Michael Lee Stallard

OCTOBER 28, 2010

Published by Michael Lee Stallard on October 28, 2010 02:58 pm under connection culture , employee engagement , knowledge flow A participant in a recent session Jason Pankau and I were teaching on Connection Cultures and employee engagement shared that she connects with her sons by talking about sports. why is everyone smiling?

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Persuasive Powerhouse

JULY 26, 2010

So what is your role in influencing creativity and innovation in others? We know it isn’t enough to simply add creativity to a list of values your organization espouses or to bring in consultants who get staff keyed up about innovating. Innovative ideas tend to require more risk than “more of the same”.

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Great Results Team Building

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Team members who approach obstacles with a positive, determined mindset are more likely to innovate and persevere under pressure. Teams that embrace their unique backgrounds while working toward a common purpose become more innovative, resilient, and capable of achieving extraordinary results.

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LDRLB

JULY 23, 2012

The notion of business as a combination of sport and war was attributed to Emile Herzog (1885-1967), a French author who used the pen name, Andre Maurois. As for sport, the game of market share was an easy way to track success. Success in business does not have to hinge on the sport and war analogy. I suggest you do the same.

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Mills Scofield

AUGUST 17, 2012

That’s why dreams are innovation’s fuel. We know what happens to organizations that don’t innovate - look at the 1990 Fortune 100 list. So how do we become an ODE to innovation? ” For dreaming - innovation to have a positive impact , it must be based on values and integrity. public education).

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 4, 2023

In countless cases, leaders have missed opportunities to tap into the enormous potential associated with the development of character to create innovation and excellence. But what has become abundantly clear is that disregarding the science of leaders’ character has led to incredible dysfunction for organizations and society as a whole.

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HR Digest

MARCH 11, 2025

Downsizing layoffs like its a sport. NASA job cuts threaten a legacy of innovation The NASA office shutdown has also fueled speculation about leadership changes, with Acting Administrator Petros tenure nearing its end. The agencys ability to innovate, explore, and inspire now hangs in the balance amid a major funding crisis.

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Leading Blog

APRIL 22, 2024

It’s that sense of meaning that inspires us to think of new, innovative ways to do the work. There’s a reason that professional sports teams pay millions of dollars for a coaching team. These four key behaviors help leaders keep teams engaged, motivated, focused, performing, and innovating.

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Lead Change Blog

DECEMBER 10, 2014

Until…there’s too much of it, and its dark side surfaces: lack of innovation, narrow-minded thinking, ingrained and unquestioned bias, outdated practices, and failure to grow as a person. The connection took up as if we were finishing a conversation begun only the day before. Familiarity is so comforting. Boredom, too.

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Leading Blog

APRIL 5, 2019

Our instinct for determinism may well have been an evolutionary innovation. He went on to start two successful gaming companies, Matchbook, a sports betting exchange community, and Smartodds, which provides statistical research and sports modeling services.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 18, 2010

In most sports I’m aware of you cannot play if you don’t suit-up and show-up. Leadership is a participation sport and never works well in absentia. Show-up : You can’t make a difference if you don’t show-up. It requires zero talent to be present mentally and physically. I Think Not.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JUNE 4, 2019

It might be your family, a high school sports team, volunteer organization, or a work team. To many this sounds Pollyanna but more than likely you have been on accountable team at some point in your life. Take a moment and think of the best team you have ever been a part of.

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Leading Blog

JANUARY 29, 2020

No matter what industry or organizational structure—business, politics, nonprofit, religious, entertainment or sports—examples abound where leaders have violated their trusted role and experienced a public downfall. Often leaders are described by action words such as “results-oriented, innovative, driven and visionary”.

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Eric Jacobson

OCTOBER 8, 2023

“It’s what we call non disruptive creation that allows us to innovate and grow without disruption and social pain,” share the authors W. Nondisruptive creation has three distinctive characteristics : First : It can be generated by a scientific invention or a technology-driven innovation. Chan Kim and Renee Mauborgne.

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Innovation Excellence

JANUARY 20, 2025

GUEST POST from Art Inteligencia In the competitive arena of sports, athletes and coaches are perpetually seeking the next edge, the innovative stroke of genius that will propel them towards success.

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Innovation Excellence

JUNE 8, 2018

In boardrooms across the globe senior executives are talking about building cultures of innovation within their organizations. Yet this rising generation, fueled by a culture forever altered by Action Sports, holds the answers to breaking down the.

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Leading Blog

JUNE 28, 2017

T HE AMERICA'S CUP is the world’s oldest international sporting trophy, first contested in 1851 when the schooner America crossed the Atlantic and beat 15 British yachts. Great Teams Innovate. As a result, their innovations were a large part of their success. What made their victory possible was a new team with a new approach.

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N2Growth Blog

MARCH 31, 2010

Sure it would…Likewise, if I drove up in a new Bentley, wearing a $3,000 custom tailored suit, sporting a fresh manicure, a GQ hair-cut, and with an attitude of arrogance, wouldn’t that also color your opinion of my ability? While I have a few swiss watches, my Timex Ironman is still my favorite. I Think Not.

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Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 22, 2011

To maintain longevity in their industry, producers and creative teams need to continuously produce new and innovative ideas. Their visions are so innovative and ambitious that they can’t be achieved simply by using conventional means, so builders often need to reinvent and rethink ways to achieve them.

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In the CEO Afterlife

APRIL 23, 2012

As a kid in sports, I played my heart out, hated my opponents and cried when I lost. The late French author Andre Maurois once said, “Business is a combination of sport and war.” Like a sports scorecard, competitive spirit demands measurement and accountability of performance. Live a culture of innovation.

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Let's Grow Leaders

APRIL 7, 2023

Make Taking Risks a Team Sport Taking risks at work can feel remarkably lonely. This week on #AskingforaFriend I share practical approaches to making taking risks a team sport. The result will be a courageous culture with more innovative thinking and more willingness to try something new. What would you add?

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 17, 2023

Formula 1 racing is an industry built on speed, innovation, and teamwork. F1 racing has historically been a male-dominated sport, but that is changing rapidly. Currently, no rules prevent women from competing in the sport, but the current grid of drivers is exclusively male. I can’t wait to see you at the Monaco Grand Prix!

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Leading Blog

MARCH 31, 2011

AubreyDaniels: Famous Sports Wisdom to Use at Work. HarvardBiz: Three Questions that Will Kill Innovation Try asking "What are you learning?" Stanford GSB: Why Failure Drives Innovation. @mwbuckingham: The first 1/4 of the year is over. Look back, zero in on what worked and adjust your focus. by @profkjmoore.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 11, 2010

Leadership is a full-contact sport, and if you cannot address conflict in a healthy, productive fashion then you should not be in a leadership role. If so, you likely have issues with conflict. Here’s the thing - leadership and conflict go hand-in-hand. I Think Not. mikemyatt: RT thx @ArtieDavis @MarkOOakes @words4warrio.

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Lead Change Blog

JANUARY 21, 2020

Great leaders recognize that business success is a team sport and they cannot do it all for themselves. There is little or no opportunity for the team member to provide any creativity or innovation to the process, and often learning is limited. “We need to get rid of rules – real and imagined – and encourage independent thinking.”.

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In the CEO Afterlife

NOVEMBER 30, 2011

Sports teams with momentum go on inexplicable winning streaks while opponents can’t seem to string two wins together no matter how hard they try or how ‘talented’ their roster. The “M” Word: A Company’s Most Underrated Intangible. The dictionary describes “momentum” as a strength or force that keeps growing.

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Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

MARCH 18, 2013

We can find examples of effective teamwork in all types of environments – sports, military, and even historically in politics (e.g. However in an interdependent organization, collaboration is the bedrock of creative solutions and innovation. All three of these are important. All three are aspects of teamwork. But they are not the same!

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

During one of the most turbulent times in Silicon Valley history, Brad Smith was the steady-handed, innovative, and always resilient CEO of Intuit. Smith realized at that moment that life is a team sport. But how come some people seem to “fail forward” even when times are tough? Brad Smith has a unique perspective.

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Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 1, 2020

As the most trusted mental coach in the world of sports, Trevor Moawad has worked with many of the most dominant athletes and the savviest coaches. The Innovation Ultimatum : Six strategic technologies that will reshape every business in the 2020s by Steve Brown. How do you test in online and brick-and-mortar businesses?

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

These Human Resource leaders represent the top 25 human resources leaders shaping careers, culture, and talent at the world’s most innovative people driven companies. While Chief Digital/Technology Officers or Chief Marketing Officers are often tagged with the innovator label, it is the CHRO who is the real innovator in 2020.

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Leading Blog

JULY 18, 2012

How do you transform a losing climate into one that fosters collaboration, innovation, and productivity? At stage VI an organization “needs to concentrate on continual learning and innovation. A turnaround is really a change in culture—changing the culture of the team or organization. When teams win, they can become complacent.

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Leading Blog

MAY 10, 2019

A culture of trust and psychological safety reduces the magnitude of mistakes and fosters innovation. One of the great features of Kruse’s book is that he ends each chapter with a section titled, “How Might You Apply This If You’re A … manager, sales professional, sports coach, military officer, and/or parent. Leadership is influence.

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In the CEO Afterlife

APRIL 1, 2012

Then as sales grew, he leveraged the growth and invested in Red Bull sponsored sports and entertainment events directed at young urban professionals. A few years ago Red Bull realized they were becoming one of the biggest content sources of action sports and culture on the planet. The strategy was wildly successful.

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Eric Jacobson

MARCH 24, 2025

But beyond these definitions, we know that character is manifested in leadership, innovation, resilience, change, courage, loyalty, breaking barriers, and more, explains Robert (Bob), Character drives the best traits in our society, such as honesty, integrity, leadership, and transparency, and it drives others to exhibit those qualities.

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Leading Blog

APRIL 30, 2019

How to Create a Culture of Innovation from @Ex2Lead. The Decline of Teamwork in Sports by @patricklencioni. VIDEO: Celebrating General Shoe Company , the Inaugural HBS Case via @HarvardHBS It’s like a great detective story: What’s gone wrong at General Shoe Company, and how would you fix it? Can You Pass the Fitzgerald Test?

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Leading Blog

JUNE 1, 2024

Through innovative strategies, he successfully transformed the culture, propelling his submarine's ranking and retention from last place to first place in the Pacific Fleet within a remarkable two-year period. When he assumed command of the USS Texas, the ship ranked at the bottom of its squadron and faced recurring safety issues.

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In the CEO Afterlife

DECEMBER 26, 2011

We’re constantly focusing on innovating. We believe in deep collaboration and cross pollination in order to innovate in a way others cannot. Apple’s Manifesto is loaded with core values – admitting error, simplifying, collaborating, innovating, demanding excellence. That goes for business and sports. Tell the Truth.

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