Michael Lee Stallard

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Employee Engagement: 2010 Research Insights

Michael Lee Stallard

In January, our friends at The Conference Board published a report entitled “I Can’t Get No … Job Satisfaction, That Is.&# The report’s subtitle, “America’s Unhappy Workers,&# captured the essence of The Conference Board’s message. Below, I’ll explain.

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Antidote for Widespread Employee Discontent

Michael Lee Stallard

Last year, The Conference Board published a report with the subtitle “America’s Unhappy Workers.” ” The report pictured storm clouds on its cover and concluded that employee satisfaction was at its lowest point since The Conference Board began surveying it more that 20 years ago.

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Preparing for Re-entry into the Physical Workplace: Lessons from NASA

Michael Lee Stallard

adults in late February 2021 found that 61 percent of adults experienced undesired weight changes since the pandemic began, two in three adults (67 percent) report they have been sleeping more or less than desired, and nearly one in four adults (23 percent) reported drinking more alcohol to cope with their stress. What’s going on?

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Is Facebook Making Us Lonely?

Michael Lee Stallard

” The post reports that a recent Scholastic and Gates Foundation report found that teachers spend only 3 percent of their time collaborating with colleagues. ” I’ll also be participating in a panel of leadership and employee engagement authors, doing a book signing and exhibiting at the conference.

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Courage, Connection and the Flow of Ideas

Michael Lee Stallard

In early May I spoke at the American Society for Training and Development (ASTD) International Conference and Exposition in Denver on the topic “Do Leaders Need to Make Employees Happy?”. Nine thousand learning and development professionals from 70 countries attended the conference.

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Overcoming Leadership Myopia

Michael Lee Stallard

Earlier this year, a Conference Board research report showed that job satisfaction is at the lowest level since the organization began measuring it more than 20 years ago. The report went on to show this has been a long-term downward trend rather than a temporary decline due to the Great Recession.

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Leadership, Employee Engagement and Innovation at BIF-6 Summit

Michael Lee Stallard

Below are brief descriptions of several presentations from the conference. Keith Yamashita inspired conference attendees to be great by seeking optimum solutions that help citizens, companies and the future generations. We reporters like I.F. Alan Webber spoke about the dismal state of our media today.