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Made From Scratch

Leading Blog

But then founder Kent Taylor is not a conventional guy. He describes Texas Roadhouse as “a people company that just happened to sell steaks.”. Throughout the book, his colleagues, friends, and family members weigh in on Taylor’s remarkable journey, and at the end of each chapter, he summarizes lessons he had learned along the way.

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Texas Roadhouse and a Leader’s Legacy

Mark Sanborn

A personal note: This post is a tribute to Kent Taylor, founder and CEO of Texas Roadhouse who tragically passed in March 2021. Kent Taylor, founder of Texas Roadhouse, not only openly admits that three of his first five restaurants failed, but he has a memento from each mounted behind his desk with a plaque detailing the money lost. .

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2020 Top CHRO List – The People Leaders To Watch

N2Growth Blog

These Human Resource leaders represent the top 25 human resources leaders shaping careers, culture, and talent at the world’s most innovative people driven companies. Find HR’s hand (in a good way) in everything as an enabler and contributor to operations flowing all the way through to customer/client satisfaction.

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Footwashing for Leaders

Leading Blog

Fast Company cofounder Bill Taylor argues in Are You “Humbitious” Enough to Lead? Oddly, the ones operating under a delusion that they are all-powerful are the ones who have yet to reach their potential. [So] Humility is all about perspective. They seek success—they are ambitious—but they are humbled when it arrives.

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Challenging Thought-Terminating Clichés: Strategies for Organizational Change

Mike Cardus

It’s a company secret.” This ‘camouflage’ approach ensures that change agents operate seamlessly within the organization, making their efforts more effective and less susceptible to dismissal. (ironically) “Just follow the protocol.” This isn’t the time or place.” That’s a decision for the higher-ups.” There’s no ‘I’ in ‘Team’.”

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Women Leadership Changes in 2013

Coaching Tip

Kathleen Taylor was named the next chairman of the Royal Bank of Canada. Still, in the year that Facebook Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg published " Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead ," women everywhere made impressive economic and political gains. Park Geun Hye took office as South Korea''s president.

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Providing security: how to give insecure workers a firmer foundation

Chartered Management Institute

Roles are increasingly offered and operated via apps, with task management software allocating and tracking jobs. Managing insecure workers is all about setting and communicating clear expectations,” says David Taylor, who works at the agriculture supply chain software company Agritask. “As