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Mr. Rogers in the Boardroom? You Bet!

Decker Communication

Senate Committee Hearing in 1969 as Chairman John Pastore was investigating whether to pass a $20 million funding bill to PBS. But for everyone, the film is definitely worth seeing—entertaining, dramatic and historical. The Boardroom was the U.S. You will come to know a Fred Rogers you have never seen before.

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Corporations: Lessons from a College Football Halftime

Michael Lee Stallard

Survivors who take part in the filming or go onto the football field for the halftime show report that it is a life-affirming experience that helps them heal. The group’s mission is to promote awareness, provide education, raise funds ($250,000 in this decade) and support survivors and their families.

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The Art of Following Up for Executives

N2Growth Blog

The selection committee is going to hire the most qualified person for the job, regardless, so why take the time at all? . It’s your tagline and title for the film you want your audience to buy a ticket for. Many say there is an art to the follow-up. Could they be right? Does it really matter? So give it some thought and flair.

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Should women always wear high heels in the workplace?

HR Digest

In his response to the petition, Japan labor minister Takumi Nemoto told a legislative committee on Wednesday that “It is socially accepted as something that falls with the realm of being occupationally necessary and appropriate.”. The prestigious Cannes Film Festival did deny women who weren’t on high heels access to the event’s red carpet.

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Olympian Leadership Lessons in Peak Performance

The Practical Leader

The quest for personal excellence is what the father of our modern Olympics and founder of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), Pierre de Coubertin, envisioned over a hundred years ago: “The important thing in life is not the triumph but the struggle, the essential thing is not to have conquered but to have fought well.”

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The Problem with Saying “My Door Is Always Open”

Harvard Business Review

Sam Goldwyn, the legendary American film producer, referred to this when he famously said: “I don’t want any yes-men around me. Perhaps the most obvious, one that breeds considerable cynicism, is when a powerful person tells people to challenge him…and then punishes those who do.

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Why Business is Stuck on Income Inequality

Harvard Business Review

Martin Sorrell, the CEO of advertising and public relations giant WPP, was just at the Sundance Film Festival, where he saw a documentary called The Flaw.

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