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3 Ways Pixar Gains Competitive Advantage from Its Culture

Michael Lee Stallard

Catmull and John Lasseter, Pixar’s CEO, were appointed to lead the unit as president and CEO, respectively. With 70 percent of American workers disengaged today, Pixar and Disney Animation provide a model for engaging and energizing employees by making culture a competitive advantage. Care about people first.

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Harnessing your team's competitive advantage

Coaching Tip

Source: CrisMarie Campbell: The Beauty of Conflict: Harnessing Your Team’s Competitive Advantage. . The new book, "The Beauty of Conflict" believes there is a direct correlation between employee engagement and the degree to which people embrace and use conflict.

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The Competitive Advantage to Creating a Data-Driven Culture

CEO Insider

License and Republishing: The views expressed in this article The Competitive Advantage to Creating a Data-Driven Culture are those of the author Florian Winterstein alone and not the CEOWORLD magazine. The growing demand for real-time data leaves executive decision-makers without the right tools in […].

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Overcoming supply chain complexities for advantage

Lead Change Blog

Co-hosts Steven Bowen, author & CEO at Maine Pointe, and Mike Burnette, MD, Global Supply Chain Institute (GSCI), University of Tennessee, will discuss the latest research into corporate supply chain challenges. End-to-end collaboration best practices.

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Microsoft Office: A Competitive Advantage that Needs to be Mobile

Coaching Tip

One of the major strategic plays, set in motion by the purchase of Nokia Corporation''s mobile-phone business, is to take their Microsoft Windows Office competitive advantage to the mobile marketplace of smartphones and tablets. High Performance Teams; A Competitive Advantage. and Google Inc.

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CPG Hiring Trends

N2Growth Blog

Aware of these key industry trends, Recruiters will create a significant competitive advantage by better targeting the most qualified candidates, creating a compelling employer value proposition, and drastically reducing their time to fill. The CEO of the future is going to have a broader experience than the current CEO.

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This Is What You Need to Learn to Become A Successful CEO

Lead from Within

Most articles that try to tell you how to become a great CEO will talk about actions, plans and processes. To be a great CEO or an effective leader you must first start with who you are as a leader. To be a great CEO or an effective leader you must first start with who you are as a leader. So how do you start? Embrace change.

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