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Chapter Seven: Dolly Parton: Completing the 9-to-5 Straight - Pg. 185

Dolly Parton: Completing the 9-to-5 Straight C hapter s even D olly P arton : C ompleting the 9-to-5 S traight Dolly Parton: In poker, a straight that includes the five through nine cards ("nine to five"). --From the 1980 movie Nine to Five Less than 24 hours into his parole from a New Jersey peniten- tiary, charismatic thief Danny Ocean (George Clooney) is already rolling out his next plan. In one night, Danny's handpicked crew of specialists will attempt to steal more than $150 million from three Las Vegas casinos. If you've seen Oceans Eleven (the 2001 remake of a 1960 movie of the same name starring Frank Sinatra as Danny Ocean), you know that Danny purposefully picks his crew for their strengths. And his picks are the strongest and best in their respective, and nefarious, fields of expertise. He knows their coordination and ability to work together as a team is paramount to success. As team leader, Danny must orchestrate their work so that each team member-- and the team itself--plays to his strengths. There truly is no other way to succeed, whether you're robbing three casinos, or leading a team at work! This fun, exciting, and, to some, inspiring film shows what you can do when you assemble the right cards. Ocean deals all the cards, 185