Sat.Mar 12, 2011 - Fri.Mar 18, 2011

Michael Lee Stallard

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At Google, Starbucks (and Life Outside of Work), Success = Connection

Michael Lee Stallard

The New York Times has had a number of great articles related to connection and how it leads to success at work and in life. In an article about what Google discovered from Project Oxygen, a rigorous study of its successful managers, Laszlo Bock, the leader of the study stated: “In the Google context, we’d always believed that to be a manager, particularly on the engineering side, you need to be as deep or deeper a technical expert than the people who work for you…It turns out that

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Employee Engagement Webinar: The Power of Connection

Michael Lee Stallard

David Zinger and I will be doing a 45 minute webcast on the power of connection to boost employee engagement. David is host of the Employee Engagement Network. During the webinar, we will include: a five minute presentation on connection; 3 poll questions for participants; dialogue between David and your’s truly; invited text questions from the audience; and, 3 tips for connection action.

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Character Strengths of Your Business

Michael Lee Stallard

“…while there are indeed great, often unfathomable forces in history before which even the most exceptional of individuals seem insignificant, the wonder is how often events turn upon a single personality, or the quality we call character.”. – Historian David McCullough. “Ability may get you to the top but it takes character to keep you there.”. – Legendary UCLA basketball coach John Wooden. “I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they w

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