Michael Lee Stallard

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Connect Others Through “Flash Mentoring”

Michael Lee Stallard

#51 Employ “Flash Mentoring” – One way to match mentors and mentees is to ask them to commit to meet just once to see if both parties “click” (or “connect,” if you will) and if the mentor believes he/she has the knowledge/expertise and sufficient time available to meet the mentee’s needs and expectations.

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How to Improve Your Organization’s Culture Through Employee Connections

Michael Lee Stallard

He’s committed to helping them learn and grow through training programs and a mentoring network. Another obstacle some businesses face is successfully training others about diversity and inclusion in the workplace. Many organizations even require unconscious bias training.

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Leaders: Know Your Direct Reports’ Career Experiences and Aspirations

Michael Lee Stallard

These actions may include job or project assignments, coaching or mentoring, or training. Ask them about their career aspirations and how you can help them make progress toward those aspirations. Write down what you learn and identify specific actions you can take to help them.

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Closing Your Company’s “Leadership Gap”

Michael Lee Stallard

Identifies Role Models and Mentors. These leaders also make excellent mentors to managers who need to become leaders. Having identified that a broader system problem exists, interventions can be designed and applied to address such issues and improve employee engagement and performance.

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Is Facebook Making Us Lonely?

Michael Lee Stallard

We most recently made the case for Connection Cultures in “ The Science of Engagement ” that appeared in the Spring edition of Training Industry Quarterly. Creating Connection Cultures in organizations to achieve “relationship excellence” is wise. In the coming weeks I’ll be completing two articles.

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Servant Leaders Outperform Because They Connect

Michael Lee Stallard

Admiral Clark told the chiefs the story of his first command and how a chief named Leedy helped mentor him to become a better officer. Clark told the chiefs that he needed them to mentor the sailors as Chief Leedy mentored him, and that if they did, the Navy would have more sailors than it could handle.

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A New Theory of Management

Michael Lee Stallard

He said he was recommending Connection Culture to leaders he was mentoring. To further strengthen connection, Costco is encouraging its warehouse managers worldwide to train aspiring supervisors by teaching them how to create connection cultures. Recently I spoke with the data scientist Veronica Smith, founder of data2insight.