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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. Today, when I use nouns as verbs and place business terms out of context to make people think creatively, I’m thinking back to Cactus Pryor.

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Conflict Resolution Techniques: Question Your Assumptions | Guy.

The Recovering Engineer

Fred Pryor Seminars Dealing with Difficult Customers-set of 3 says: July 6, 2010 at 6:10 pm [.] He now enjoys speaking, writing, and teaching these relationship principles to others. Conflict Resolution Techniques: Question Your Assumptions | Guy … [.] Reply What Do You Think? Most of my older posts can be found at.

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The Big Picture of Business: The Colonel and Me

Strategy Driven

My entertainment mentors were Cactus Pryor and Bob Gooding. Corporate cultures depend upon real-time conditions, projected outcomes and policies that promote steady growth.). The Colonel had just founded a fast food empire called Kentucky Fried Chicken. He was heralded as an entrepreneur who was also a senior citizen. About the Author.