Innovation Knowledge Management Motivation Operations 
Michael Lee Stallard
JULY 15, 2010
The article features the stories of the US Navy’s former Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Admiral Vern Clark, and Bono, the lead singer of the rock band U2. The article is about the topic of connecting with “core employees&# to boost strategic alignment, employee engagement, productivity and innovation.
Michael Lee Stallard
MAY 28, 2010
It includes an article that Jason Pankau and I wrote entitled “To Boost Productivity and Innovation, Connect with the Core.&# Chief of Navy Operations Admiral Vern Clark and Bono, the lead singer for the rock band U2. Examples in the article include Ret. why is everyone smiling?
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Michael Lee Stallard
JUNE 23, 2010
In addition to the negative impact on decision-making, diminished communications from the lack of connection reduces the marketplace of ideas inside the organization, which in turn reduces innovation. Knowing that their input has been factored into a leader’s decision is motivating and it positively impacts their future participation.
Michael Lee Stallard
JUNE 5, 2010
If his players didn’t work hard enough during practice, as hard as he did preparing for it, he ordered them off the court, then had the student managers collect the balls, turn off the lights, and lock the doors. Coach Wooden operated a meritocracy that treated every player fairly. why is everyone smiling?
Harvard Business Review
DECEMBER 18, 2014
They may be technical, as in the engineering example, but they can also be managerial, as when an experienced manager has hard-earned skills in problem identification and solution, crucial relationships with customers, or a detailed understanding of how to innovate. If such knowledge leaves with retirees, it may be lost for good.
Harvard Business Review
JANUARY 10, 2012
Attracting, retaining, and motivating employees are all core. Over the last decade, HR at IBM took a number of steps to help drive operational improvement: Delivered the new skills IBM needed at the front lines. In growth markets like Kenya and Malaysia, people needed to develop marketing and innovation skills.
Harvard Business Review
OCTOBER 16, 2014
Virtually every executive is eager to see his or her organization innovate. Every organization will have to learn to innovate” on a constant basis, Drucker wrote. Knowledge workers have to manage themselves,” Drucker advised. It is high time that management started acting like the clock is running out.
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