Yesterday, Jason Pankau and I had the honor of conducting a Connection Culture Leadership Training Workshop for General Dynamics’ Electric Boat Division. This group builds nuclear submarines for the U.S. Navy. It was evident that the group of leaders we met felt a great deal of pride in their work. They should.
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AMA Webcast on Connection Cultures and Employee Engagement
On November 5th from 12:00 P.M. until 1:00 P.M. Eastern, I’m presenting on a webcast for the American Management Association. The webcast is about Connection Cultures, leadership, teams and employee engagement. It will include Q&A with AMA program manager Susan Zeidman as well as from listeners. There is no charge for the webcast. You can register to attend by clicking on employee engagement.
“Amazing Things Are Happening Here” Featured on Leadership Development Carnival
Dan McCarthy, leadership blogger and head of leadership and management development at Paychex, selected one of my blog posts to be included in his current edition of Leadership Development Carnival. While you’re there, check out some of the great posts by insightful bloggers such as Steve Roesler, Wally Bock an Miki Saxon.
Speaking at a Social Media Conference in San Francisco
I wanted to let you know that I will be presenting at the Advanced learning Institute’s “Social Media For Internal Communications Conference: How To Engage Employees, Drive Change & Improve Your Bottom Line Using BLOGGING, PODCASTING & The Latest WEB 2.0 Technologies,” November 17-20, 2008 in San Francisco, CA. This conference will focus on how to use social media for internal communications and leverage the latest interactive tools and techniques to advance your organizational goals. You can save $200 by mentioning email code “SPK” when registering and another $400 on top of that if you register by October 2nd (the “early bird” registration deadline).
My session topic will be:“Giving Employees A Voice: How H&R Block Built An Online Community”
For more information or to register, see below or click here to go to the conference website.
Hope to see you there!
Are You Experiencing the Six Universal Needs to Thrive?
Book Review: Why is Everyone Smiling?
Paul Spiegelman, CEO of the Beryl Companies, has written a wonderful book about Beryl Companies and its extraordinary culture. Rather than write a review of Paul’s book, I’m posting the review written by the business maven and book reviewer extraordinaire Robert Morris (see below). On Monday at 11:00 AM Eastern, I will be hosting a webcast with Paul Spiegelman and you can sign up for it by clicking on employee engagement.
Robert Morris review of Why Is Everyone Smiling?
Do Your Company’s Mission, Vision and Values fall flat?
A well-articulated mission, vision and set of values increases employee engagement. It’s the responsibility of an organization’s leadership to understand and communicate mission, vision and values. Sadly, most leaders dismiss it as window dressing. Great leaders, however, are serious about this responsibility. Howard Schultz of Starbucks did a remarkable job when he wrote the book Pour Your Heart Into it. Here’s another outstanding example below from the commander of the nuclear submarine, the U.S.S. Montpelier. Next month Jason Pankau and I will holding a training session for managers at the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics. They build nuclear submarines. When I recently read Montpelier Command Philosophy, my thoughts were on the people I’ve met and worked with at Lockheed Martin Aerospace and who build and maintain military aircraft and those I’ll meet who build nuclear submarines. Their work is so important to protect liberty on the world. I hope they appreciate it.
The USS Montpelier Command Philosophy
Webcast: Beryl Companies’ Remarkable Corporate Culture
Tune in on Monday September, 29 at 11:00 AM Eastern to hear my guest Paul Spiegelman, CEO of Beryl Companies, talk about the remarkable corporate culture at Beryl and how it has resulted in high levels of employee engagement and retention. This organization is one of the best examples of a Connection Culture that I am aware of and Paul is an extraordinary leader and author of Why is Everyone Smiling?
For more about the webcast click on employee engagement.
Webcast Tomorrow: H&R Block Connects to Improve Employee Engagement
Tomorrow morning at 11:00 AM EST I will host a webcast with my guest Kristina Patrick, Senior Project Manager for Outreach and Business Development at H&R Block. When H&R Block’s new leaders wanted to engage employees by involving them in a conversation about the firm’s activities, they turned to Kristina. With a meager budget Kristina and her colleagues produced a remarkable internal news and social media platform that had H&R Blockers buzzing. Tune into this webcast to hear how you and your company can increase employee engagement and get the biggest bang out of your internal communications and social media budgets. You can sign up to attend by clicking on employee engagement.
Do you thrive at work? Connection is key to employee engagement.
In this presentation to executives at Lockheed Martin, Michael Lee Stallard explains why organizations and individuals need Connection Cultures to thrive.
Michael Stallard on Connection Cultures from Michael Stallard on Vimeo.