Michael Lee Stallard

MAY 23, 2012

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?”. Nine thousand learning and development professionals from 70 countries attended the conference.

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Michael Lee Stallard

NOVEMBER 14, 2010

The conference is organized by the Foundation for Social Change, a group that is lead by super connector Louise Guido. Later this week at the United Nations, several organizations are gathering to talk about serving a cause greater than self. No Comment No comments yet Posting your comment. why is everyone smiling?

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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. Below, I’ll explain. Check out the video at this link.

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Michael Lee Stallard

JUNE 7, 2010

After defining connection, we identify the “Connection Culture&# as an environment producing emotional and rational connections that, as The Conference Board’s definition says, “influences [people] to apply discretionary effort to [their] work.&# why is everyone smiling? why is everyone smiling?

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Michael Lee Stallard

MAY 19, 2010

The Conference Board released a report in January 2010 saying its research showed employee engagement is at its lowest point since the organization began surveying. Skillsoft has 10 million licensed users that represent 55 percent of the Fortune 500 and 24 percent of the Global 2000 organizations in business, government, and education.

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HR Digest

JANUARY 31, 2021

Speaking at a Reuters’ conference, Jope said he did not expect office workers across western Europe and North America to return to work until at least April. There are concerns about how mentoring and innovation and teamwork will get affected once people start working remotely. People have moved to e-shopping.

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Michael Lee Stallard

MAY 7, 2010

It’s nice to see a conference sponsor that has a reputation for virtuous leadership and values! This morning I learned Chick-fil-A is an organization that is motivated to build community. Every organization needs an inspiring identity that motivates its members. why is everyone smiling? why is everyone smiling?

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Michael Lee Stallard

MAY 9, 2010

Research by both The Conference Board and the Corporate Executive Board shows that the solution to this problem to develop the emotional and rational connections that employee have with their organization’s mission and values, supervisor, colleagues and day-to-day work tasks. why is everyone smiling? why is everyone smiling?

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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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Michael Lee Stallard

APRIL 9, 2010

This week I thoroughly enjoyed speaking about the Connection Culture, Fired Up or Burned Out , employee engagement, leadership, productivity and innovation with Zane Safrit on his Blog Talk Radio program , Nathan Ives on the StrategyDriven Podcast , and Roy Saunderson and S. Max Brown on their Real Recognition Radio program.

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Michael Lee Stallard

APRIL 20, 2010

On a Friday at lunchtime, get employees together in a conference room for pizza and salad or go outside of work for an informal lunch and time to mingle. Here’s a couple easy things you can do to help improve employee engagement. why is everyone smiling? why is everyone smiling?

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Michael Lee Stallard

JUNE 18, 2010

Published by Michael Lee Stallard on June 18, 2010 09:30 am under E Pluribus Partners , Media Appearances , connection culture , employee engagement Today, The Economic Times in India published an article I wrote about Jim Goodnight and SAS Institute. To help employees learn and grow, SAS encourages participation in industry conferences.

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Michael Lee Stallard

JUNE 8, 2010

With recent Conference Board research concluding that employee satisfaction is at its lowest point since it began surveying more than 20 years ago, we have a very long way to go. Delivering Happiness is also a glimpse at what I believe the workplace of the future will look like. why is everyone smiling? why is everyone smiling?

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Tanveer Naseer

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

This was also the focus of last week’s HCI Learning and Leadership Development conference where leaders from a wide range of industries and backgrounds offered their viewpoints and experiences on learning, leadership and fostering growth in your organization. ‘Focus on behaviours to change culture.

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Michael Lee Stallard

MAY 30, 2010

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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Michael Lee Stallard

NOVEMBER 12, 2010

Here’s Social Media and the True Meaning of Leadership | TanveerNaseer.com posted at TanveerNaseer.com. Driscoll presents The Innovator in Each of Us posted at Shawn Driscoll. JeremyMDay presents How To Promote Teamwork posted at Jeremy M. Follow the series at The HR Idea Lab posted at Inflexion Point.

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Michael Lee Stallard

AUGUST 15, 2011

During the interview we discussed how leadership affects employee engagement, strategic alignment, productivity, innovation and organizational performance. Jeremie is the author of a great book entitled Leadership is Dead: How Influence is Reviving It. Check it out at this link.

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HR Digest

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

People, Business, Human resource management, Recruitment, Teamwork, strategy and leadership Concepts. Uber Conference. Imagine you need to get into a conference with people from different locations, and you are having persistent issues with connecting and talking! With the Uber Conference, this trouble will vanish!

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Mike Cardus

OCTOBER 8, 2010

A tele-conference I co-facilitated with Tom Heck, President & Founder of the International Association of TeamWork Facilitators IATF. Discuss and co-create techniques, processes, plans, and short-cuts to see a rapid return with using on-line social media tools. When Ideas Have Sex, What do the babies look like?

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Michael Lee Stallard

JUNE 28, 2010

Years later when Marshall was attending his first conference with FDR, the president asked for his opinion on a subject that everyone else in the room had already agreed on. Eventually, Pershing promoted Marshall to colonel, making him a part of his personal staff, and later promoted him to become his personal aide. why is everyone smiling?

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