Michael Lee Stallard

APRIL 8, 2018

It’s been reported that the average American adult spends in excess of 10 hours per day in front of a screen. Nearly 80% of Americans now report being afflicted by stress. In addition, Americans report stress levels that are consistently above what they believe is healthy. Consider the following data.

Stress 207

Stress Report Engineering Bottom-up 207

Michael Lee Stallard

JUNE 8, 2014

#36 Hold “Skip Level” Meetings – Hold “skip level” meetings where you meet with the people who report to one of your direct reports. In the skip level meeting, the leader should encourage attendees to share their ideas and opinions about how to improve the business.

Advice 290

Advice Report Management Leadership 290

Michael Lee Stallard

FEBRUARY 16, 2014

#20 Stay Aligned with Core Values – Take your direct reports through the final core values you decided upon. Ask your direct reports to do the same with their direct reports. Follow up with a written summary of action items, responsibilities and due dates that come out of the meeting.

Report 275

Report Review Follow-up Team 275

Michael Lee Stallard

NOVEMBER 16, 2014

Establishing a culture office or center that reports to the CEO and promotes connection is a best practice. For example, Southwest Airlines has a Culture Office that reports to the CEO. The Culture Office has 30 people and is responsible for promoting Southwest’s culture.

Airlines 286

Airlines Committee CEO Report 286

Michael Lee Stallard

MARCH 18, 2013

More recently, a group of researchers found that participants in a Harvard Business School program for leaders had lower stress (as measured by cortisol levels and self-reported anxiety levels) versus people in the local community who didn’t manage others.

Leadership 380

Leadership Stress Report Participative 380

Michael Lee Stallard

JUNE 5, 2021

adults in late February 2021 found that 61 percent of adults experienced undesired weight changes since the pandemic began, two in three adults (67 percent) report they have been sleeping more or less than desired, and nearly one in four adults (23 percent) reported drinking more alcohol to cope with their stress.

Self-aware 332

Self-aware Stress Environment Long-term 332

Michael Lee Stallard

FEBRUARY 9, 2014

When you believe your draft is in good shape, share it with your direct reports and ask them to provide feedback about “what’s right, what’s wrong and what’s missing.” Consider the feedback, make the changes that you believe improve it and then circulate the final to your direct reports.

Tips 303

Tips Report CEO Team 303

Michael Lee Stallard

APRIL 17, 2018

This week, New York City’s WCBS Newsradio 880AM is playing excerpts from an interview I did with daytime host Pat Farnack for her “Health and Wellbeing Report.”

Report 170

Report 170

Michael Lee Stallard

AUGUST 2, 2020

The report shows we’re stressed over Covid-19, the future of America, and the economy and work. Parents with children at home and people of color are reporting the highest levels of stress. This fall, it’s foreseeable that stress will increase even further. Conditions are right for “storm clouds” to form.

Stress 448

Stress How To Short-term Politics 448

Michael Lee Stallard

APRIL 15, 2013

A recent report by entitled Connectedness & Suicide Prevention in College Settings concluded: ”in the wake of repeated suicide and suicide prevention efforts we have learned [a] valuable lesson: we should not be preventing suicide. Here’s additional evidence that Connection Cultures help students thrive.

Stress 268

Stress Report Commitment 268

Michael Lee Stallard

JULY 8, 2014

Know Their Stories – Take time to get to know the people you work with, especially your direct reports. Help People Get Into the “Right Role” – Help your direct reports get into the right role that fits their interests and strengths, and provides the right degree of challenge. Have coffee or a meal with them.

Advice 295

Advice Construction Report Guidelines 295

Michael Lee Stallard

AUGUST 24, 2014

#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 meets the human need for autonomy that allows people to experience personal growth. This is the forty-seventh post in our series entitled “100 Ways to Connect.”

Execution 277

Execution Human Needs Report Management 277

Michael Lee Stallard

MAY 11, 2020

Research conducted by the Gallup Organization in March and April of 2020 found that 60% of Americans reported they were experiencing stress “a lot of the day,” up from 46% reporting significant stress in July-August 2019. What Do You Do With Your Stress? That is a frightening rate and level of increase. This is a national epidemic.

Stress 195

Stress Report Crisis Competitive Advantage 195

Michael Lee Stallard

JUNE 29, 2014

#39 Provide Clarity on Critical Actions – Make sure your direct reports know what you are counting on them to do and when it needs to be completed. The lack of clarity, especially on critical actions, undermines connection. When it comes to critical actions, it’s best to put them in writing.

Advice 262

Advice Report Management Leadership 262

Michael Lee Stallard

OCTOBER 26, 2014

#56 Know Your Team’s Strengths and Vulnerabilities – Have your direct reports take tests that identify their individual temperaments and strengths (e.g. Myers Briggs Personality Type, Gallup StrengthsFinder, VIA Inventory of Strengths, etc.).

Team 296

Team Advice Report Management 296

Michael Lee Stallard

AUGUST 6, 2011

A 20-year study by researchers at Tel Aviv University found that workers who reported working in cultures where they experienced positive social interactions and felt emotionally supported to the people they worked with were 2.4

Stress 312

Stress Workshop Diversity Report 312

Michael Lee Stallard

DECEMBER 22, 2013

As much as possible, let your direct reports establish their Top Five annual priorities after communicating that their priorities need to align with your Top Five. Talk through the direct report’s priorities together to identify those that will advance your organization and fit the individual employee’s interests and strengths.

Business Objectives 383

Business Objectives Goal Review Objective 383

Michael Lee Stallard

MARCH 22, 2015

Once your draft is in good shape, share it with your direct reports and ask them to provide feedback. Consider the feedback, make the changes that you believe improve it, and then circulate the revised version to your direct reports. Have them do the same with their direct reports.

Competitive Advantage 150

Competitive Advantage Follow-up Report Teamwork 150

Michael Lee Stallard

NOVEMBER 14, 2010

In January, our friends at The Conference Board published a report entitled “I Can’t Get No … Job Satisfaction, That Is.&# The report’s subtitle, “America’s Unhappy Workers,&# captured the essence of The Conference Board’s message. economy.

Conference 293

Conference Report Human Capital McCarthy 293

Michael Lee Stallard

NOVEMBER 23, 2014

#60 Learn and Apply the Five Languages of Appreciation – Ask your direct reports about memorable times when they received recognition at work. As they describe these times, ask questions to identify their primary and secondary languages of appreciation (also known as “love languages”).

Quality 262

Quality Report How To 262

Michael Lee Stallard

NOVEMBER 26, 2016

While lower than the national rate*, a 2015 Mayo Clinic survey showed 40% of its physicians reported at least one sign of burnout. framework, it’s easy to see why physicians participating in Mayo Clinic’s COMPASS program would report fewer signs of burnout. E nergy – Helps give people energy via the brain’s dopamine reward pathway.

Mayo 150

Mayo Participative Servant Leader Banking 150

Michael Lee Stallard

AUGUST 16, 2015

When possible, ask for the ideas and opinions of your direct reports, especially on actions you expect them to implement or believe they want to have a voice in deciding. #98 Seek Individual Ideas and Opinions. This behavior reflects humility and wisdom. This is the ninety-eighth post in our series entitled “100 Ways to Connect.”

Report 150

Report How To Advice Team 150

Michael Lee Stallard

DECEMBER 9, 2010

Earlier this year, a Conference Board research report showed that job satisfaction is at the lowest level since the organization began measuring it more than 20 years ago. The report went on to show this has been a long-term downward trend rather than a temporary decline due to the Great Recession.

Leadership 400

Leadership Six Sigma Competitive Advantage Consensus 400

Michael Lee Stallard

JULY 19, 2015

The non-leaders showed higher levels of salivary cortisol, a physiological indicator of stress, and higher levels of self-reported anxiety, a psychological indicator of stress. A second study looked at the effect that feeling in control had on lowering stress in a group of middle- to high-level government and military leaders.

Stress 150

Stress Self-aware Competitive Advantage Sample 150

Michael Lee Stallard

FEBRUARY 23, 2014

#21 Know Their Stories – Take time to get to know the people you work with, especially your direct reports. Have coffee or a meal with them. Ask questions to learn about their lives and what’s important to them.

Learning-by-Doing 259

Learning-by-Doing Tips Follow-up Report 259

Michael Lee Stallard

AUGUST 23, 2015

Periodically select a business book for your direct reports or team members to read together. #99 Read a Book Together Quarterly. Consider reading one book every quarter. Meet to identify ideas from the book that you can implement.

Books 150

Books Team Report Examples 150

Michael Lee Stallard

MARCH 2, 2014

With your direct reports, stay connected by meeting weekly with them in person, if at all possible. Historians have found more than 1,700 letters, notes and telegrams Churchill wrote to his wife so that they would remain connected. Take a page from Churchill’s playbook.

Letter 247

Letter Report Team Management 247

Michael Lee Stallard

SEPTEMBER 19, 2015

The American Psychological Association Center for Organizational Excellence reports that 98% of Americans polled in a 2013 study reported experiencing incivility on the job, and 26% of workers have quit a job because of an “uncivil workplace culture.”. Unfortunately, patronizing behavior at work is too common.

Report 150

Report Stress Resources Information 150

Michael Lee Stallard

APRIL 12, 2015

Periodically ask your direct reports what you can do to help them do their best work. #80 Ask: “What Can I Do?”. Choose an action or actions they suggested and then follow up. In particular, look for obstacles that you can help remove. This is the eightieth post in our series entitled “100 Ways to Connect.”

Management 150

Management Advice Follow-up Report 150

Michael Lee Stallard

MAY 6, 2018

The research findings , based on a survey of more than 20,000 U.S. only slightly more than half (53%) having meaningful in-person social interactions, such as having an extended conversation with a friend or spending quality time with family, on a daily basis.

Crisis 150

Crisis Stress Survey Video 150

Michael Lee Stallard

FEBRUARY 17, 2012

Mental Heath Foundation of the UK report on rising loneliness and declining connection in the UK. UNICEF summary report on meeting children’s need for connection in the UK, Sweden and Spain. Suzanne Zeedyk’s research on the importance of connection to babies and their ability to connect.

Media 150

Media Sharpe Seminar Magazine 150

Michael Lee Stallard

AUGUST 24, 2017

Recently, I’ve been learning about the corporate side of Costco, poring over articles and analyst reports. Some of its competitors have been reported in the press to have toxic cultures that harm employees. Invariably, we stop in for a few items and come out with a loaded cart. Our customer experience has always been positive.

Competitive Advantage 309

Competitive Advantage Ryan Bottom-up Customer Loyalty 309

Michael Lee Stallard

MAY 16, 2023

We are grateful that we had the opportunity to provide advice and feedback to the team from the Surgeon General’s office that prepared a report on improving mental health and wellbeing in the workplace that was issued in October 2022. “If If we fail to [build more connected lives and a more connected society],” warns Dr.

Policies 195

Policies Competitive Advantage Media Health Care 195

Michael Lee Stallard

APRIL 18, 2012

” The post reports that a recent Scholastic and Gates Foundation report found that teachers spend only 3 percent of their time collaborating with colleagues. In addition to the article on Facebook making us lonely, here are two readings I also recommend.

Conference 329

Conference Training Open-book Article 329

Michael Lee Stallard

JANUARY 4, 2015

On a monthly basis at the beginning of a meeting, ask your direct reports to share something on their mind. #66 Reconnect Your Team.

Team 150

Team How To Advice Report 150

Michael Lee Stallard

NOVEMBER 29, 2011

Last year, The Conference Board published a report with the subtitle “America’s Unhappy Workers.” ” The report pictured storm clouds on its cover and concluded that employee satisfaction was at its lowest point since The Conference Board began surveying it more that 20 years ago.

Competitive Advantage 324

Competitive Advantage Cooper Conference Handbook 324

Michael Lee Stallard

AUGUST 25, 2010

Even more children report feeling anxious and depressed. If you’re skeptical, I invite you to take a look at The Connection Culture Manifesto , the Hardwired to Connect report by the Committee for Children at Risk, and The Lonely Society report by the Mental Health Foundation in the UK.

Social Capital 284

Social Capital McCarthy Godin Committee 284