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Pixar’s Competitive Advantage? A Connection Culture

Michael Lee Stallard

In most organizations only 25 percent of employees – the managers and the stars — feel included. Typically, the overwhelming majority of employees feel that senior management does not value them or their contributions. At Pixar, the percentage of employees who feel included is certainly much, much higher than the norm.

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Team Engagement Brings Competitive Advantage

Lead Change Blog

There is a lack of employee engagement and productivity as accuracy levels decrease, absenteeism increases, motivation is lacking and an unhealthy degree of competitiveness exists. Team members make your company’s success and in an era that is so focused on technological advancements effective teamwork is your biggest competitive advantage.

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3 Ways Pixar Gains Competitive Advantage from Its Culture

Michael Lee Stallard

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. In most companies the overwhelming majority of employees feel that senior management does not value their opinions and ideas. Care about people first.

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How Your Late Employees Improve Your Competitive Advantage

Great Leadership By Dan

Is Time Management the Answer? Time Management courses are designed to improve workplace efficiency -, typically advising employees to prioritise their tasks, schedule their time and avoid distractions. However, these are only successful strategies in an environment which has a predictable and stable workflow. Where Are We Headed?

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Leadership and Knowledge Management

N2Growth Blog

Let’s begin by defining knowledge management (KM)…While this alone may spur fierce debate, for simplicity sake I’ll define knowledge management as: “an organization’s ability to collect and convert data into information, turn information into knowledge, and knowledge into an operating advantage.&#

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The Competitive Advantage Of Having A Good Day

The Horizons Tracker

“It is important to understand and manage these daily workplace experiences to improve employee creative performance,” the researchers say. “As many contemporary organizations will attest, this is an area that is increasingly important for companies to develop a distinct competitive advantage.”

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Don’t Leave a Dead Bird on your Doorstep!

N2Growth Blog

Leadership Operations & Strategy Personal Branding Talent Management Brian Layer competitive advantage General Brian Layer Leadership and influence leading a large organization leading a team' If not, be prepared to have a few dead birds on your doorstep. Follow me on Twitter @brianlayer.