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

Strategy Driven

That’s why I advise businesses, write books, speak at conferences and more. 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. Music programming was important to Cactus Pryor and, thus, to me.

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Smile Guide: A book review by Bob Morris

First Friday Book Synopsis

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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45 Career Advice Experts Offer Career Success Secrets

Miles Anthony Smith

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. Or perhaps someone who can spend some days behind their desk and other days in the field, equally productive in both environments. Have you felt this way?

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The Big Picture of Business: The Colonel and Me

Strategy Driven

My entertainment mentors were Cactus Pryor and Bob Gooding. Meetings commenced at headquarters about the future direction of the company and the product. It is a compendium book, containing quotes and extrapolations into business culture, arranged in 76 business categories. Colonel Sanders died in 1979. Its CEO (John Y.