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Q&A With Best Selling Author And Expert Storyteller, Paul Smith

Eric Jacobson

Being a new author, you don’t really know what to expect in terms of book sales, marketing efforts, media exposure, translation rights, etc. What has Lead with A Story done for your career? How would you summarize the overall reaction to your Lead with a Story book? Any surprises? It’s all new territory.

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The Big Picture of Business – Tribute to a Great Mentor. Remembering Cactus Pryor.

Strategy Driven

Mine was legendary humorist and media figure Cactus Pryor. I was 10 years old and wanted to be the Dick Clark of local media. Through the remotes, I learned how to feed lines and develop the talent to speak in sound bites, as I do for business media interviews to this day. That first great mentor sticks with you always.

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The September 2012 Leadership Development Carnival NFL Kick-off Edition

Great Leadership By Dan

Well-intentioned talent management systems are frequently to blame for undermining the quality of career conversations. Matrix organizations are becoming more common as organizations grow larger, become more complex, and/or enter global markets. Anna Farmery , from The Engaging Brand, scores with 5 Common Mistakes with Social Media.