Your Training Team TV

Are your employees engaged? Do you have a vision of the future? And a roadmap to get there?

Me Elias was seated in 1D during the US airways crash into the Hudson River. Ric Elias had a front-row seat on Flight 1549, the plane that crash-landed in the Hudson River in New York in January 2009. What went through his mind as the doomed plane went down? At TED, he tells his story [...]

This is a great story about how to achieve your childhood dreams. It is a long one, but it is well worth it. Let me know your thoughts. Carnegie Mellon Professor Randy Pausch (Oct. 23, 1960 – July 25, 2008) gave his last lecture at the university Sept. 18, 2007, before a packed McConomy Auditorium. [...]

This is a great video explanation of how to effectively use LinkedIn in your job search. Check it out.

This is a very speech from Chip Conley, CEO of Jois de Vivre Hotels. He talks about the process of getting leaders to value the intangible, by taking Maslow’s Hiearchy of needs and transforming it to an actionable business tool. Take 17 minutes to watch and consider how you can contribute to your company’s “GHP” [...]

Last fall I posed a question to LinkedIn. “What are the best films for depicting lessons in leadership and management?” To date I have received hundreds of responses. One of the films that overwhelmingly was recommended was Dead Poets Society. Now I will be honest, it had been a long time since I had seen [...]

Since I started this project of looking movies for lessons in leadership I find myself watching a lot of serious movies. Dramas that are serious and for lack of a better term dramatic. But every once in a while I think that I like to cut loose and talk about a “Stupid” movie. A film [...]

Movies are the stories of our lives. Whether it be the tales of sadness or hope, the morality tales that from an early age help teach us right from wrong, the mindless comedies that help us understand how to keep levity in situations or the action packed films that taught us all about C-4 and [...]

This week we look at the TV Show Undercover Boss. This is an interesting TV show that airs on CBS on Sunday Evenings. If you have not seen it, the links below have the entire first 4 episodes. The concept of this show is a leader of an organization goes undercover in his organization to [...]

This week we look at Monsters Inc. This is a great animated kid’s movie from 2001. The film won several awards. This is a fantastic movie to see again with a little one in your life if its been a while since you’ve last seen it. In the film employees of Monsters Inc sneak into [...]

“Have you seen my stapler” Is a classic line in American Cinema. This movie that talks tongue and cheek about the modern workplace. It follows the life of Peter Gibbons a worker that is a little more than disillusioned with the workplace. Through a series of escapades he finds himself promoted. This movie more clearly [...]

Tommy Boy is a fun movie about Tommy Callahan. A young just out of college grad that takes over the family business when his father the Pres of an Auto parts manufacture dies unexpectedly. The movie is filled with a lot of as my wife would like to call stupid humor, but it does have [...]

Seabiscuit is a inspirational film. It is on many film critics’ lists of the top motivational films of all time. If you have not seen it, it is well worth the rent. It is a story of the horse Seabiscuit and his owners and riders. The story is set around the time of the depression. [...]

For all the hype about this movie, I think it was fantastic. The Cinematography is amazing and the CGI was stunning. I have seen this movie a few times now, like many of the people that have spent over $1.5B on it. I am sure many of you know the story. A man goes to [...]

Episode #2 – Leadership and Up in the Air When I watched this film I saw some direct links to leading people and I wanted to discuss those today with you. I think the movie reinforced a few key leadership messages for me: Difficult conversations are just that difficult, keep them simple. Don’t let the [...]

Episode #1 – Leadership and the Blind Side When I watched this film I saw some direct links to leading people and I wanted to discuss those today with you. I think the movie reinforced a few key leadership messages for me: People are different, you have to get to know your team and understand [...]