The document discusses how creating a connection culture in the workplace can boost employee engagement and productivity. It outlines that employee trust and cooperation are currently low, with only 25% of US workers engaged. Research shows connection at work enhances attention, reduces fear/worry, and increases trust, creativity and problem solving. The document proposes that organizations focus on developing core elements like human value, inspiring identity, and knowledge flow to create a more connected culture with committed members and servant leaders.

1. Creating a Connection Culture THINK TANK

2. BULLS BASKETBALL DYNASTY

4. EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT DEFINED

6. RESEARCH

7. ORANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR

11. PSYCHOLOGY Meaning Personal Growth Autonomy (Freedom) Recognition Belonging Respect Human needs to thrive:

21. THE CORPORATE EQUATION + Task Excellence The Connection Culture

22. ELEMENTS OF CONNECTION Core Elements 1. Human Value 2. Inspiring Identity 3. Knowledge Flow Enabling Elements 4. Committed Members 5. Servant Leaders

23. THE CONNECTION CULTURE V ision (Inspiring Identity) V alue (Human Value) V oice (Knowledge Flow) Easy way to remember the Core Elements:

25. VISION

26. VISION

27. VISION

32. VALUE

33. VALUE

34. VALUE

35. VALUE

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39. VOICE

40. VOICE

41. VOICE According to her colleagues: “She told us everything, stuff we didn’t want to know [like how close we were to running out of cash].” “Part of her DNA is to tell you the good, the bad, and the ugly.”

42. VOICE

43. 1. Leader fails to encourage other points of view 2. Internal rivals 3. Fiefdoms 4. Isolationist culture KNOWLEDGE TRAPS

44. KNOWLEDGE FLOW SESSIONS

45. CONNECTION FORMULA V ISION + V ALUE + V OICE = Connection

46. ELEMENTS OF CONNECTION Core Elements 1. Human Value 2. Inspiring Identity 3. Knowledge Flow Enabling Elements 4. Committed Members 5. Servant Leaders

49. “ Ability may get you to the top but it takes character to keep you there.” -- Legendary UCLA basketball coach John Wooden CHARACTER STRENGTHS

50. CHARACTER STRENGTHS “ Coach Wooden had a profound influence on me as an athlete, but an even greater influence on me as a human being. He is responsible, in part, for the person I am today.” - Kareem Abdul Jabbar

51. ELEMENT #1: VISION

52. “… while there are indeed great, often unfathomable forces in history before which even the most exceptional of individuals seem insignificant, the wonder is how often events turn upon a single personality, or the quality we call character.” -- Historian David McCullough CHARACTER STRENGTHS

53. “ I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.” ” -- Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. CHARACTER STRENGTHS

54. ORGANIZATIONAL CHARACTER

55. American Psychology Association study Leading psychologists Global study Identified 24 specific character strengths CHARACTER STRENGTHS

56. CHARACTER STRENGTHS General George C. Marshall

57. CHARACTER STRENGTHS “ I’m sorry Mr. President, I don’t agree with you at all.” -- General George C. Marshall

59. “ Most men are slaves of ambition. General Marshall is a slave of his duties.” “ I have never seen a task of such magnitude performed by a man” “ You have inspired us with your single-mindedness of purpose and selfless devotion to our common cause.” CHARACTER STRENGTHS -- Senator Henry Stimson -- British Officers’ Letter to Marshall

60. “… when I disapprove [of Marshall’s recommendations], I don’t have to look over my shoulder to see which way he is going…I know he is going…to give me the most loyal support as chief of staff that any president could wish.” -- President Franklin Delano Roosevelt CHARACTER STRENGTHS

61. “ Our policy is directed not against any country or doctrine but against hunger, desperation, and chaos.” -- George C. Marshall Speech at Harvard University in 1953 The Marshall Plan CHARACTER STRENGTHS

62. CHARACTER AND CONNECTION Who will you choose to become? Intentional Disconnector Unintentional Disconnector  Intentional Connector 

64. SERVANT LEADERS The Connection Culture

65. Actionable examples 20 stories of great leaders Questions for team study LEARN FROM LEADERS Free download for the next 2 days at: www.MichaelLeeStallard.com