Fred Pryor Seminars Dealing with Difficult Customers-set of 3 says: July 6, 2010 at 6:10 pm [.] MORE

My entertainment mentors were Cactus Pryor and Bob Gooding. Business Know-How Comes From Experience – The Value of Life-Long Mentoring. The Business Tree : Growth Strategies and Tactics for Surviving and Thriving. by Hank Moore. Any company or organization is like a tree. It seemingly looks the same each day but sheds leaves, lets its limbs rot and applies “band-aid surgery” to its branches late in life. Therefore, it does not fully grow and bloom. MORE

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. From Cactus Pryor and a 24-year old newscaster named Bill Moyers, I learned that if you take the dirtiest job and do it better than everyone else, you will be a solid expert. Music programming was important to Cactus Pryor and, thus, to me. He was the “other Richard Pryor.” MORE

Bob's blog entries Andrew Pryor Bob Willey Brown Books Publishing Group Glenda Dearion How and why a values-based company can make the world a better place by enhancing the lives of those who work there Jennifer McDonald Jennifer Mills Jhan Knebel Lance Shipp Lao Tzu Lara Morrow Maricela Rodriguez Paul Spiegelman Smile Guide: Employee Perspectives on Cullture [comma] Loyalty [comma] and Profit Tao Te Ching Why is Everyone Smiling? MORE

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. Welcome to the October edition of the Servant Leadership Observer. MORE

One book I read, "Don't Shoot the Dog," by Karen Pryor, taught me about the power of reinforcement. Hard Choices. Inspired by Bloomburg Businessweek Magazine.the very last page of each issue.). Think About What You Have To Do, and Do Something You're Thinking About.". Serving my local community as a high school teacher for 4 years, I learned a lot about customer service and the ability to take action. MORE

Liz Pryor ( Life Advice Guru ) Authenticity is one of the most underrated keys to success. 45 Career Advice Experts Share Their Blueprint for Career Success (Plus Leaderboard)​ Does your career seem to be a struggle at times? Why is the world appear to be so topsy-turvy? Have you felt this way? I know I have … many times. MORE

Greg Pryor, head of talent at Workday, which partnered with us on this research, describes the difference as working to pull people into your network rather than pushing your way into theirs. David Crockett/Getty Images. Anyone who hopes to hit the ground running in a new organization must first cultivate allies—a network of people who can provide the information, resources and support needed to succeed. MORE