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Michael Lee Stallard

Michael Lee Stallard

President, E Pluribus Partners

Leadership speaker and teacher Michael Stallard helps managers create and maintain high-performing workplace cultures that boost employee engagement, productivity and innovation. He is the author of Connection Culture: The Competitive Advantage of Shared Identity, Empathy and Understanding at Work.
Leadership speaker and teacher Michael Stallard helps managers create and maintain high-performing workplace cultures that boost employee engagement, productivity and innovation. He is the author of Connection Culture: The Competitive Advantage of Shared Identity, Empathy and Understanding at Work.
Management

To Cope with the Labor Shortage, Raise Emotional Compensation

People are longing for more positive workplace cultures. Coming out of the pandemic is a natural time to make improvements.

Management

Preparing for Re-entry into the Physical Workplace: Lessons from NASA

What NASA knows about the effects of living in relative social isolation for an extended period of time and then adjusting to being around lots of people again.

Workforce

Should You Bring Employees Back to the Office?

Research shows that people prefer to minimize their time in the office because most work cultures are not healthy or engaging.

Management

Thriving Through the Ongoing Pandemic

Those who will be able to look back when the pandemic is finally over and feel they did more than just make it through have several attributes in common.

Management

Having an Old-fashioned Nervous Breakdown Might Be a Good Thing

Carrying on until you are depleted or you collapse is not the way to go.

Management

Managers: It's Time to Bring Back 'Show and Tell'

How you can connect your remote team through personal knowledge.

Management

How to Prepare for Rising Stress Ahead

Now is a good time to take an honest look at how you are handling your current level of stress and consider proactive steps you should take as we head toward the fall.

Management

How to Protect Remote Workers’ Productivity and Performance

Even as restrictions ease, working from home will continue for many. Experts offer tips for bridging the distance.

Management

Ensuring a Safe Return to the Office While Fostering Employee Connection

Most people know what to do; whether they actually do it is a different matter.

Management

COVID-19 Is Coinciding With a Loneliness Epidemic

It’s critically important to foster connection during the novel coronavirus pandemic.

Management

How Leaders Can Help Reverse the Rise of Suicides in America

The CDC has adopted “connectedness” as a strategy to combat the factors that contribute to the high number of suicides in the United States.

Management

The No. 1 Obstacle to Great Workplace Culture

Cultures that are controlling or indifferent to people are often the culprit behind rising stress, job burnout and loneliness.

Management

America’s Loneliness Epidemic: A Risk to Individuals and Organizations

The demands of work and screen time have crowded out meaningful relationships. It's hurting people and the workplace.

Management

Why Women Leaders Are Outperforming Men

In a knowledge economy, relationship excellence is especially critical to employee engagement, productivity and innovation.

Management

You’re More Vulnerable to Isolation and Stress Than You Think

It’s vital to foster the connections that will help you and your employees become healthier and perform better.

Management

America’s No. 1 Health Problem is Not What You Expect

Wellness programs fall short when they fail to address a leading health problem.

Management

Beware the Brutally Honest Workplace

When verbal assault masquerades as constructive criticism.