The Horizons Tracker

APRIL 8, 2021

When it comes to innovation, it’s tempting to think that the latest and greatest technologies are required to facilitate the creative process. What’s more, if these employees are recognized for their efforts and encouraged to develop their skills then their innovative output rises yet further. ” Common tech.

Creativity 100

Creativity Idea Generation Innovation Technology 100

Michael Lee Stallard

SEPTEMBER 24, 2010

You can hear it at this link. No Comment No comments yet Posting your comment. Trackback URI | Subscribe to the comments through RSS Feed Leave a reply Subscribe to RSS feed Michael Lee Stallard is President of E Pluribus Partners. why is everyone smiling?

McCarthy 252

McCarthy Godin Middle Management Teamwork 252

LDRLB

JANUARY 11, 2012

The article discusses creative organizations and the need to develop innovative leaders at all levels. Innovation is the creative process of design, development and implementation of new products, processes or services to improve efficiency, effectiveness, or to build a differentiator for sustainable competitive advantage.

Competitive Advantage 113

Competitive Advantage Strategic Planning Download Knowledge Management 113

N2Growth Blog

FEBRUARY 25, 2013

Good business processes serve as the central nervous system for your organization providing a framework for every action, decision, activity or innovation to flow from and through. Don’t get caught in the trap of perpetual spending or development as a solution. No Band-Aids: Good process is not reactionary.

Company 408

Company Engineering Process Competitive Advantage 408

Michael Lee Stallard

AUGUST 26, 2010

The conference has scheduled a book signing for Fired Up or Burned Out. You can learn more about the employee engagement conference at this link. why is everyone smiling?

Human Capital 252

Human Capital Conference McCarthy Godin 252

Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 28, 2011

Leadership and Knowledge Management by @mikemyatt. mitsmr: Two Striking Discoveries from MIT Sloan Management Review’s new Sustainability & Innovation Study. visionorg : Does placing the emphasis on how a child feels instead of what a child does develop self-esteem? Tactics Are the New Strategy in @incmagazine.

Emotional Intelligence 192

Emotional Intelligence Self-aware Middle Management Tactics 192

Michael Lee Stallard

MAY 29, 2010

We discussed leadership, employee engagement, productivity and innovation. You can hear the podcast at this link. 2 Comments so far davidburkus on June 1st, 2010 Listen to it awhile ago, just got to this post. Great job Michael! Michael Lee Stallard on June 1st, 2010 Thanks David. why is everyone smiling?

McCarthy 207

McCarthy Godin Middle Management Teamwork 207

Michael Lee Stallard

NOVEMBER 6, 2010

In our endeavors to develop Connection Cultures we encourage people who work together to get to know one another’s stories and to reach out and learn customers’ stories, if at all possible. why is everyone smiling?

McCarthy 281

McCarthy Godin Middle Management Teamwork 281

Michael Lee Stallard

APRIL 5, 2010

No Comment No comments yet Posting your comment. Trackback URI | Subscribe to the comments through RSS Feed Leave a reply Subscribe to RSS feed Michael Lee Stallard is President of E Pluribus Partners. why is everyone smiling?

McCarthy 186

McCarthy Godin Middle Management Teamwork 186

Michael Lee Stallard

APRIL 15, 2010

The article is entitled “ To Boost Productivity and Innovation, Fire Up the People You Lead.&# Check out the article and the Winning Workplaces website , it has great ideas, many written by one of our favorite bloggers Mark Harbeke. Mark is Winning Workplaces’ Director of Content Development. why is everyone smiling?

Article 170

Article McCarthy Godin Newsletter 170

Michael Lee Stallard

JULY 20, 2010

Now What? &# Chan’s work fits well with our mission to develop strength of character and connection in organizations (you can learn why we believe character strengths are so important for individual, organizational and societal health in the Connection Culture Manifesto that was published by changethis.com). why is everyone smiling?

McCarthy 220

McCarthy Godin Middle Management Teamwork 220

Michael Lee Stallard

JULY 17, 2010

So many interesting developments in the brain science field. I hadn’t encountered it before. I’ll have to check out Diamond’s interview. Michael Lee Stallard on July 18th, 2010 David, Thanks for visiting my blog. Art Kliener, editor of Strategy and Business magazine, sent me a terrific article that you would like.

Learning-by-Doing 356

Learning-by-Doing McCarthy Godin Reference 356

Michael Lee Stallard

MAY 19, 2010

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. why is everyone smiling?

Film 207

Film Video McCarthy Godin 207

Michael Lee Stallard

NOVEMBER 20, 2010

Third, a culture that has a high degree of sharing opinions and ideas creates a marketplace of ideas that fuels innovation. Second, decision makers make better decisions when they learn from the ideas and opinions of others. With those benefits in mind, I say to Doctrine Man, whoever he may be, live long and prosper!

McCarthy 210

McCarthy Godin Middle Management Open-book 210

Michael Lee Stallard

NOVEMBER 2, 2010

You might also be interested to know that in the coming weeks, Jason and I are doing a series of webinars on leadership, employee engagement, productivity and innovation for Linkage , the Human Capital Institute , the DNA Global Network and the New Talent Management Network. The webinars are free to the public.

Webinar 220

Webinar Human Capital Talent Management McCarthy 220

Michael Lee Stallard

NOVEMBER 14, 2010

They were exercising compassion, kindness, empathy and other emotional muscles of the heart that make them better connectors and will help them develop a Connection Culture. By doing this, ITA Group employees were serving a cause greater than self. I’m encouraged to see that more companies are doing these types of service projects.

Conference 265

Conference McCarthy Godin Middle Management 265

Michael Lee Stallard

APRIL 23, 2010

We gave a three hour presentation to students in the MBA for Executives program and briefly visited friends such as professors Marian Moore and Alec Horniman. why is everyone smiling?

Leadership 186

Leadership Ethics McCarthy Godin 186

Mike Cardus

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

The cooperation loop is a mindset of working to find cooperation …any size large and small and develop practice of building from that cooperation. On time budget requests and updates from project managers up 48%. Continued building and use of ‘What Works + Cooperation Knowledge Management System’.

Cooper 139

Cooper Succession Finance Resistance 139

Michael Lee Stallard

OCTOBER 28, 2010

These conversations develop emotional connections and convey information that often has an impact on the execution of tasks. I’ve seen that, in general, women are better at relationships than men and it has to do with their being highly verbal. Women also tend to be more empathetic which increases connection too.

Sports 347

Sports McCarthy Bottom-up Godin 347

Michael Lee Stallard

AUGUST 15, 2010

This applies to groups of all sizes including classrooms and schools, families, business and government organizations, hospitals, sports teams and the social sector. why is everyone smiling?

Cooper 218

Cooper McCarthy Godin Review 218

Michael Lee Stallard

JULY 15, 2010

The article is about the topic of connecting with “core employees&# to boost strategic alignment, employee engagement, productivity and innovation. 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. why is everyone smiling?

McCarthy 218

McCarthy Godin Film Drucker 218

Michael Lee Stallard

APRIL 1, 2010

You can hear the podcast and learn more about StrategyDriven at this link. why is everyone smiling?

McCarthy 199

McCarthy Godin Middle Management Teamwork 199

Michael Lee Stallard

SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

Some leaders who do this fail to develop what is arguably the most important character value: humility. Humility is not easily developed when you have wealth, power and/or status. It’s especially difficult to develop humility without the help of others. Humility develops in several ways. Herein lies the paradox.

Collins 299

Collins Ethics McCarthy Open-book 299

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.&# Next week the Summer edition of the Leader to Leader Journal comes out. why is everyone smiling?

Film 170

Film McCarthy Godin Middle Management 170

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?

Webinar 186

Webinar McCarthy Godin Middle Management 186

Michael Lee Stallard

OCTOBER 18, 2010

As the Navy improved sailor retention and developed greater alignment with Admiral Clark’s vision, it became faster and more responsive. Here’s the link: [link] Leadership Development Carnival on November 9th, 2010 [.] This gave people permission to speak up and to prove their case if they had ideas that would improve the Navy.

Servant Leader 356

Servant Leader Bond Mentor McCarthy 356

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 20, 2011

Is your company investing in expensive knowledge management systems that are useless for making big, strategy decisions? The problem is that most current knowledge management efforts merely inventory the company's knowledge, without parsing out the knowledge that is strategically relevant. Figure 1: Map A.

Knowledge Management 15

Knowledge Management Tacit Knowledge Management Licensing 15

Michael Lee Stallard

JULY 31, 2010

If you lead an organization, do you invest time to develop relationship excellence in your organization? Are you intentional about taking the time to build strong relationships with individuals who you trust and who trust you? No Comment No comments yet Posting your comment. why is everyone smiling?

Organization 210

Organization McCarthy Godin Film 210

Michael Lee Stallard

MAY 19, 2010

Government Accountability Office (GAO) developing a “key national indicators&# system that will be available online. In “ The Rise and Fall of GDP ,&# that appeared in The New York Times Magazine, Jon Gertner describes this effort. Gertner writes about the U.S. Last year I spoke at the GAO’s headquarters in Washington, D.C.

GDP 170

GDP Metrics Competitive Advantage McCarthy 170

Michael Lee Stallard

AUGUST 14, 2010

Good times often puff us up and develop hubris i n our character (i.e., Tough times, on the other hand, as hard as they may be, are opportunities to develop the humility we need to thrive over the long-term. As human beings, we are imperfect. over-confidence, arrogance and the negative aspects of pride). why is everyone smiling?

Self-aware 275

Self-aware Long-term McCarthy Godin 275

Michael Lee Stallard

NOVEMBER 24, 2010

With each Critical Connection you should strive to develop a “Rational Connection” and an “Emotional Connection.” Strengthening your relationship with them is, in addition to making checklists, another key to achieving excellence in your work. Look for ways to help them in their work and life outside of work. why is everyone smiling?

McCarthy 271

McCarthy Godin Middle Management Training 271

Michael Lee Stallard

OCTOBER 10, 2010

Personally, I like to get most agreements in writing while taking time to develop a connection with the individuals I’m entering into the agreement with. I try to find shared interests, values and experiences that develop a connection and trust. 2 Comments so far davidburkus on October 11th, 2010 Good observation.

Ethics 199

Ethics McCarthy Godin Middle Management 199

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.

Blog 199

Blog Leadership McCarthy Godin 199

Michael Lee Stallard

NOVEMBER 9, 2010

If I owned that jewelry store I would encourage everyone on the staff to be intentional about developing heart, soul, mind and strength. Heart and soul are important because developing relationship excellence is necessary to sustain task excellence. What do I mean by heart and soul? Many customers can sense this.

Customer Loyalty 239

Customer Loyalty McCarthy Godin Self-aware 239

Michael Lee Stallard

JUNE 24, 2010

If you are a leader or aspire to be one, ask yourself if you have developed the competence and character necessary to inspire others to follow you? Now take action by finding a mentor or coach you respect and who will help you develop these character strengths. Which of these character strengths are most important to your success?

Ethics 210

Ethics McCarthy Godin Open-book 210

Michael Lee Stallard

AUGUST 8, 2010

Having conversations with people you trust will help reduce the stress you feel and also help clarify your thinking so that you can develop a clear plan to move forward to a better state of work and a better life. 4 Comments so far Casey Ross on August 9th, 2010 Hey Michael! why is everyone smiling?

Drucker 286

Drucker Wilde McCarthy Godin 286

Michael Lee Stallard

JULY 22, 2010

why is everyone smiling?

Network Organization 287

Network Organization McCarthy Godin Middle Management 287