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0525 | Chris Taylor

LDRLB

Chris Taylor is the founder of actionablebooks.com , a training and development company that spreads actionable insights from business books in the form of summaries and workshops. In this interview, we discuss the role of culture in leading virtual teams. The post 0525 | Chris Taylor appeared first on LDRLB.

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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

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. Taylor will help you bridge the gap between transactional people and relational people. It’s also not all transactional.

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Team Building Podcast With Smarter Team Training

Great Results Team Building

I am both honored and excited to have been a recent guest contributor to the Smart Team Training Podcast with Coach Robert Taylor. His Smarter Team Training Website offers information and resources for coaches that focus on athlete and team development, performance, and education. Athletic Teambuilding'

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Made From Scratch

Leading Blog

But then founder Kent Taylor is not a conventional guy. Throughout the book, his colleagues, friends, and family members weigh in on Taylor’s remarkable journey, and at the end of each chapter, he summarizes lessons he had learned along the way. He dropped out of business school and threw away the rule book.

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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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The Best Leadership Books of 2021

Leading Blog

What has emerged from these conversations is that while everyone’s experiences under pressure are unique, pressure follows patterns and develops in predictable ways. Outside of the SEALs, he’s run meetings in the White House Situation Room, negotiated international arms treaties, and developed high-impact corporate strategies.

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