Michael Lee Stallard

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3 Factors That Make Costco America’s Best Employer

Michael Lee Stallard

I’ve spoken with Jim Sinegal, Costco’s co-founder and CEO from 1983 to 2011, and interacted with Ryan Watkins, a young Costco warehouse manager across the country in Oregon. As a result, Costco’s members trust the company will provide quality goods and services at an attractive price, and will be safe for its members and the people they love.

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Leaders: Use stories to help achieve sustainable superior performance

Michael Lee Stallard

From 1941 until 1945 American aircraft companies out-produced the Nazis three to one and built nearly 300,000 airplanes. Although many CEOs of huge organizations would see this as inefficient, Dr. Pardes understood that walking the talk sent a powerful message. FDR’s visits helped transform welders and riveters into freedom fighters.

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Leadership Posts from Top Bloggers

Michael Lee Stallard

To start off, are you looking for something that will stretch you as a leader in 2011? Join Scott for a free teleseminar on Charting Your Course for 2011 with a Life GPS®. These bloggers offer answers to some of the most important leadership challenges we all face: Thinking about becoming a more influential leader in 2011?

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America’s Loneliness Epidemic: A Hidden Systemic Risk to Organizations

Michael Lee Stallard

Since 2011, research on adolescents has found they spend more time interacting with electronic devices and less time interacting with each other, while also experiencing declining well-being. 2011) found that nearly half the adult US population suffers from one or more addictions that have “serious negative consequences.”

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America’s Stress Epidemic

Michael Lee Stallard

To reverse these ominous trends we need to dial back our achieve-aholic tendencies obsessively to pursue wealth, power, and fame, and spend more time and energy connecting with others in supportive relationships. Companies that are hell-bent on growth at any cost are harming their employees and their own organization’s performance.

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