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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Modern Servant Leader

NOVEMBER 10, 2011

Columbus Ledger-Enquirer: Former Red Cross exec Vikki Pryor addresses Servant Leadership Conference. This piece recaps Pryor’s keynote at the Pastoral Institute’s annual Servant Leadership Conference. I had the good fortune to hear Pryor at the Greenleaf conference a couple years ago and highly recommend her.

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Jason Womack

MARCH 7, 2011

One book I read, "Don't Shoot the Dog," by Karen Pryor, taught me about the power of reinforcement. Turned out I was reinforcing ANY behavior my students were exhibiting - be it positive (engaging, taking notes, doing well on their exams) or negative (showing up tardy, not doing homework, acting out in class).

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Miles Anthony Smith

JUNE 5, 2018

Margaret Buj ( Interview Coach ) Always try improve yourself no matter where you work or what your position is. Particularly at more junior positions. However, it's also the MOST CRITICAL skill in senior management and leadership positions. Also, build a strong network and help your colleagues. Learn all you can. Resilience.

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