and time to mingle. There was a terrific energy among group participants. They were handing out t-shirts and Starbucks baseball caps for participants. What a simple idea! why is everyone smiling?

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Is a Corporate Board Seat in Your Future? :: Women on Business

Women on Business

By Bonnie Marcus This past week I had the opportunity to not only attend the MA Conference for Women, but also to participate in a leadership panel about women and corporate board positions. Women are in the Social Web Driver’s Seat A report from comScore paints a clear picture of the.

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Has Jim Goodnight Cracked the Code of Corporate Culture?

Michael Lee Stallard

Published by Michael Lee Stallard on June 18, 2010 09:30 am under E Pluribus Partners , Media Appearances , connection culture , employee engagement Today, The Economic Times in India published an article I wrote about Jim Goodnight and SAS Institute. To help employees learn and grow, SAS encourages participation in industry conferences.