Michael Lee Stallard's slides and audio from a webcast to members of the American Society for Training and Development (ASTD), the world's largest association of training professionals. The webcast looks at findings in the field of neuroscience and their implications for the leadership of teams and organizations.

1. Fired Up Leadership : How Work Environment Fires Up the Human Brain to Improve Performance

2. BACKGROUND Michael Lee Stallard is the president of E Pluribus Partners. He is a leading authority on leadership, employee engagement, productivity and innovation. His work has been widely praised, including by Frances Hesselbein, Marshall Goldsmith and Guy Kawasaki. He is the primary author of the book Fired Up or Burned Out: How to Reignite Your Team’s Passion, Creativity and Productivity.

3. Audio of this presentation can be downloaded onto iTunes at this link: http://bit.ly/1AlQmT NOTE: THE DOWNLOAD IS AUTOMATIC AND BEGINS WHEN YOU CLICK ON THE LINK

5. OUT OF MANY, ONE

7. RESEARCH

9. RESEARCH UNLOCKING MYSTERY

11. BRAIN HEMISPHERES

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

19. ORANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR

21. CORPORATE EQUATION + Task Excellence = The Connection Culture Relationship Excellence

22. CONNECTION CULTURE MODEL

24. INSPIRING IDENTITY (VISION)

26. HUMAN VALUE (VALUE)

28. KNOWLEDGE FLOW (VOICE)

29. KNOWLEDGE FLOW (VOICE)

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

32. - coordinate task excellence, - facilitate the connection culture, and - model and mentor others in character strengths and virtues! SERVANT LEADERS Committed members who are empowered with the authority to:

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

34. “… 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

35. “ 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

37. 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