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Building a Connection Culture

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One of the most powerful and least understood aspects of successful organizations is how employees' feelings of connection, community, and unity provide a competitive advantage. Science has proven that feeling connected is a human need. Develop Leadership Skills: A Mobile Reference Guide. Related articles.

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Antidote for Widespread Employee Discontent

Michael Lee Stallard

Leaders can develop workplace cultures that engage people and provide a source of competitive advantage. Without going too far into the psychology of connection, let me just summarize by saying simply that we are humans, not machines. The good news is that is doesn’t have to be this way. We have emotions.

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Sustainable Leadership and Organizations: The Ideas of Martin Seligman

Michael Lee Stallard

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. why is everyone smiling?

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Rise of Lonely American Employees Undermines Productivity

Michael Lee Stallard

As we pointed out in our book Fired Up or Burned Out and in The Connection Culture: A New Source of Competitive Advantage , people need human connection to thrive. We are human beings, not machines. When we don’t experience sufficient human connection, we dysfunction.

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The Essence of Strategy (Part 2) | In the CEO Afterlife

In the CEO Afterlife

Leadership. by John • October 30, 2011 • Human Resources , Leadership , Marketing , Strategy • 4 Comments. In a strategy seminar I asked the leadership team to tell me what business they were in. Competitive advantage is strategy’s ultimate purpose. Leadership , Marketing , Strategy.

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

Michael Lee Stallard

Friedman cites Dov Siedman’s belief that in an interconnected world we need “sustainable values&# more than ever. In past posts I’ve written about Dov, his book entitled How and LRN, the company he founded to promote principled leadership. I couldn’t agree more. why is everyone smiling?

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Clout as Strategy and Why Companies Won't Admit It | In the CEO.

In the CEO Afterlife

Leadership. by John • August 29, 2011 • Human Resources , Leadership , Strategy • 2 Comments. This is a tremendous competitive advantage. Here is how they position it: “The superior scale of our refineries provides a competitive advantage.” Human Resources. Leadership.

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