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Mastering A Career Change After 50

HR Digest

The lessons in the film about talent and ageism are quite real. To put it bluntly, we still live in a world where you’ll face hurdles if you’re looking to start a new career or reboot an old one. Along with this, technological changes bring their own shifts in the workplace. So what all is needed to make a career switch at 50?

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Tune-in Tonight! SiriusXM Ch125 @ 9pm Eastern (6p Pacific)

General Leadership

As owner and lead consultant at Maiers Educational Services , her passion for literacy and technology to discover creative ways to assist schools and organizations in meeting their learning and productivity goals. Lori Mixson, “the Last Angel” Twitter: @lastangel1970.

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Slow Decline of Eastman Kodak due to an Inability to Reinvent

Coaching Tip

The film giant gave us the "Kodak Moment," which persists as the quintessential photographic experience even though in today''s digital camera age "selfies" on smartphones are a major factor. Creative changes in customers'' taste, technologies and global economic circumstance continue to destroy the Kodaks of this world.

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What a Mechanical Shark Can Teach Us About Leadership and Innovation

Leading Blog

But this wasn’t the film itself. It was a documentary on the making of the movie, all about the lengths that then 27-year-old wunderkind Steven Spielberg and his crew went to in creating a film that would define the summer blockbuster. The scene is famous for the way it terrified audiences without ever showing the titular shark.

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3 Ways Pixar Gains Competitive Advantage from Its Culture

Michael Lee Stallard

Pixar has been phenomenally successful with the likes of Toy Story , The Incredibles , Finding Nemo, and Up, to name but a few of its films. Here are three ways Catmull and his leadership team create a culture that consistently makes great films. Pixar’s purpose is to “make great films.” Care about people first.

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Rookie Talent: Avoiding a Kodak Moment

Leading Blog

During most of the 20th century Kodak held a dominant position in photographic film, and in 1976, had an 89% market share of photographic film sales in the United States. This generation is the first to be raised in a post-industrial era driven by technology. In 2012, the company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.

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Busting Ageism: A Guide to Finding Jobs You Can Do at 50 and Above

HR Digest

This article discusses several ways and steps on how to look for a job at 50, whether you’re looking to switch careers or get back into the workforce due to the recession. There are many famous people who have started their careers later in life. There are many famous people who have started their careers later in life.

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