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The Big Picture of Business – Each Role Matters. The Value of Support Staff

Strategy Driven

And then there were those mentors behind the scene who were responsible for lots of creativity. Steven Spielberg had John Williams as music composer for his films. Warmly recognize the contributions of executive assistants, trusted advisers, mentors, support staff, hier apparents, adjuncts, vendors and outside stakeholders.

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Busting Ageism: A Guide to Finding Jobs You Can Do at 50 and Above

HR Digest

The employer told him, “We need someone like you, with your experience and knowledge, to help guide and mentor our younger employees.” He went on to become one of the most recognizable and successful actors in Hollywood, known for his roles in films such as Pulp Fiction, Jackie Brown, and the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

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Aging Societies Should Make More of Mentorship

Harvard Business Review

The past year brought a rich array of films depicting connections between a wise, older mentor and a younger person in need of sage guidance, in ways that often defied gauzy stereotypes, from art-house movies like Lily Tomlin’s Grandma to blockbusters like Star Wars: The Force Awakens.

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Spice Up Business Prospecting with Video

Strategy Driven

This takes very little time and can be filmed with a camera at your desk. Sean has created new lines of business, reinvigorated stagnant company cultures, and mentored hundreds of employees who have gone on to do great things. Make use of product videos, and feel free to share them with your customers. Sean founded vidREACH.io

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Why I Challenged My Kids to Start Companies Before College

Harvard Business Review

Running a business might seem daunting for an 18-year-old, but my wife and I felt equipped to mentor them through the process. Through these experiences, both of them learned more about public speaking, customer interaction, sales, inventory management, financial management, and marketing.

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The Four Stops On the Way To Compelling Customer Story Content

Strategy Driven

Ask any experienced marketing professional about the top moves you can make to accelerate your marketing campaigns at any level of business, and an overwhelming majority will point to the weight that compelling customer testimonials carry. Carefully curate it to funnel traffic in the directions necessary. About the Author.

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Linds Redding’s Short Lesson in Perspective

In the CEO Afterlife

Our ad agencies, design groups, film and music studios have gone from being cottage industries and guilds of craftsmen and women, essentially unchanged from the middle-ages, to dark satanic mills of mass production. The wholesale industrialization and mechanization of the creative process.