Michael Lee Stallard

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Say “Hi” and “Bye”

Michael Lee Stallard

This year’s conference includes Karen Katz, President and CEO of Nieman Marcus, Maxine Clark, Founder of Build-a-Bear Workshop, Duncan Mac Naughtan, EVP, Chief Merchandising & Marketing Officer for Wal-Mart U.S. and Graham Atkinson, CMO & Chief Experience Officer of Walgreens.

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In Search of Happiness

Michael Lee Stallard

The chapter will be included in the American Society for Training and Development’s new Handbook of Management. Recently, a friend of mine who heads leadership training for a prestigious hospital system in New England, asked me try out the Hartman Values Profile as a possible tool to use in my work coaching leaders.

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Strengthen Your “Critical Connections” at Work

Michael Lee Stallard

WHAT WHO WHEN Marketing Plan Dave 1/1 Rights Agreement Daisy 1/15 Ship Books Sandy 1/30 After you share your W3 task list, ask each Critical Connection to tell you “what’s right, what’s wrong and what’s missing” on your W3 task list. .&# It looks like this. why is everyone smiling?

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Top Leadership Blog Posts

Michael Lee Stallard

” Guy Farmer presents Soft Skills Training and Foundation Building posted at Unconventional Training. In today’s job market you need to be ambitious and driven if you don’t want to get pushed out by others who spot gaps that could have been filled by you.” William Matthies presents Instead, How About.

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Real Dysfunction Today, Hidden in Plain Sight

Michael Lee Stallard

Several excellent books also address the issue of declining connection in society including Bowling Alone , The Amer ican Paradox and The Loss of Happiness in Market Democracies. What can you do? Although it’s simple, it isn’t easy. Take time to connect. why is everyone smiling?

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Leading with Character: Social Intelligence

Michael Lee Stallard

Under the former leader, the company had lost $320 million the previous quarter, half its brands were losing market share, and the firm was struggling with morale problems. Lafley became CEO of Procter and Gamble in 2000, he followed a CEO who was negative, pessimistic and lacked humility. Make quick connections with new acquaintances.

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Best of the Web Leadership Articles

Michael Lee Stallard

Organizations should market the great things they are doing to educate the public on internal best practices. Kathy C presents 7 ways to do this in Leverage What You Do Right in Your Marketing Plan ! Gotta love a blog called Epic Living ! at The Thriving Small Business. A short post on love in organisations ?

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