Know-How Exchange : Career/Training

Conflict resolution - Shrek - because it illustrates the various responses we all have when under stress.

Fight - Fiona
Flight - Donkey
Balanced - Shrek

I like the segment when Shrek & Donkey approach the castle and rescue the princess.

If I am not mistaken John Cleese did a collection of "Business Management-type" videos a few years ago. Although I never saw them, I read they were quite well done and very funny. Along that line - Monty Python or Fawlty Towers would be in the same vein as "what not to do" and probably had sketches that addressed each and everything you're looking for.

Good luck!
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The Ten Greatest Business Movies

Citizen Kane, in many ways, stands alone as a business movie by telling the story of an empire builder and the price he--and others--pay. Since then, every media mogul (or wannabe mogul) is inevitably compared to Charles Foster Kane. (See table below for more on individual films.)

The Godfather: Part II was our panel's second choice, beating out the original Godfather, which ranks fourth. We were not quite sure that the Godfather movies should be considered business movies, since the business at issue is largely criminal, but our panel of producers, directors, critics, writers and professors assured us they are.

In The Godfather, ranked fourth on the list, Michael Corleone predicts that the Corleone family will be completely legitimate within five years. He tries, but in Godfather II his best efforts come to naught. "Godfather II is the ultimate family-business movie, far more sophisticated than Godfather I," says veteran film critic Judith Crist. "These Corleones are less lovable. Michael is all hard-headed business, even proving that blood is less thick than water."

It's a Wonderful Life ranks third on the list and is the only movie with a cheerful view of business in which the good guys win. The movie "has prevented more white-collar crime and inspired more business losses than any American movie," says Michael Lewis, author of Liar's Poker and The New New Thing. Only Frank Capra could pull that off.

Network and The Insider rank fifth and sixth. Both involve the media business and the inevitable conflict between church (journalism) and state (ratings or corporate concerns). Ultimately, the journalists are the good guys. (We did not consider movies about show business for our list; we also excluded documentaries.)

In Glengarry Glen Ross (ranked seventh) and Tin Men (number nine), David Mamet and Barry Levinson, respectively, discovered drama in the desperation and chicanery of salesmen on commission. "Salesmen don't actually talk like this. No one talks like Mamet characters in real life, ever," says Forbes staff writer Peter Kafka, who covers Hollywood. "But anyone who's sold something recognizes the characters anyway."

Oliver Stone's Wall Street (number eight) and Charlie Chaplin's Modern Times (number 10) complete the list. Both movies helped define their eras. Chaplin's 1936 film captures our frantic effort to keep up with the assembly line--and to stay ahead of work in general. Stone's 1987 release portrays Chaplin's direct descendant, telling the story of Wall Street in the roaring 1980s and the efforts of one would-be titan's efforts to keep up with the Joneses at a very high level.

Source: https://www.forbes.com/2002/12/16/cx_da_1216bizmovies.html

Hmm, I'd say that the movie 'American Psycho' graphically depicts how NOT to deal with stress! Also, 'Disclosure' (1994) with Demi Moore and Michael Douglas would be a good example to cover the subjects of sexual harassment and office politics.

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For handling pressure- Saving Private Ryan

Office Space featured a take on a lot of those topics.

Tommy Boy touched on some on those as well. Especially from a sales perspective.