Strategy Driven

AUGUST 28, 2015

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. Today, when I use nouns as verbs and place business terms out of context to make people think creatively, I’m thinking back to Cactus Pryor.

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Pryor Mentor Learning-by-Doing Audience 50

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 19, 2018

The goal was to find newcomers who got connected (and productive) much more quickly than peers starting at the same time and who stayed in the organization through milestones, such as the first nine months and the two- to four-year tenure band, at which flight risk is greatest. ”

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Pryor Attrition Short-term Mentor 14

Miles Anthony Smith

JUNE 5, 2018

What is the number #1 characteristic of an employee/contract worker that hiring managers look for when hiring? What is the number #1 characteristic of an employee/contract worker that hiring managers look for when hiring? The #1 characteristic that I believe hiring managers seek in a candidate is flexibility. Initiative.

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Career Advice Succession Learning-by-Doing 74

Strategy Driven

JUNE 7, 2013

My entertainment mentors were Cactus Pryor and Bob Gooding. Meetings commenced at headquarters about the future direction of the company and the product. The Colonel had just founded a fast food empire called Kentucky Fried Chicken. He was heralded as an entrepreneur who was also a senior citizen. Colonel Sanders died in 1979.

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