Michael Lee Stallard

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Lead Like a U.S. Marine

Michael Lee Stallard

This requires a goal-oriented approach. A leader must identify long-term goals for the team and the short-term steps the organization needs to take to achieve those goals. Marine leaders know that while getting the job done is essential, the wellbeing of troops is also vital to long-term success.

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What Disengaged Employees Would Say to the Boss (If They Could Be Honest)

Michael Lee Stallard

Include us in goal setting. You work hard to set our department’s annual goals and achieve them. We want you to include us in planning our department’s goals. Share what you have in mind in terms of goals for our department, and then have the humility to ask us what’s right, what’s wrong and what’s missing from your thinking.

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Thriving Through the Ongoing Pandemic

Michael Lee Stallard

In March 2020, we had hoped this race to extinguish the coronavirus would be a short-distance sprint, yet it has become a long-distance marathon. This is a good time to be laser-focused on identifying, or re-evaluating, your top 3-5 priorities for the year and making progress toward achieving those goals. Again, pace yourself.

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Has SAS Institute’s Goodnight Cracked the Code on Corporate Culture?

Michael Lee Stallard

The report also concluded that the downward trend began long before the Great Recession. Billion, a truly global business, a worldwide workforce in excess of 11,000 and an enviable long-term record of revenue and profit growth. When most entrepreneurs would have gone public long ago, Goodnight decided it didn’t make sense.

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Q&A: What is a Connection Culture?

Michael Lee Stallard

They also align their behavior with the leader’s goals so everyone is pulling in the same direction. Doesn’t culture change take a long time? Navy, which resulted in a surge in first term reenlistment within 18 months. A connection culture affects the bottom line in four ways.

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Why We Work Hard and Persevere

Michael Lee Stallard

At times the hours will be long and the work hard, but it is important that we have fun while fulfilling our responsibilities. I do not judge you on how long you work or how long you stay awake, but on how effective you are. I do not judge you on how long you work or how long you stay awake, but on how effective you are.

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Has Jim Goodnight Cracked the Code of Corporate Culture?

Michael Lee Stallard

The report also concluded that the downward trend began long before the Great Recession. Billion, a truly global business, a worldwide workforce in excess of 11,000 and an enviable long-term record of revenue and profit growth. When most entrepreneurs would have gone public long ago, Goodnight decided it didn’t make sense.