Michael Lee Stallard

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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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Should Leaders Care About Employee Happiness?

Michael Lee Stallard

We should also recognize that employee engagement affects strategic alignment i.e. disengaged employees show up for the paycheck but they don’t tend to put extra effort in aligning their behavior with organizational goals. It is entitled Fired Up or Burned Out: How to Reignite Your Team’s Passion, Creativity and Productivity.

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

Michael Lee Stallard

Engagement affects the quality of their work, their productivity and responsiveness, all of which affect your customers’ experience. Consider these facts: Engaged employees are 20 percent more productive than the average employee. The best leaders engage six or more out of every 10 employees. Employee engagement matters.

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7 Practices of Alan Mulally that Helped Ford Pass Competitors

Michael Lee Stallard

Mulally frequently speaks about the vision and factors it into decision-making, including in discussions to evaluate new product development priorities. It helped him forge an agreement with the United Auto Workers union to make certain changes necessary for Ford to make a profit in return for bringing production back to the U.S.

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The Secret to Keeping Your New Year’s Health Resolution

Michael Lee Stallard

How do those who achieve their goals keep going, even when they feel like giving up? Some programs, such as Weight Watchers, recognize this and tap into the power of human connection, encouragement, support and accountability to increase participants’ likelihood of achieving their goals. So what’s the secret to success?

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A Surprising Way to Reduce Mistakes and Accidents

Michael Lee Stallard

They lose motivation to give their best efforts, align their behavior with organizational goals, proactively communicate, collaborate and cooperate. Employees align their behavior with organizational goals, 3. Employees are smarter, happier and more productive. Employees give their best efforts, 2.

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Leadership Insights of a Hostage Negotiator

Michael Lee Stallard

Connecting Personally and with Goals. The secret to George’s success, and the success of hostage negotiators in general, is that he learned how to connect with people and connect with a common goal. As they walked out of the hospital together, Sam thanked George for reminding him how important his children were to him. Care to Dare.