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Think Tank to Stimulate New Ideas About Human Capital

The Forum for People Performance Management and Measurement announced its annual Think Tank. Here  is the press release on the event:

Think Tank to Stimulate New Ideas about Human Capital

FORUM’s Oct. 14 ‘Who’s In Charge Now?’ event features

author, CEO Michael Lee Stallard

August 18, 2009 NAPERVILLE, Ill. – Today’s economy requires businesses to pay ever-closer attention to the value that people bring to their organizations and their role in the human value connection that bonds companies to their employees and customers. The Forum for People Performance Management and Measurement offers business leaders an opportunity to explore these issues and find solutions at its second Think Tank symposium titled, Who’s in Charge Now? Thriving in an Employee Led Economy, on Wed., Oct. 14, 2009 at the Union League Club of Chicago.

“The 2009 Think Tank is designed to provide education and insight on how people performance strategies can have a positive impact on their organization, and to create a networking opportunity for individuals who have a shared commitment to strategies that support people in the workplace,” said FORUM President Michelle M. Smith, CPIM, CRP. The target audience for this year’s event includes both high-level corporate executives and a broad panel of academic researchers specializing in people performance issues.

Smith noted that the FORUM has signed a dynamic expert in management-employee relations, Michael Lee Stallard, as its “Think Tank” keynote speaker. Stallard is co-founder, president and CEO of E Pluribus Partners, a consulting firm that specializes in helping leaders create “Connection Cultures” to form strong bonds among the management, employees, and customers of an organization. Clients have included Wachovia, Lockheed Martin, and UBS.

In addition, Stallard is the primary author of the book Fired Up or Burned Out, and contributing author of the book What Managers Say, What Employees Hear. Stallard is former chief marketing officer for businesses at Morgan Stanley and Charles Schwab.  For more on Stallard, visit his web site at http://www.michaelleestallard.com

A key feature of the conference is that participants will have ample opportunity to discuss the topics most important to them with peers, as well as with academic and people performance experts.

The event includes a reception on the evening of Oct. 13. Registration fees are $250 for corporate participants and $150 for academic/student participants. For more information on the FORUM Think Tank, call (630) 369-7780 or visit http://performanceforum.org/Think-Tank.97.0.html

The Forum for People Performance Management and Measurement (www.performanceforum.org) is a research center within the Medill Integrated Marketing Communications (IMC) graduate program at Northwestern University. A central objective of the Forum is to develop and disseminate knowledge about communications, motivation and management so that businesses can better design, implement and manage people-based initiatives for inside and outside an organization.

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Forum for People Performance Management and Measurement

1601 N. Bond Street, Suite 303

Naperville, IL 60563

630.369.7780

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Leadership Speaker for ASTD and Linkage

I’m thrilled to announce that I’ll be speaking for two of the world’s leading organizations in the training and development field. On July 23rd I’ll be speaking about how Connection Cultures relate to leadership, employee engagement, productivity and innovation in an hour long presentation via Webex to members of ASTD (the American Society for Training and Development).  ASTD is the world’s largest association dedicated to workplace learning and performance professionals with 80,000 members from more than 100 countries. 

On December 10, I will be at the headquarters of Linkage Corporation near Boston to record an 90 minute presentation on Connection Cultures that will be made available on demand to Linkage clients.  Linkage is a global organizational development company that specializes in leadership development.   More than 200,000 leaders and managers have attended Linkage programs since 1998.

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Guy Kawasaki: “Connection Culture” a “must read”

Guy Kawasaki, Founding Partner of Garage Technology Ventures, best-selling author and Entrepreneur magazine columnist, just wrote on his Twitter that “The Connection Culture: A New Source of Competitive Advantage” is a “must read.” I hope you’ll agree! Guy also posted about it on his Open Forum blog.

You can download it for free by clicking here.

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Connection — and Connectors — in Federal Government

Recently I’ve been spending more time in Washington, DC.  Earlier this year I spoke at the General Services Administration, the Executive Development Exchange Network (EDEN) and at  Senior Fellows and Friends.  In the coming months I’ll be speaking at the US Treasury Executive Institute, the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Government Accountability Office.

Washington, DC is abuzz with energy, enthusiasm  and a “can do” spirit.  Some government employees meet on their personal time in groups such as Senior Fellows and Friends and 13L to exchange ideas that  make government more effective.  They have come up with innovative practices and programs such as Flash Mentoring and FedPitch.  The private sector could learn much from these thoughtful civil servants who dedicate their professional lives to a cause greater than self.

Yesterday I had the privilege of joining Martha Dorris, the Deputy Associate Administrator at the GSA’s Office of Citizen Services and AM 1500 Federal News Radio hosts Chris Dorobek and Francis Rose in an hour long discussion about my book, Fired Up or Burned Out, and creating Connection Cultures in Federal Government.  Martha is a dynamic leader and an intentional connector who is developing a Connection Culture at the GSA.  Chris and Francis are outgoing, intentional connectors too.  Their radio programs are thoughtful and encouraging.  They inform, educate, inspire and help federal government workers feel more connected. You can listen to our radio conversation by clicking on leadership and employee engagement in federal government.

During this critical time in history when we are rethinking the roles of the government, private and social sectors, government is playing an increasingly important part in shaping our collective future.  To this end, President Obama is challenging federal workers to make a difference.  He inspires them with a vision of positive change, values their service and contributions, and gives them a voice by seeking their opinions and ideas. And I’m looking forward to spending more time in DC to encourage and advise leaders about how to develop Connection Cultures that will help release the genius of the dedicated individuals who work in federal government.

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Attitudes and Activity Picking Up

The leaders I speak with seem to be more optimistic about the future, even though some express concerns about the state of consumer credit card debt and how it might affect the financial system and economy. At E Pluribus Partners, we’ve definitely seen a recent surge in business prospects.  Here are some of the new activities on our agenda.  





The Conference Board just asked me to be speak and be on the advisory board for its Customer Experience Leadership Conference next March 23-25 in New York City. The conference chairman and emcee is Robert Reiss, host of one of my favorite radio shows, The CEO Show.





The Forum for People Performance Management and Measurement just hired me to give the keynote speech at its annual conference in Chicago, Illinois on October 14. The Forum is an affiliate of the Department of Integrated Marketing Communications, the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University.

On October 20-22, I have the honor of meeting with several leaders and speaking to various business student groups at my alma mater, Illinois State University in Normal, Illinois. I had a wonderful experience as a undergraduate business student at ISU from 1977 until 1981 and remain in touch with several students and faculty members I met during my years on campus.





The Human Capital Institute just invited me to facilitate a session and speak at its Employee Engagement and Onboarding Conference in Boston on October 26-28. HCI is doing great work and I’m looking forward to working with them.


On May 27, I’ll be recording an interview 

for IBM’s developerWorks podcast with host Scott Laningham.

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What’s New: DC, Yale, Wharton, Korea, AMA, etc.

In addition to my recent posts about speaking at the University of Virginia’s Darden Graduate School of Business and the interview I did that was just published in the award-winning Rotman magazine, produced by the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto, here’s a quick update about my recent and upcoming activities.

 

I’ve been in Washington, DC lately speaking to various groups including Martha Dorris’ Office of Citizen Services and Communications (part of the U.S. Government Services Administration), Kitty Wooley’s Society of Fellows and Friends and Michael Yoka’s Executive Development Exchange Network.  I was inspired during my visits to DC by the dedication, energy and intelligence many Federal Government employees have.  This may come as a surprise to many but I believe working in government will be one of the most exciting, challenging and rewarding workplaces in the years ahead.  Part of this comes from President Obama’s belief that government can be a force for good and his appreciation of people who want to serve a cause greater than self.  I’m thrilled to be working more in DC. On June 12 I will be a guest on Federal News Radio’s (AM-1500) book club and on July 1, I will be speaking at the Treasury Executive Institute.

 

Yale-New Haven Health System just hired me to speak to its 450 managers on June 2 at its Yale-New Haven Hospital Management Symposium.  This is one of the world’s great hospitals and I can hardly wait to fire their up their leaders and empower them with tools to create a Connection Culture.

 

I’ll be presenting at the Wharton Alumni Club of Boston on June 4.

 

My publisher just informed me that Fired Up or Burned Out is being translated into another language, this time Korean.  In the last year alone the book was published in Australia, New Zealand and Vietnam (in Vietnamese, as you can see from the cover to the left). In addition, the book is now available in Kindle and paperback editions.  An audio edition is in the works and I’m optimistic it will continue to be published in more languages over the coming years.    

 





The American Management Association just published an article I wrote about Pixar Animation entitled “Case Study: Pixar’s Winning Strategy of Inclusiveness.”

There are some very exciting additional engagements in the works that I hope to announce soon so stay tuned.  

P.S. On the personal front, my daughter Sarah was just accepted at Texas Christian University (TCU) in Fort Worth, Texas.  A couple weeks back, our whole family flew down to Texas to support Sarah as she tried out to be a cheerleader.  So, I’m now the proud father of a TCU Horned Frog cheerleader. Sarah has worked hard and I’m happy and confident that she will thrive at this great school.

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Connections at the World Innovation Forum

The sun is shining here in New York City where I’m attending HSM’s World Innovation Forum as a designated blogger.

As readers of my blog know, I focus on the importance of human connection among management, employees and customers. Connection stimulates innovation.  And connection is omnipresent at this event.