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Leadership Lessons From Kent Taylor, Founder Of Texas Roadhouse

Eric Jacobson

From cover-to-cover of Made From Scratch you’ll learn the leadership lessons of the late Kent Taylor , founder of the restaurant chain Texas Roadhouse. In the new book, Taylor recounts how he built the restaurant chain from the ground up after being rejected more than 80 times as he pitched the idea for the business. Keep it simple.

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5 Relationship Books For Leaders To Read In February 2023

Joseph Lalonde

In The 5 Languages of Appreciation, Chapman wants to help managers and business leaders to understand their people. Relactional Leadership: When Relationships Collide with Transactions by Ford Taylor: That’s not a misspelling for the title of the book. Ford Taylor understands that business is not all relational.

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Made From Scratch

Leading Blog

But then founder Kent Taylor is not a conventional guy. It is a well-written story that takes us from his days as a student-athlete through his formative years working his way up in bars and restaurants from busboy to manager, to the wild ride founding and growing Texas Roadhouse into the international success it is today.

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10 Simple "Truths" about Management vs. Leadership

Great Leadership By Dan

?. Taylor discovers the truth about the Planet of the Apes, 1967. ?1. Management and leadership are not the same. Not all leaders are managers and not all leaders are managers. Managers plan and budget, organize and staff, control and solve problems, and produce predictability and order.

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James Taylor: An interview by Bob Morris

First Friday Book Synopsis

James Taylor is the CEO and a Principal Consultant of Decision Management Solutions. James is the leading expert in decision management and decisioning technologies.

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A Leader’s Guide To Work In An Age Of Upheaval

Eric Jacobson

Taylor, Jr. Taylor, the CEO and President of the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), shares his personal experiences and candid, compassionate and practical thoughts on how to transform the way to select, retain and train employees in today’s, post-COVID and radically changed business environment. Taylor, Jr.

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Executive Coaches : Unleashing Potential

CO2

This blog post delves into the transformative journey of leadership development through the lens of executive coaching. The Evolution and Impact of Executive Coaching Executive coaches have been instrumental in the evolution of coaching as a dynamic and innovative practice in leadership development.