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3 Ways Pixar Gains Competitive Advantage from Its Culture

Michael Lee Stallard

If any doubt existed that Disney’s magic was back, it was put to rest with the 2013 release of the blockbuster movie Frozen. The Incredibles, Bird and Walker’s first project at Pixar, was a homerun. Catmull and John Lasseter, Pixar’s CEO, were appointed to lead the unit as president and CEO, respectively.

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4 Beliefs that Lead to Bad Decisions

Strategy Driven

Successful decisions engage stakeholders effectively and efficiently. He earned his BA magna cum laude from Harvard and his MBA and JD from Stanford and previously led projects for McKinsey & Company. When people who have a stake in an issue get left out of the decision, they feel slighted and become resistant to change.

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Writing Your Résumé When Your Job Title Doesn’t Reflect Your Responsibilities

Harvard Business Review

You’re ready to make a career move, up to a higher level or into a different industry or an entirely new field. This was Sasha’s summary: Department Administrator – Efficiency Expert – Staff Manager - Crisis Handler. Initiate whatever needed to ensure projects’ success. Unflappable during crises.

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Goldman Sachs Decides Restructuring Work Is Possible, After All

Harvard Business Review

By spreading tasks out among a broader group of younger analysts (they hired 14% more new analysts for 2014 than they did for 2013), and asking managers to take the time to explain more clearly upfront what they really need them to do, Goldman says it can create a saner and more efficient workplace.

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When Did the U.S. Stop Seeing Teachers as Professionals?

Harvard Business Review

One Brookings Institute analysis projected that teacher actions could spread to another 11 states. ” This definition is echoed by a 2013 national survey of 20,000 conducted by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. It normally aspires to social, not selfish, purpose. Teaching, like pastoring, is often a “calling.”

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The Rise of Co-Working Office Spaces

Harvard Business Review

Demand is predicted to expand by as much as 40% in 2013. It's no secret that the efficiency-driven modern office is a joyless and at best neutral venue in most people's lives. They don't want job security, they want career fluidity.". And for good reason. They choose when and how they do what they do, on their own terms.

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The Critical Skills for Leading Major Change in America’s Health System

Harvard Business Review

For these leaders — and young people aspiring to careers as health care managers — one very practical question emerges: What are the critical skills for leading major change in our health system? The latter was a project I led after returning to Partners in 2011. We reported the results publicly on a project website.

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