There are a lot of books out there on how to achieve job satisfaction and get ahead in the business world, but few are from the viewpoint of someone with a front row seat in the always-elusive entertainment industry.  That’s what I found interesting about Danielle Weinstock’s Can This Elephant Curtsy on Cue?. A Hollywood producer, ...

I heard a preposterous story about a CEO who arrived at his new company – a medium-sized business with about 100 people in his location – and proceeded to order all of the employees into the parking lot.  “You all are to stay out here until further notice,” he said.  “If I or senior management needs you for something, we ...

Now that ''Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows'' is upon us, Andrew over at Jobacle.com has a really neat post on career lessons we can learn from J.K. Rowling, the most successful author in history.Use Delays to Your Advantage.  It was during a four-hour train delay between Manchester and London that Rowling first put pen to paper about a ...