Strategy Driven

AUGUST 28, 2015

Cactus began developing special characters, with unique personas. During that time, he developed a famous sign-off phrase. He taught me how to deliver live commercials and to ad-lib. Through the remotes, I learned how to feed lines and develop the talent to speak in sound bites, as I do for business media interviews to this day.

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Pryor Mentor Learning-by-Doing Audience 50

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

The way Jon Stewart’s Daily Show launched the careers new comedians, or Alice Waters launched the careers of new chefs. Through spotting, nurturing, and developing talent, superbosses — like comic book superheroes — have an outsized impact. Finally, Stan Lee’s example is a reminder to dream big.

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Creativity Management Franchising Career 15

Next Level Blog

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

  And, oh by the way, McNabb has run more than a few game-on-the-line two minute drills in his long NFL career.  In any case, while there are many, many "don't do as I do" leadership lessons from the Chicago Bears, the one that is on my mind today is a failure to develop leadership depth on the team.

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Leadership Blog Sports Learning-by-Doing 137

Roundtable Talk

JULY 14, 2010

← Lessons from the Word Cup: how to push your agenda Fast Friday quote of the week: from the battered mid-executive line → George Steinbrenner: the King of Consequences Posted on July 14, 2010 by LeaderTalker | Leave a comment Controversial New York Yankees coach, George Steinbrenner , passed away yesterday at the age of 80.

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Franchising Godin Micromanagement Blog 34

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 21, 2014

Because most of the UK KFC system was franchised, it was important to win our franchisees over to a new brand strategy we had been planning before the acquisition took place. I put a lot of work into getting ready for my initial pitch to the UK franchisees, some of which had been involved in the business their entire career.

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Globalization Strategy Franchising Brand 11

Miles Anthony Smith

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

Starting a Business From Home: How to Find Success Note: This post was written in collaboration with Amy Collett , a personal branding strategist and author of You, Exemplified: The Role of Personal Branding in Your Professional Life. Photo Credit: Unsplash Are you thinking about starting up a small business from your home?

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Tips Franchising Cost Travel 95

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 4, 2013

and developed Europe — women entrepreneurs have higher levels of innovation than their male counterparts. Their lower employment numbers and growth aspirations have historically led to questions of how to "fix" them. Similarly, I recently met with Sanergy and Copia Global, Kenyan social enterprises using franchise models.

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Globalization Entrepreneur Banking Supply Chain 14

N2Growth Blog

JUNE 11, 2010

If you choose to dive into the social media world without a strategy, without understanding how to create social media influence, you will not be pleased with your results. It’s not how well you sell, it’s about how well you listen, add value and build meaningful relationships. Everything you say is entirely true!

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Media Influence Blog Real Estate 368

ExactHire - Leadership

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Create a comprehensive anti-discrimination training plan using how-to videos and assessments to ensure understanding. Make sure they know how to handle discrimination situations to avoid making the company vulnerable to further legal action. Create a career development plan for employees. Create a mentorship program.

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Tips Human Resources Software Training 52

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 23, 2015

We’ve hit a point of acceleration in video and wearable technologies that provide us with information that we’ve never had in the past about how to optimize player performance. If you could give your younger self one piece of career advice, what would it be? Learn how to run a regression analysis! We want to win.

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Price Team Sports Franchising 8

N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

Any number of franchised coaching offerings can be purchased at affordable prices, numerous affliliations with the hot coaching brand de-jure are available for the asking, or if all else fails coaches can just go it alone as a solo practitioner – the more the merrier right? Sorry, this blog caused a little testiness here.

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Blog Mentor Advice Brand 329

Harvard Business Review

JULY 28, 2014

If you’re a mid- or late-career marketer, chances are your job today is mostly unrecognizable from what you signed on for. For marketing leaders, this has forced some serious soul searching on how to meet these challenges. Perhaps no other business function has changed as dramatically over the past decade.

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Storytelling Brand Audience Marketing 11

N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 31, 2010

I disagree with the argument that it takes several years to learn how to get things done in Washington. One might add that at the time of the Founders, America had approximately 2 million people, and many fewer had the franchise than today. That is only because those who control the congress make it that way. TERM LIMITS NOW!

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Blog Politics Short-term Long-term 392