Michael Lee Stallard

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Rekindling the Inner Flame in Others, and in Ourselves

Michael Lee Stallard

Doug Conant’s Story: Being Honored and Honoring Others Doug Conant is the leader who turned around Campbell Soup Company when he served as President and CEO (2001-2011). Before we pose the questions, though, let us share a story that illuminates why contemplating them is so valuable.

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3 Practices to Protect Your People from Toxic Stress and Burnout

Michael Lee Stallard

I expected Sloan Kettering would be a bleak environment that reeked of death and dying. billion in 2011. While she was in the midst of six rounds of chemotherapy at our local hospital that spring, we chose to go to Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York City for a second opinion on her treatment plan. It was anything but.

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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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