Michael Lee Stallard

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Micro-Connections Enhance Energy, Enthusiasm

Michael Lee Stallard

Small actions to connect with people around you are called “Micro-Connections.&# These actions boost enthusiasm and energy in the work environment. Greenwich, Connecticut), people would think you were strange.

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More Rest Required in Today’s Knowledge Economy

Michael Lee Stallard

The human brain accounts for two percent of our body weight yet consumes 20 percent of our energy. Given the intellectual nature of most work today, we use up a considerable amount of energy. It revived his energy level and helped him maintain the optimism to lead America out of the Great Depression and through World War II.

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Corporations: Lessons from a College Football Halftime

Michael Lee Stallard

Enthusiasm and energy will be on full display this Saturday as the #6 TCU Horned Frogs football team host the #7 Kansas State Wildcats at 6:30 pm EDT on Fox. Frogs for the Cure is an excellent example of how to tap into the power of purpose that increases the enthusiasm and energy among a group of people. Komen® Greater Fort Worth.

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Provide Autonomy in Goal-Setting

Michael Lee Stallard

It may not be possible to find a perfect set of goals that meet the interests of all so make the effort to find the best possible set of goals and you will be rewarded by people who execute their tasks with greater energy and enthusiasm. This is the sixty-second post in our series entitled “100 Ways to Connect.”

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Thriving Through the Ongoing Pandemic

Michael Lee Stallard

Have you noticed a change in your energy level during the pandemic? As a result, it may be drawing on even more energy these days as well as sending signals to the body’s fight-or-flight systems to be at the ready. If we have less available energy to consciously expend, we need to be strategic about how we use it.

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Your career will soar if you avoid leaders’ #1 blind spot

Michael Lee Stallard

They feel employees’ enthusiasm and energy — or lack thereof — and recognize the bad results of an organization with overall morale problems. They respond with enthusiasm and energy when their supervisor shows he or she cares. Your customers clearly see whether your employees are engaged or not. Employee engagement matters.

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To Connect, Reflect Before Offering Improvements

Michael Lee Stallard

When it’s the other person’s idea, he/she will implement it with greater enthusiasm and energy so consider if your enhancement really matters before offering it. Many people are in the habit of quickly adding their better idea by saying “but…” or “however…” Habitually doing this undermines connection, commitment and engagement.

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