Michael Lee Stallard

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Top Leadership Blog Posts

Michael Lee Stallard

Dan McCarthy posted a collection of top blog posts on leadership that included a post I wrote. Wally Bock presents The Joy of Helping posted at Three Star Leadership , saying “The best bosses revel in helping others succeed” Mark Stelzner presents Two Easy (And Legal) Ways to Gather Competitive Intel posted at Inflexion Point.

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When Grit Isn’t Enough: Protection from Burnout and Suicide

Michael Lee Stallard

Following the Navy, he completed a fellowship at Yale in surgical critical care then held a series of increasingly senior leadership positions at hospitals in Connecticut. It happened during a period earlier in his career when his leadership responsibilities increased while fewer colleagues were available to help carry the load.

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Affirm People in Introductions

Michael Lee Stallard

He’s an outstanding engineer.” 100 Ways to Connect human value leadership Affirm Affirmation Behaviors that connect Best Way to Make Introductions Human Value intentional connector Introductions Valuing People Ways to Connect' As they say in the southern U.S., “it it can’t be Saccharine… it has to be real sugar.”

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Protecting Your Employees (and Yourself) from the Stress-Connection Gap

Michael Lee Stallard

Although stress has been found in research to be lower among individuals who have greater leadership responsibility (as measured by the number of people reporting to a leader), still, more than half of CEOs report feeling lonely. People in task-oriented jobs, including physicians, lawyers and engineers, are vulnerable to loneliness.

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When “Failure Is Not an Option”

Michael Lee Stallard

The accident investigation revealed that an engineer had concerns but was discouraged from voicing them because “failure was not an option” when it came to meeting the launch schedule. The engineer’s concern turned out to be valid. The Challenger Space Shuttle accident occurred 28 years ago this week.

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To Avoid Micromanagement, Minimize Unnecessary Rules and Excessive Controls

Michael Lee Stallard

George Pullman, an entrepreneur and engineer, created a successful company that built luxury railcars. George Pullman’s leadership is an extreme example of a well-intentioned leader who didn’t understand the people he led. As business boomed, Pullman built a company-owned town for his employees and named it after himself.

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Pixar’s Competitive Advantage? A Connection Culture

Michael Lee Stallard

Instead, it was an understated, bespectacled, computer engineer named Ed Catmull. So long as Pixar’s leadership preserves its environment, I would expect it to continue leaving the rest of Hollywood in its wake. And rightly so. In time, Catmull and Lasseter will return the magic to Disney Animation too.