Michael Lee Stallard

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Workplace Happiness Seminar Aug. 4, San Francisco

Michael Lee Stallard

My friend Alexander Kjerulf, aka the Chief Happiness Officer, will be giving a free seminar in San Francisco on August 4 from 7-9 PM. The free seminar will be limited to the first 100 individuals who sign up. You can read about the seminar here and sign up at this link.

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Seek the Unique

Michael Lee Stallard

While teaching a leadership seminar in Boston, a participant from the American Red Cross told me that Elizabeth Dole, the former president of the Red Cross, practiced this and Ms. #6 Seek the Unique - When meeting someone for the first time, ask questions to identify something that is both unique and positive about them.

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Feel Lonely and Left Out at Work?

Michael Lee Stallard

When I ask people at the seminars I teach which element of a Connection Culture — Vision, Value or Voice — they would like to increase in their workplace culture, it’s nearly always Voice. This crowds out time to connect with colleagues.

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New Media on Connection

Michael Lee Stallard

after a 10-day trip to Amsterdam, Brussels, London and Edinburgh where I taught seminars for the Institute for Management Studies, spoke at ITV, saw several friends and spent a couple days on vacation with my wife, Katie. Tomorrow I fly back to the U.S. While here, I learned about several new items of media coverage related to connection.

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Sympathy is NOT Empathy

Michael Lee Stallard

While teaching seminars on leadership and Connection Cultures at the Darden Graduate School of Business, Professor Marian Moore introduced me to the work of her colleague Jonathan Haidt, a social psychology professor at the University of Virginia. times lower than people who work in cultures with weak relational support.

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Many Ways to Connect

Michael Lee Stallard

This last week I was in Boston for several meetings and to teach a seminar for the Institute for Management Studies (IMS).

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In a Crisis, Culture Matters: the Navy on 9/11

Michael Lee Stallard

– When teaching seminars, I’m frequently asked if time spent online increases or decreases connection. Learn about Admiral Clark’s leadership of the U.S. Navy in an article I wrote for Leadership Excellence that you can read at this link. Links of Interest. Internet Making Us Lonely ? The answer is, it depends.

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