Michael Lee Stallard

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How to Improve Your Organization’s Culture Through Employee Connections

Michael Lee Stallard

There are three steps I’ve developed throughout my coaching practice that can help build strong connections within your organization. I believe when their needs are met, employees thrive, and the organization can gain a performance advantage. For example, when you first join a team at work, you expect to be respected.

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3 Ways Pixar Gains Competitive Advantage from Its Culture

Michael Lee Stallard

Second, no organization is sustainable that allows harm to come to its people. Focusing on profit first would lead to compromising the purpose and sucking the passion and energy out of the organization. Encourage self-expression and diversity of thought. Senior business leaders are wise to follow Catmull’s example.

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Leading with Character: Creativity

Michael Lee Stallard

An organization that settles for the status quo will never be a great organization. For that reason, we must never allow our organizations to become complacent. A simple example is a suggestion box where people are invited to submit ideas. Examples of Creativity in Action. Consciously build diverse teams.

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TCU’s Humility Improves Odds of Success

Michael Lee Stallard

The CAC consists of approximately 60 individuals with diverse backgrounds from across the U.S. TCU’s process can be summarized in three steps that every leader can implement with members of his or her organization. Leaders can follow TCU’s example by being intentional about keeping people in the loop.

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Frances Hesselbein: A Leader of Leaders, Who Cared For People First

Michael Lee Stallard

back from decline decades earlier and transformed it into what Peter Drucker described as “the best-managed organization around.” She served leaders of not-for-profit organizations through the Frances Hesselbein Leadership Institute. Arriving early to pick her up that day, I found her meeting with two women and a Girl Scout.

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