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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. His father, Skinny Pryor, owned a movie theatre and entertained audiences with comedy routines during intermissions. From that mentoring, I fell in love with the non-profit culture, the organizations and the client bases affected by them.

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45 Career Advice Experts Offer Career Success Secrets

Miles Anthony Smith

45 Career Advice Experts Share Their Blueprint for Career Success (Plus Leaderboard)​ Does your career seem to be a struggle at times? It’s why I wrote my book Why Career Advice Sucks™ … to share the stories of my own career success and failures and help you grow your career more quickly.

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The Big Picture of Business: The Colonel and Me

Strategy Driven

Any company or organization is like a tree. My entertainment mentors were Cactus Pryor and Bob Gooding. Rather than discussing the taste of the food, I asked about his desired legacy and the Big Picture goals of the organization. ” KFC was a watershed in my career (at that point 21 years long). by Hank Moore.