PR, meet HR!
Since public relations should work closely with human resources in the work place, PR Gumbo will regularly feature HR pro Dawn Burke.
“Great theatre is about challenging how we think and encouraging us to fantasize about a world we aspire to.” — Willem Dafoe
Sounds like how high-performance teams must work now. Let me tell you why.
I finally saw Hamilton in Chicago. OMG. My theatre nerd came out of me in all directions.
I got tickets as a Christmas present, so have been anticipating the greatness that is Hamilton for 8 months. It was worth the wait. I’ve had the soundtrack for months, I know the lyrics and obviously knows how it ends. With that in mind, I felt certain there wouldn’t be tears as I watched. Wrong — at the end I was holding back a semi-ugly cry and at one point I started welling up because the production quality was just so good.
As I watched, I thought, if these guys didn’t make it in Theatre, what would their profession be? I for one would hire them. Why? Let me tell you why… most were theatre majors, or in the very least learned professionalism through working in the theatre.
We often hear managers make leadership and teamwork references to sports. My God! Enough already. Expand your horizons and think differently. Frankly, the same analogies can be made for those in Theatre. Traits for those lucky enough to be in Theatre include:
To read the rest of Dawn Burke’s post, click here.
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