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Leadership Lessons from Hollywood How to Manage and Motivate Creative Professionals David Brownstein, PCC, CPCC

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Executive Leadership Coach David Brownstein's TEDx Talk tells what we can learn about managing creative teams by discussing Paul Haggis' heart attack during production of his Academy Award winning film "Crash."

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  • 1. Leadership Lessons from Hollywood How to Manage and Motivate Creative Professionals David Brownstein, PCC, CPCC

2. PEOPLE LAUGH When I start talking about the idea of Hollywood leadership. 3. BEHIND THE SCENES The good ones are INVISIBLE until they screw up. Or win awards. Or make big bucks. 4. HELLO MY NAME IS: David Brownstein, PCC, CPCC. 5. BOTH SIDES NOW: Award Winning Film-Maker Creating something out of nothing and trying to sell it to a team and to an executive. Been an executive trying to get the best out of my creative team on a budget and a schedule. 6. HOLLYWOOD LEADERSHIP DOES IT EXIST? 7. WARRIOR ARCHETYPE PROTECTOR OF BOUNDARIES: Time Space Budget Schedule 8. WHAT IS HOLLYWOOD? 9. The Neighborhood 10. The Industry 11. Mythical Mindspace 12. WHAT MOTIVATES? TO LEAVE THEIR SAFE HOMES AND FAMILIES? 13. IS IT MONEY? THATS WHAT HEAR ABOUT IN THE NEWS: BIG BUDGETS BOX OFFICE GROSSES STAR SALARIES 14. WALT DISNEY: We dont make movies to make money. We make money to make movies 15. IS IT SUCCESS? Gary Shandling: Ive had enough success to know that if I were driven by success Id be happy. 16. INTERNAL MOTIVATION Art is the act of triggering deep memories of what it means to be fully human -David Whyte 17. JUST LIKE US: IN NORTHERN FINLAND THE CREATIVE SOUL 18. CREATIVE LEADERSHIP CREATIVE PEOPLE CREATIVES LEADERS (MANAGE CREATIVE PEOPLE) CREATIVE EXECUTIVES (MANAGE CREATIVE LEADERS) 19. THE BUSINESS CHALLENGE How Do We Lead Them? How Do We Motivate Them? How Do We Manage Them? 20. HERDING CATS? Not Really, Unless You Mean Lions, Tigers and Kings and Queens of the Jungle. 21. GOT GENIUS? IF YOU GIVE BIRTH TO THE GENIUS WITHIN YOU IT WILL FREE YOU. IF YOU DO NOT GIVE BIRTH TO THE GENIUS WITHIN YOU IT WILL DESTROY YOU (GNOSTIC GOSPEL) 22. Paul Haggis Writer/Director 23. DOCTORS ORDERS 24. PAUL HAGGIS SAID: If I dont finish this movie then I will surely die. 25. AS CREATIVE LEADERS How do we manage someone who will put his/her life on the line for a creative project? 26. THE PRODUCER Cathy Schulman, Producer of Crash won an Best Picture Oscar for the film was asked: How did you get expensive, big name actors to work for low budget film rates? 27. THEIR DAY JOB Actors got into the business to act and tell stories. Working on an big budget action movie in front of a Green Screen is their Day Job. 28. WHAT DO CREATIVES NEED? 1) STRUCTURE (the right balance of freedom and structure.) 29. ACCOUNTABILITY What Will You Do? When Will You Do It? How Will I Know? 30. MOST IMPORTANTLY What Did You Learn? 31. 2) TRUST THAT YOU ARE ON THEIR SIDE THAT YOU WILL FIGHT TO PROTECT THE CREATIVE PROCESS. 32. CREATIVE LEADERS CREATIVE WARRIORS 33. Leadership Lessons from Hollywood David Brownstein, PCC, CPCC www.hollywoodcoaching.com @hollywoodcoach