Michael Lee StallardYour Corporation: Corpus or Corpse? – Michael Lee Stallard https://www.michaelleestallard.com Helping Leaders Create Cultures that Connect Sat, 18 Apr 2026 20:49:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Your Corporation: Corpus or Corpse? https://www.michaelleestallard.com/your-corporation-corpus-or-corpse https://www.michaelleestallard.com/your-corporation-corpus-or-corpse#respond Sat, 13 Feb 2010 13:12:36 +0000 Michael Lee Stallard http://www.michaelleestallard.com/?p=2252 The root word of corporation is “corpus,” a Latin word meaning body. Does your corporation act like a healthy body where members support one another and recognize that harm to one is damaging to all. If not, perhaps your corporation is diseased with members harming one another through incivility or indifference. If so, your corporation […]

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]]> The root word of corporation is “corpus,” a Latin word meaning body. Does your corporation act like a healthy body where members support one another and recognize that harm to one is damaging to all. If not, perhaps your corporation is diseased with members harming one another through incivility or indifference. If so, your corporation is on its way to becoming a corpse (and its culture may be killing individual members, too).

Most corporations today are diseased. Corporate Executive Board research shows that 90 percent of employees today are either not engaged and giving their best efforts or they are not aligned with organizational goals. In this article that appeared this week in Hearst Newspapers entitled “Extinguising Employee Burnout” I spoke with reporter Scott Gargan about leadership, employee engagement, productivity and how to combat the growing problem of employee burnout that is literally draining the life out of individuals and organizations.

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