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Could Pixar's 'Secret Story Guidelines' Work for Your Team?

Harvard Business Review

Stanton explained at the TED Conference on Tuesday that back in these scrappy days of 1993, as this group was putting together its ideas for its first movies, it saw itself swimming upstream against the dominant forces — and mindsets — of animated films. Their secret guidelines: No songs. No "I want" moments. No love story.

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9 Tips From Famous Writers On Being Successful

Joseph Lalonde

Cheryl Strayed, author of Wild which was made into a film starring Reese Witherspoon, talks about her writing trajectory. If you’re interested in sharing on JMLalonde.com, you can find the guidelines at An Invitation To Guest Post. And their tips can be easily applied to any area of life when it comes to being successful.

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Make This the Year of Boosting Coaching Skills

The Practical Leader

We’ll be missing the Sundance Film Festival coming up later this month. Scott Schweyer, Ed Haltrecht, and I are delighted to kick off 2013 this week at a Zenger Folkman’s international partners conference at the beautiful Swiss Zermatt Resort in Utah’s scenic Rocky Mountains.

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The September 2011 Leadership Development Carnival - Back to School Sale

Great Leadership By Dan

BTW, if you're wondering why your submission was not included - pay attention to the guidelines. Check out the cute Pixar film at the end. All are deeply discounted (free) and offer incredible value to the discriminating leadership shopper. So stock up, and enjoy your reading! Are you confusing your team?

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Leadership in VUCA World: Perspectives on #IndiaHRChat

QAspire

Every day/ every moment is unique, no historical data, no road map on guidelines. VUCA careers of the future will be like that of film stars, you play different roles in every second movie ~ @ideabound. - – - – -. Look for answer within, adapt. ~ @paraskhatri. How should learning journeys shift to adapt to a VUCA world?

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How Leaders Can Make Their Message More Memorable

Tanveer Naseer

Issue #3: We are on people’s memory in a distinguished kind of way but the memory doesn’t lead to action I remember attending a Tony Robbins workshop about four years ago, received a beautiful binder with all sorts of guidelines at the end, and I have not opened it since. I have lots of examples like these, from trivial to important.

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How Ratings and Awards Do (and Don’t) Benefit Companies

Harvard Business Review

For example, consider a film studio that designs a film’s release and marketing strategy around the Oscars, which it ultimately fails to even be nominated for. If the device is lumpy, it may be better to leave it alone since one runs the risk of expending resources to pursue the judgment device but not achieving it.

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