Michael Lee Stallard
MARCH 31, 2021
Where Useem lands aligns with my thinking as an advocate for fostering connection, both for its positive effect on individuals and for how it improves the performance of groups, as well as what I share with clients about the harmful effects of stress and disconnection. Maybe you are not feeling very stressed or anxious at this time.
Leading Blog
JANUARY 29, 2020
No matter what industry or organizational structure—business, politics, nonprofit, religious, entertainment or sports—examples abound where leaders have violated their trusted role and experienced a public downfall. As a result, confidence in our leaders and the institutions they lead has diminished, sometimes to the point of no return.
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In the CEO Afterlife
APRIL 24, 2017
Today, 40% of Nike’s revenue comes from apparel and sporting goods. What’s left in apparel and sporting goods is a good strategic fit with Nike’s operations. Complexity alienates customers, contaminates cultures, heightens stress, and increases the cost of doing business. They are kidding themselves.
The Horizons Tracker
JULY 27, 2023
The world’s largest trial of a four-day working week recently reported that the workforce experienced significantly reduced stress and illness rates, with 71% of employees indicating lower levels of “burnout” and 39% reporting decreased stress compared to the beginning of the trial.
Harvard Business Review
MARCH 12, 2018
This hasn’t gone unnoticed by some leaders, and a new generation of CEOs taking a cue from this last bastion of the Protestant work ethic. He’s the CEO and self-titled “Head Coach ” of Björn Borg, the Swedish sports fashion company named after the tennis star. Everybody had to do the sports hour.
Harvard Business Review
FEBRUARY 22, 2013
Sports competition, for example, allows people to experience the exhilaration and excitement that come from the sweet tension of the game. Decompetition invariably leads to problems both in terms of productivity and ethics. This leads to genuine competition (the word competition literally means "to strive with").
Harvard Business Review
JUNE 1, 2012
Putting aside the sporting world for the moment, the legal and political reality is that it's (currently) neither a crime nor an ethical violation to pop a pill (or wear a patch) that helps you become less anxious, more alert, more energetic, more focused and/or more productive. There should be neither stigma nor stimulus to their use.
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