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Human connection affects much more than the bottom line.

Organizations thrive when employees feel valued, the environment is energized, and high productivity and innovation are the norm. This requires a new kind of leader who fosters a culture of connection within the organization. Michael Lee Stallard’s Connection Culture provides a fresh way of thinking about leadership and offers recommendations for how to tap into the power of human connection.

If you want to begin fostering a connection culture in your organization, this book is your game-changing opportunity. Stop undermining performance and take the first step toward change that will give your organization, your team, and all whom you lead a true competitive advantage.
Inspiring and practical, this book challenges you to set the performance bar high and to keep reaching.

In this book you will learn how to

• foster a connection culture
• emulate best practices of connected workplaces like those at Pixar and Duke University’s men’s basketball team
• boost vision, value, and voice within your organization.

Read Connection Culture The Competitive Advantage of Shared Identity Empathy and Understanding at Work Michael Lee Stallard Jason Pankau Katharine P Stallard 9781947308398 Books

"This is truly an exceptional book. Thoroughly enjoyable and informative.
The author describes a place where everyone would want to work— where each person is valued and helped to do his/her best. Then he provides practical ways to build that place. His inspiring stories and understandable explanations of the research and science of connection kept me engaged.
As a West Pointer who in very interested in leadership and resilience, I am most appreciative of this book. It’s rare that a book can capture the most essential ingredients of leadership, and do it with heart. This one does. Every leader should read it."

Product details Paperback 160 pages Publisher Association for Talent Development; Reprint edition (July 15, 2017) Language English ISBN-10 1947308394

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Connection Culture The Competitive Advantage of Shared Identity Empathy and Understanding at Work Michael Lee Stallard Jason Pankau Katharine P Stallard 9781947308398 Books Reviews :

Connection Culture The Competitive Advantage of Shared Identity Empathy and Understanding at Work Michael Lee Stallard Jason Pankau Katharine P Stallard 9781947308398 Books Reviews

• Mike Krzyzewski ("Coach K") would agree that he was clueless about the power of connection--until his "Aha!" moment with his wife and three daughters around the family dinner table. That's quite a statement from Duke University's head basketball coach with 1,018 career wins, the most in NCAA history.
  
  According to the authors, Coach K transformed his coaching style by watching his wife, Mickie, and the women in his family reconnect at the end of each day. "He also observed how attuned they were to how people felt--their intuition was like radar. Time and again Mickie could sense when something was bothering one of Coach K's players."
  
  So Coach K recruited his wife and daughters. "The Krzyzewski women became, in military terms, a reconnaissance team to sense the state of relationships, emotions, connection, community, and unity among the team. The boys became extended members of their family--the women gave the players hugs (which boost the trust hormone oxytocin). As Coach K became more intentional about developing the feeling of connection among the team, it produced superior results."
  
  Did I mention he's led Duke to five NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championships, including 2015?
  
  Don't skip this one! Authors Michael Lee Stallard, Jason Pankau, and Katharine P. Stallard deliver well-researched and reasoned insights in their highly readable new book, "Connection Culture"--just 93 pages, not counting 25 more pages of robust resources, such as the descriptions of 24 character strengths developed by the VIA Institute on Character (my two favorite hope and humor).
  
  The big idea--there are three types of culture
  * a culture of control (top-down and stifling)
  * a culture of indifference (cog-in-machine mentality, power/money-focused)
  * a connection culture (the best of task excellence and relationship excellence)
  
  The authors build a very compelling case by noting Gallup's employee engagement research that "70 to 74 percent of American workers are not engaged in their jobs." They add, "This may sound bleak, but you should consider it to be a major opportunity."
  
  "Connection Culture" has the perfect dose of inspirational can-do examples along with feisty elbow-in-the-ribs warnings. Consider
  
  * Dr. Herbert Pardes, former president and CEO of New York-Presbyterian Hospital led by example when "to extend the feeling of connection, he encouraged staff members to memorize the names of patients and their family members."
  
  * Alan Mulally, former CEO of Boeing and Ford, "distributed wallet-size cards with Ford's business plan on one side and 16 expected behaviors (values), including `work together effectively as one team,' on the other. In meetings, he acted as a facilitator and coach rather than a dictator, prohibiting humor made at the expense of others."
  
  * Texas Christian University established the TCU Center for Connection Culture in 2014. Chancellor Victor Boschini, in order to stay connected with students, "teaches a freshman seminar in education. And he not only knows every student's name, but also what is going on in their lives."
  
  Sailboat or Cruise Ship?
  * The London church that launched Alpha, a no-pressure course exploring the Christian faith (now taught in 169 countries in 112 languages), described themselves as "a sailboat where everyone on board had an active role to play, versus a cruise ship where passengers were served but never served others." Holy Trinity Brompton's core values, "including excellence, serving others, friendliness, and fun, serve to bring about feelings of connection."
  * Nicky Gumbel, Holy Trinity's vicar, says they "aim for perfection but settle for excellence."
  
  Increasingly for me, the mark of a significant book lies in the author's ability to transform a complex concept into a memorable and repeatable phrase. This book succeeds!
  
  Vision. Value. Voice.
  Page 25 summarizes "A Culture of Connection." The authors write, "Committed members and servant leaders develop task excellence and relationship excellence that includes vision, value, and voice. As a result, people feel connected, are more productive and energetic, give their best efforts, align their efforts with organizational objectives, and fully communicate and cooperate. This leads the organization to achieve sustainable superior performance."
  
  That preaches--and I predict the 3-V's outline will be shared at hundreds, if not thousands, of weekly staff meetings in the years ahead. It's powerful and it's perfect VISION. VALUE. VOICE.
  
  The authors list 15 building blocks (three each for vision, value, and voice) that are practical and motivational. Their fresh approach, with examples, is not the usual warmed-over stuff. Example when is the last time you benchmarked your mission statement against its relevance to a connection culture?
  
  Confession I read Chapter 5 first. "Taking Action" is a practical color commentary for vision, value, and voice and the chapter inspired me to read and underline almost every page in this short book. I have quoted from the book constantly this last month (yup--even on vacation!).
  
  One more note I'm helping a client on a core values process and this book came just in the nick of time! At our next meeting, we'll look at Google's multi-year study of top-rated managers, "Project Oxygen," noted in the book. "Be a good communicator and listen to your team," was one of eight leadership behaviors identified. My favorite "Don't be a sissy Be productive and results-oriented!"
• Hundreds of books have been published about organizational culture over the past several years (including two by me), but Stallard's is the first to explicitly address that single-most important element of a great culture - a spirit of connection. One thing I love about this book is the way that he weaves in his own personal stories, relevant real world examples, appropriate scientific research, and creative insights into what makes a great culture tick into a book that is not just easy to read - it's hard to put down. "Connection Culture" gives great advice for leaders who want to foster such a culture (and they all should) and for employees who would like to be part of such a culture (and wouldn't we all). Highly recommended - I've already started sharing with some of our Values Coach clients.
• Having read and enjoyed Stallard's first book "Fired Up or Burned Out", I was looking forward to reading "Connection Culture", and it did not disappoint. Stallard takes the "connection culture" concept introduced in his first book and explores it in a much more focused and crisp manner. This is an easy read and extremely compelling. I find myself frequently evaluating organizational cultures in terms of "vision, value and voice". It is a simple yet profound approach. Stallard deftly pulls together information from various disciplines to explain the needs of humans in the workplace and how leaders can humanely meet those needs for the good of the organization, the good of the humans and ultimately the good of humanity. A must read for any leader concerned about people, their performance and their ability to be creative, be productive and flourish.
• Organizations are looking for ways to move forward and be noticed. They look for ways that they can achieve potential. Author MIke Stallard reminds us that this only happens when employees achieve their potential, "without that sense of connection, employees will never reach their potential as individuals. And if employees don't reach their potential, the organization won't either".
  
  Stallard and his co-authors make a compelling case that connection is what transforms individuals and organizations. They also provide a formula in which an organization can create a connection culture Vision, Value, and Voice. The author captures what we know intuitively, and provides the science along with case studies of why this is important to the organization and the individual.
  
  Our organization, a governmental agency serving juveniles and at times muddling through a bureaucratic framework, has been looking at trauma informed care and what makes young people thrive - namely support and yes....connection. Applying those concepts to our own internal workings made sense, but this book gives you instruction on how to actually do it.
  
  More than this, many of our administrators had the privilege of hearing directly from Mike Stallard. Perhaps more impressive than the book, Mr. Stallard is authentic, genuine, and passionate about the subject. It is refreshing when an author not only believes his work, but practices it. Mr. Stallard is a great communicator, but more importantly a great connector himself. I highly recommend his work.
• This is truly an exceptional book. Thoroughly enjoyable and informative.
  The author describes a place where everyone would want to work— where each person is valued and helped to do his/her best. Then he provides practical ways to build that place. His inspiring stories and understandable explanations of the research and science of connection kept me engaged.
  As a West Pointer who in very interested in leadership and resilience, I am most appreciative of this book. It’s rare that a book can capture the most essential ingredients of leadership, and do it with heart. This one does. Every leader should read it.