Michael Lee Stallard

MAY 23, 2012

James Fenimore Cooper, while writing in Paris, visited the Louvre every afternoon to speak words of encouragement that would help his friend, Samuel F.B. In early May I spoke at the American Society for Training and Development (ASTD) International Conference and Exposition in Denver on the topic “Do Leaders Need to Make Employees Happy?”.

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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.

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leaderCommunicator

JANUARY 28, 2013

In my case, my most powerful ideas – ideas that enabled me to lead innovative programs of worldwide scope when I was at Intel – have come from conversations with people in other organizations. Attend professional conferences. So what can you do to safely navigate these perils? Once there, connect to the right people. David Grossman.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 27, 2017

Gimmy’s task was clear but highly demanding: to reimagine the way BMW innovates. To fill the void and build such a new BMW startup unit, Gimmy partnered with an experienced innovation manager from BMW, Matthias Meyer. Gregor and BMW faced a crucial question: “How can the BMW Group, as a company, co-innovate with startups?”

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

Make you more innovative. It’s the channel through which you sell your initiatives to the people you depend on for cooperation and support. The sidebar “The Innovator’s Network Dilemma” presents convincing data that bears out this observation. Attend a conference you have never before attended.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 23, 2015

Between ticket sales, sponsorships, merchandising, and media rights, Price Waterhouse Coopers estimates global sports revenues will grow to total roughly $145 billion. We now have entire conferences dedicated to the analytics of our business and our basketball operations. These aren’t mom and pop operations anymore.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 22, 2013

Our collective ability to equally access and innovate on internet platforms, from search and social networks, to content and commerce sites, is fundamental to continued growth. With internet innovation comes congestion. Innovation in content quality has surpassed innovation in internet delivery. It is not a given.

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