Strategy Driven

AUGUST 28, 2015

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. I kept the logs and learned about the music, the record companies, the composers and much more. That first great mentor sticks with you always.

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Pryor Mentor Learning-by-Doing Audience 50

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 19, 2018

We started by tracking people joining companies with employee bases ranging from a few hundred to more than 40,000 people and pairing their progress in making social connections with monthly attrition data. But recently we began to wonder if there was a way to accelerate that process.

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Pryor Attrition Short-term Mentor 14

First Friday Book Synopsis

JANUARY 20, 2012

Smile Guide: Employee Perspectives on Cullture, Loyalty, and Profit Paul Spiegelman Brown Books Publishing Group (2012) How and why a values-based company can make the world a better place by enhancing the lives of those who work there Those who have read Paul Spiegelman’s previous book, Why is Everyone Smiling?

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Books Loyalty Review Productivity 125

Miles Anthony Smith

JUNE 5, 2018

Everything is in flux, and we should enjoy the ride as we may change jobs, companies, and even types of work (contract work, employment, entrepreneurship, etc.). With the shifting world of work, many employers recognize that this skill set will be extremely beneficial in the workplace as companies grow and transition. Self-assuredness.

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Career Advice Succession Learning-by-Doing 74

Strategy Driven

JUNE 7, 2013

Any company or organization is like a tree. None of the limbs and twigs on each branch (staff-consultants) provide all nourishment required to breed a healthy tree (company). I later reorganized his company. My entertainment mentors were Cactus Pryor and Bob Gooding. The corporate owner was a liquor company.

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Franchising Budgeting Pryor Consultative 61