Michael Lee Stallard

MAY 17, 2010

why is everyone smiling? why is everyone smiling?

Self-aware 278

Self-aware Teamwork Open-book Emotional Intelligence 278

Sales Wolf Blog

NOVEMBER 26, 2010

SHRM - Society for Human Resource Managment Indispensible for the HR Professional!   Another cool thing about Daily HR Tips that I have not seen before in the HR blogging community is that it is a father-son project which provides a great blend of professional expertise and youthful energy. 

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Tips Human Resources Talent Management Blog 150

Michael Lee Stallard

NOVEMBER 8, 2011

Jim Taggart presents The Rise of Tiger Business Women posted at ChangingWinds , saying, “At present rates, it will take about 150 years before women and men are equally likely to reach middle management. It’s much more effective to direct our creative energy by Brainsteering.

Blog 218

Blog Leadership Deming Storytelling 218

Building Personal Strength

AUGUST 18, 2010

All managers need to lead effectively: from first-line supervisors to middle managers to top management. It’s about what a manager does. Managers need to tap into people’s motivation. When it happens, they could lose energy or quit. Inspire their desire to do their best. Work isn’t easy.

Servant Leader 99

Servant Leader Learning-by-Doing Middle Management Guidelines 99

Great Leadership By Dan

NOVEMBER 6, 2011

Jim Taggart presents The Rise of Tiger Business Women posted at ChangingWinds , saying, "At present rates, it will take about 150 years before women and men are equally likely to reach middle management. And a century and a half is an eyeblink compared with the eternity it would take to achieve this benchmark in senior management".

Leadership Development 248

Leadership Development Development Leadership Deming 248

Sales Wolf Blog

OCTOBER 15, 2010

SHRM - Society for Human Resource Managment Indispensible for the HR Professional!  Quite frankly, we could all stand to focus a little more time and energy on the things that make us happy in life.  Quite frankly, we could all stand to focus a little more time and energy on the things that make us happy in life.

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Project Human Resources Blog Resources 140

Sales Wolf Blog

DECEMBER 27, 2010

SHRM - Society for Human Resource Managment Indispensible for the HR Professional!  However, many feel deprived of meaning in their jobs and as a result lack energy, enthusiasm, and a sense of purpose when they come to work each day.

Blog 154

Blog Human Resources Talent Management Welch 154

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 22, 2012

As companies devote increasing time and energy in gathering massive quantities of data, many neglect a critical first step: Get most responsibility for data out of the IT Department. Part of my motivation in getting responsibility for data into the business is to free up IT to do what it does best.

Technology 15

Technology Sharpe Middle Management Energy 15

Harvard Business Review

MAY 1, 2018

Elon Musk is already incredibly rich, and also doesn’t seem particularly motivated by further wealth. And yet this contradiction of motivations has mostly been absent from discussion of Musk’s pay. In fact, much of the discussion to date misses the point.

Planning 8

Planning Marketing Automotive Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 18, 2011

You have to devote a huge amount of psychic energy to being closeted — changing pronouns, switching names. Like Karp, LGBT employees expend an enormous amount of energy simply keeping their stories straight, leaving less for focusing on the work they need to do to advance. Being out makes all the difference to a career.

Cost 13

Cost Banking Career Wilde 13

LDRLB

MAY 13, 2014

I had the energy and motivation, you know what it’s like to commit mentally and emotionally. David: Yeah, I must say I’m actually jealous of how you’re able to muster the energy to do all these sorts of things. I grabbed it with both hands. It launches in May of this year.

Brainstorming 60

Brainstorming Learning-by-Doing Operations Leadership Styles 60

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

I have interviewed over 100 CEOs, C-suite executives, middle managers, and shop floor workers in more than 25 companies across the world to understand why most companies fail to embed sustainability in their business models and, also, what drives success among the handful that do.

Incubator 9

Incubator How To Real Estate Business Model 9

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 12, 2011

If you are conducting a post-mortem of a failure, ask yourself, Was I truly self-motivated to succeed, or was someone (or something) else driving me to succeed? Or did you deploy your time and energy resources on another project that was an almost-guaranteed triumph? Your expectations no doubt differ from other people's.

Short-term 15

Short-term Long-term IPO Middle Management 15

Harvard Business Review

MAY 21, 2018

The interviewees, who were in the process of an M&A deal or who had recently been through one, included C-suite executives, private equity dealmakers, business owners, entrepreneurs, and middle managers. “Who will still have a chair when the music stops becomes the daily question,” Feil added.

Company 8

Company Direct Marketing Execution Taylorism 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 29, 2011

These differences in philosophy and approach frequently differentiate those who advance to and succeed at the executive level — and those who stay in the ranks of middle management. When you ask leaders how they build a strong management team, the answers are revealing.

Execution 14

Execution Team Chief Financial Officer Finance 14

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 28, 2018

We identified three motivations: to avoid conflict or backlash, to feel authentic at work, and to balance professional and personal demands. Staying invisible at work gave women more time and energy to fulfill obligations at home. The consequence of this approach was that they often ended up feeling well-liked but underappreciated.

Self-aware 11

Self-aware Leadership Styles Compliance Officer Career 11

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 27, 2014

I studied large-scale change and innovation efforts in 56 randomly selected companies in the high-tech, retail, pharmaceutical, banking, automotive, insurance, energy, non-profit, and health care industries. A hallmark of the successful 32% was the involvement of mid-level managers two or more levels below the CEO.

Middle Management 12

Middle Management Six Sigma Taylorism Taylor 12

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 25, 2011

And a leader whose vision is unchallenged internally has a greater ability to marshal that energy. But it is even more dependent on the organization - Tim Cooks' direct reports, and their direct reports, and the legions of middle managers who are the lifeblood of the place. This is the sense in which Apple has enjoyed a luxury.

Licensing 10

Licensing Entrepreneur Consensus CEO 10

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 28, 2018

We identified three motivations: to avoid conflict or backlash, to feel authentic at work, and to balance professional and personal demands. Staying invisible at work gave women more time and energy to fulfill obligations at home. The consequence of this approach was that they often ended up feeling well-liked but underappreciated.

Self-aware 8

Self-aware Leadership Styles Compliance Officer Career 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 24, 2015

Middle managers had to go back and forth between firing people and finding new ones with different skills, and few people believed that the yearly planning and budgeting cycle was anything more than a painful exercise, since it was always changing midway through.

Welch 8

Welch Six Sigma Real Estate Trends 8

Michael Lee Stallard

JUNE 28, 2010

The energy and effort Marshall put into his work led Senator Henry Stimson to say, “I have never seen a task of such magnitude performed by a man.” George Marshall once said, “The less you agree with the policies of your superiors, the more energy you must direct to their accomplishment.” why is everyone smiling?

Ryan 220

Ryan Learning-by-Doing Career Magazine 220

Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

MARCH 4, 2013

by Tanmay Vora at QAspire Blog touches upon Alfie Kohn’s work and questions if external reward systems help in tapping the intrinsic motivation of people. In Stuck in the Middle , Mary Ila Ward of The Point offers suggestions to C Level executives for empowering middle managers.

Leadership Development 205

Leadership Development Development Leadership 360-Degree Feedback 205

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 11, 2017

Let’s consider two illustrations of facades of conformity, based on interviews we conducted with executives and middle managers across a wide range of industries in North America. Alejandra, an innovative business leader in a multinational organization, is at odds with her organization.

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Participative Video Follow-up Middle Management 9