Michael Lee Stallard

JULY 15, 2010

The article features the stories of the US Navy’s former Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Admiral Vern Clark, and Bono, the lead singer of the rock band U2. The Leader to Leader Institute just posted an article on its website that Jason Pankau and I wrote for the Summer edition of the Leader to Leader Journal. why is everyone smiling?

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Michael Lee Stallard

MAY 28, 2010

Chief of Navy Operations Admiral Vern Clark and Bono, the lead singer for the rock band U2. .&# The article is about how great leaders don’t just focus on star performers, they are intentional about connecting with employees at large. Examples in the article include Ret. No Comment No comments yet Posting your comment.

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Next Level Blog

JUNE 30, 2010

When: Because it’s a rapidly changing situation, the team meets daily first thing in the morning. Where: Even in this brief clip, it’s clear that the team has put a system in place to clearly identify which locations in the Gulf need special attention on any given day. A clear Why keeps people engaged.

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Miles Anthony Smith

MAY 2, 2018

When you have a team looking up to you for guidance and instruction, it’s important to remain consistent in the way you lead. But even if you don’t have a team of direct reports, we are all leaders who come from different walks of life with varied experiences that shape our core values. I work as a part of the team.

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Lead on Purpose

JULY 10, 2009

in the 1980s, put it this way: “In the end, all business operations can be reduced to three words: people, product and profits. With the right ‘business operations’ in place, your company will achieve success: People: In any company or organization, the real assets are the people. People come first.&#

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Next Level Blog

SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

Backed by a lot of research and some interesting case studies, the authors offer a wealth of provocative ideas on how to operate in the age of the internet. If you’ve been trying to figure out what it takes to lead and thrive in the information economy, you need to take a look at this book.

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Next Level Blog

OCTOBER 14, 2010

It was inspiring to look at the faces of the rescue team members as they embraced one of their comrades before he stepped into the rescue capsule to be lowered into the mine.  Accept Help:   The rescue operation appears to have been a model of private and public sector cooperation and coordination.

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Michael Lee Stallard

JUNE 5, 2010

After the coach learned that a young African-American, second-string guard on his team, Clarence Walker, would not be allowed to participate in the tournament because of the color of his skin, he declined the offer. The coach decided to accept the NAIB’s offer, and the team packed up to head to the play-offs in Kansas City.

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Next Level Blog

AUGUST 2, 2010

Standards Matter: In reading the reporting, I get the feeling that no one was setting the standards by which an institution as important as Arlington should operate. It appears that the standard for the day to day operations of the cemetery were at the level of “good enough” when they should have been perfect.

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Next Level Blog

JULY 12, 2010

Of course, the capper was when he told the interviewer Jim Gray that of the six NBA teams that had been recruiting him, the only one that knew his decision at that moment was the one that he planned to play for. A few seconds later, he announced that it was the Miami Heat.

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Next Level Blog

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

  Since new members of the House will be up for reelection in two years, they’re operating on a similar time frame.     Get your deputy and core team in place to keep the basics going in the short run.    There’s a lot of sound advice there.  So, those are some basic first steps. 

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Next Level Blog

JUNE 28, 2010

Leaders are more effective when they build mastery in their operating realm. At the peak of his career, that base of knowledge enabled him to be a leader of the institution and drive the agendas of his party, his president and himself. Be Clear About Your Passion : From a professional standpoint, Byrd appeared to have two primary passions.

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Next Level Blog

JULY 23, 2010

The Lloyds team was on board the rig about a month before it blew and conducted a safety survey and a number of focus groups with Transocean crew members over the course of several days. Heres the passage from the article that really hit home with me.

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Next Level Blog

AUGUST 4, 2010

He operated at the highest levels of IBM and was considered a candidate to be the next CEO. The arrest was a complete surprise to Moffat and everyone who knew him. He had been a straight arrow, give everything to Big Blue kind of person since joining the company in 1978.

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LDRLB

MAY 13, 2014

I fact, I should fess up, there are now four of us fully employed, and their are a team of about 4 or 5 things that we have virtually. It talks about the 4 underlying key leadership styles and visionary, operator, processer, synergists that determine which stage an organization settles into. That was a fun mental shift for me.

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Next Level Blog

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

Leverage Experience:   Once an operating rhythm was established, Allen and his team ended each day with a meeting with Gulf Coast state and local officials to review progress and plan the next day’s efforts.   The local officials had veto power. 

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Sales Wolf Blog

DECEMBER 24, 2010

 This podcast will help you to better understand how these changes in the CDC's immunization recommendations can reduce the prevalence of flu related absences and also offers some great advice for steps your organization can take to increase the percentage of employee team members who are vaccinated. 

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Sales Wolf Blog

JULY 21, 2010

Larger companies are often owned by shareholders who are removed from day-to-day operations of the company and therefore more likely to demand performance accountability from the management. Instead, the role of HR is held as one of several tasks by a senior team member who takes risks without realizing they are taking risks.

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Next Level Blog

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

That post, which mainly focused on team owner Dan Snyder, went a little viral.  He appears to have removed himself from the day to day management of football operations. Leading the team on the field unless it’s a closing two minute drill to beat the newly energized Detroit Lions.    He’s the face of the team. 

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Sales Wolf Blog

AUGUST 9, 2010

 In the latest installment to his Little Big Things video series Tom Peters declares war on these systems and encourages managers to make it easy for all members of an organization to identify problems with an organization's systems and provide bottom-up feedback for improving the way the company operates.

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Roundtable Talk

JANUARY 12, 2011

She came from the municipal government where she had worked in a department that, according to her, operated at a brutally slow pace (hence, why she wanted to get out). Unfortunately, when she joined our team, her idea of a fast pace and our own were two very different things (think snail vs. jet plane). Ultimately we let her go.

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Sales Wolf Blog

JUNE 13, 2010

Leadership: Building Success - In the latest installment to his Little Big Things series, Tom shares a great lesson learned from RE/MAX founder Dave Liniger about the importance of working to help make your team members wildly successful in order to best serve the customer.

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Next Level Blog

JULY 14, 2010

Summer, when the road warrior, business travel divas deign to disrupt their routine to fly with their families on vacation.

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Michael Lee Stallard

JUNE 23, 2010

Navy One example of a leader who intentionally developed a Connection Culture using all three bridges is Admiral Vern Clark, the Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) from 2000 until his retirement in 2005. Following are a few of the ways Admiral Clark and his leadership team built bridges so that everyone felt connected and a part of the Navy.

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Roundtable Talk

JANUARY 25, 2011

His speech and book marked the beginning of my realization that the workplace is essentially stuck in the industrial age and bears no resemblance to how we need to operate in the knowledge economy. I hope you’ll join us and start the conversation rolling in your teams, departments, divisions and organizations. Happy leading!

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Next Level Blog

NOVEMBER 5, 2010

  He was deployed to a forward operating base near Kandahar and told me that while he was there you were pretty much guaranteed of being shot at with AK-47’s or rocket propelled grenades whenever you left the base. .  He had ambitions of going Airborne with the Army but figures his injuries have ruled that out. 

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Next Level Blog

AUGUST 16, 2010

"  Whether they’re stated or not, most organizations have operating principles.  His primary concern is not the sifting of sensitivities but the protection of the American people and the vindication of their rights." 

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Roundtable Talk

NOVEMBER 12, 2010

Jay Woo , CAA South Central Ontario’s Chief Operating Officer offered up this piece of advice: “Stay connected to your front line.” You got me thinking about one of the greatest gifts that a team member gave to me years ago. We all have blindspots and we can all get better at what we do as both leaders and team members.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 1, 2010

I'm not sure Godin's work classifies as leadership…though I do read it every day, it's more for marketing tips and deep thoughts. So, on behalf of the entire Weekly Leader Team, thank you for including us on your list which is an amazing leadership resource. Great work… [link] davidburkus Good list.

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Roundtable Talk

JUNE 4, 2010

Typically, we’re asked to think about our business plans… how we’re going to meet our targets, reduce costs, improve operations. To say that writing a leadership plan is gruelling would be an understatement.

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Lead Change Blog

OCTOBER 5, 2017

Seth Godin calls this “emotional labor” in his book Linchpin, quoting Arlie Hochschild. Although I might trust my wife to want me to be well, I don’t always take her medical advice and I would never let her operate on me. “I was honored to be a part of the dynamic team of authors who wrote “The Character-Based Leader”!

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Lead Change Blog

OCTOBER 5, 2017

Seth Godin calls this “emotional labor” in his book Linchpin, quoting Arlie Hochschild. Although I might trust my wife to want me to be well, I don’t always take her medical advice and I would never let her operate on me. “I was honored to be a part of the dynamic team of authors who wrote “The Character-Based Leader”!

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Michael Lee Stallard

JUNE 28, 2010

Eisenhower to the position of supreme commander of Operation Overlord. link] Michael Lee Stallard on July 4th, 2010 Victor Davis Hanson, writing for the National Review, takes a position similar to my own: [link] Create-Learning Team Building & Leadership Blog » Blog Archive » Leadership thinking Carnival style!

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 11, 2010

link] mikemyatt Hi Jerry: Kudos to you and your team on the closing, and even more so for your approach. Whether we are progressing towards as Seth Godin says &# Tribes&# ? link] Social Influence Measurement – Tools, Resources & Commentary | Digital Marketing Blog // Digital Operative [.] What more proof does one need?

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 23, 2013

The so-called ABCs of the brand — audience, brand and category (or competition) — have to be thoroughly probed and evaluated with the energy and bluntness of a team of investigative journalists and social scientists. The marketing guru Seth Godin recently announced that content marketing "is all the marketing that''s left."

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