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Cut the Strings: Provide Autonomy in Execution

Michael Lee Stallard

AUGUST 24, 2014

This meets the human need for autonomy that allows people to experience personal growth. #47 Provide Autonomy in Execution –Monitor progress and be available to help your direct reports but refrain from “micro managing” unless they ask for specific help. This is the forty-seventh post in our series entitled “100 Ways to Connect.”

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To Cope with Labor Shortage, Raise Emotional Compensation

Michael Lee Stallard

JULY 12, 2021

Over the nearly 20 years that my colleagues and I have been studying and helping leaders, we’ve learned that boosting emotional compensation is based on meeting seven universal human needs to thrive at work: respect, recognition, belonging, autonomy, personal growth, meaning, and progress.

Competitive Advantage

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Antidote for Widespread Employee Discontent

Michael Lee Stallard

NOVEMBER 29, 2011

Without going too far into the psychology of connection, let me just summarize by saying simply that we are humans, not machines. To the extent that these human needs of respect, recognition, belonging, autonomy, personal growth and meaning are met, we feel connected to the group. We have emotions. We have hopes and dreams.

Competitive Advantage

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Why the Health of Your Doctor Matters

Michael Lee Stallard

AUGUST 5, 2019

Social connection is a primal human need , as research has borne out. Put simply, communicate a Vision that inspires and unites people, Value people as human beings and not just means to an end, and give people a Voice to express their opinions and ideas.

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Hope Employees Will Return to the Office? Start Here.

Michael Lee Stallard

MAY 11, 2021

As I explained in Connection Culture: The Competitive Advantage of Shared Identity, Empathy, and Understanding at Work , a culture of connection meets the seven universal human needs at work for respect, recognition, belonging, autonomy, personal growth, meaning and progress.

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Steve Jobs’ Announcement: Reminder of Need to Make Cancer History

Michael Lee Stallard

AUGUST 25, 2011

We are human beings, not machines, and recent research shows that workplace cultures that are hostile or indifferent to human needs shave years off our lives. Hospital cultures should be life-giving but the irony is that most are not. Anderson Cancer Center are doing in their pursuit to make cancer history.

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6 Ways Leaders Can Dial up the Level of Value in the Workplace

Michael Lee Stallard

AUGUST 28, 2016

Recognize the human need for work/life balance. Leaders need to balance giving employees time off to attend to urgent needs in their personal lives and being fair to other employees who have to do more work when a colleague is away. Finally, we all have times when things outside work require our undivided attention.

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7 Best Practices to Boost Employee Engagement

Michael Lee Stallard

JULY 8, 2014

This meets the human need for autonomy and allows people to experience personal growth. Favor guidelines rather than rules and controls, and let people know that you are available if they have questions or would like you to be a sounding board. British Prime Minister Winston Churchill understood this.

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Preparing for Re-entry into the Physical Workplace: Lessons from NASA

Michael Lee Stallard

JUNE 5, 2021

As the current pandemic abates and the world opens up again, educating employees so they understand their human need for connection and what they might experience upon re-entry into a more complex social environment is a proactive step leaders can take. I should’ve eased into it.”.

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To Avoid Micromanagement, Minimize Unnecessary Rules and Excessive Controls

Michael Lee Stallard

JULY 17, 2016

Micromanaged employees are more likely to feel disconnected because it is a universal human need to have a reasonable degree of autonomy or freedom to do our work. Unnecessary rules and excessive controls devalue people by making them feel that they are not trusted or respected.

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Rise of Lonely American Employees Undermines Productivity

Michael Lee Stallard

JUNE 13, 2011

Because the culture of indifference doesn’t meet universal human needs for respect, recognition, belonging, autonomy, personal growth and meaning, it gradually drains the life out of people. If the worst culture is a dog-eat-dog culture, then the best culture is similar to a sled dog team that pulls together.

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Sustainable Leadership and Organizations: The Ideas of Martin Seligman

Michael Lee Stallard

MAY 30, 2010

If people in a culture believe and behave in ways that are consistent with these values — that include respecting and valuing people as human beings — it will boost employee engagement and strategic alignment, which in turn will boost productivity, innovation and overall performance.

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Free Connection and Employee Engagement Webinar Oct. 21, 22

Michael Lee Stallard

OCTOBER 12, 2010

The webinar will focus on the six universal human needs to thrive at work, the three elements of a Connection Culture that boost employee engagement and strategic alignment, and select best practices of great leaders who connect with and engage the individuals they lead. 21 and for individuals in Pacific time zones on Oct.

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Developing Connections When People are Geographically Remote

Michael Lee Stallard

JANUARY 19, 2011

They stop fully communicating and, as a result, decision-makers don’t get the information they need to make optimal decisions. Connection is grounded in human needs. I’ve found that two of these needs, recognition and belonging, can be partially met through participation in online communities.

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Best Practice Institute Webinar

Michael Lee Stallard

JULY 12, 2010

During the session, Michael and Jason will cover: Six universal human needs to thrive at work Three core elements of a culture that motivates employees to give their all Best practices of leaders who energize the people they lead Why task and relationship excellence are necessary to achieve sustainable superior performance.

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Leading With Character: Gratitude

Michael Lee Stallard

APRIL 2, 2016

Receiving appreciation from others meets our human need for recognition, which has the effect of encouraging and energizing us. Gratitude is necessary to offset the negative bias in news reporting and media that has a 21-to-1, negative-to-positive ratio.

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The Conference Board: Employee Engagement = Connections

Michael Lee Stallard

MARCH 31, 2010

.&# After defining connection, we identify the “Connection Culture&# as the environment that produces emotional and rational connections that, as The Conference Board’s definition says “influence [people] to apply discretionary effort to [their] work.&# The Connection Culture meets universal human needs.

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Tom Friedman, Dov Seidman: Need For “Sustainable Values”

Michael Lee Stallard

MAY 16, 2010

In a nutshell, individuals who believe and behave in ways that are consistent with Universal Character Values (also known as character strengths), create “Connection Cultures&# that meet universal human needs to thrive.

Competitive Advantage

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Why Relational Connection Is So Important During the Coronavirus Pandemic

Michael Lee Stallard

MARCH 20, 2020

A lack of sufficient connection is dangerous because social connection is a primal human need. Connection is also a “superpower” that, as the neuroscientist Matthew Lieberman says, makes human beings smarter, happier and more productive.

Stress

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Research: Employee Engagement = Connections

Michael Lee Stallard

JUNE 7, 2010

The Connection Culture meets universal human needs for respect, recognition, belonging, autonomy, personal growth and meaning. When these needs are met, people thrive individually and collectively. The Connection Culture is ultimately grounded in character strengths and virtues.

Conference

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The Role of Business in the Pursuit of Happiness

Michael Lee Stallard

JUNE 8, 2010

I could go on and on listing all the great things Zappos does to meet human needs to thrive, but half the fun (and the best way to learn) comes from reading through the book and jotting them down. In hiring, Zappos has developed a process to identify individuals who have both competence and character that fits a healthy work culture.

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

Michael Lee Stallard

JANUARY 21, 2011

The culture Goodnight has fostered at SAS works because it meets human needs that are necessary to thrive at work: respect, recognition, belonging, autonomy, personal growth and meaning. When these needs are met, people thrive, individually and collectively.

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We Need More “Heart and Soul” in the Age of “Mind and Strength”

Michael Lee Stallard

NOVEMBER 9, 2010

As human beings we have emotions, hopes and dreams, a conscience, and deeply felt human needs. This is the age of mind and strength. So often we focus on the tasks of our work and neglect the relational aspects. When we don’t, it is damaging to our mental and physical health and to the health of those around us.

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Has Jim Goodnight Cracked the Code of Corporate Culture?

Michael Lee Stallard

JUNE 18, 2010

The culture Goodnight has fostered at SAS works because it meets human needs that are necessary to thrive at work: respect, recognition, belonging, autonomy, personal growth and meaning. When these needs are met, people thrive, individually and collectively.

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6 Needs to Thrive at Work

Michael Lee Stallard

APRIL 13, 2014

To recognize what is driving either end, consider these six universal human needs and how each is being met, or not, in your job. The first need is respect. We need to be around people who are courteous and considerate. Are you performing at the top of your game at work?

Stress

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America’s Loneliness Epidemic: A Hidden Systemic Risk to Organizations

Michael Lee Stallard

MAY 26, 2019

From a biological standpoint, social connection is a primal human need. Left unchecked, the deficiency of connection today presents widespread risks not just to individuals but to organizations. Its presence appears to improve the cardiovascular, endocrine and immune systems’ performance.

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Preparing for Re-entry into the Physical Workplace: Lessons from NASA

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Rise of Lonely American Employees Undermines Productivity

Sustainable Leadership and Organizations: The Ideas of Martin Seligman

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Developing Connections When People are Geographically Remote

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The Conference Board: Employee Engagement = Connections

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