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Quotes And Leadership Lessons From Tulsa Movie

Joseph Lalonde

Starring Livi Birch as the precocious Tulsa and Scott Pryor as a down-and-out Marine biker named Tommy, Tommy’s […]. I had the pleasure of watching the movie Tulsa this past weekend through a screener that I was provided. I was able to kick back and watch this touching movie in the comfort of my own home.

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Servant Leadership Observer – October 2011

Modern Servant Leader

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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"Think About What You Have To Do, and Do Something You're Thinking About"

Jason Womack

One book I read, "Don't Shoot the Dog," by Karen Pryor, taught me about the power of reinforcement. It wasn't about controlling the students, she taught me, it was about getting them to want to succeed. I realized I needed to think differently about my own philosophy of teaching and learning.

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Book Review: Good Awkward

Roundtable Talk

Book: Good Awkward By Henna Pryor Reviewed by: Glain Roberts-McCabe The Premise In Good Awkward, author and TEDx speaker Henna Pryor invites her readers to “embrace the embarrassing and celebrate the cringe to become the bravest you.”

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Top 3 Takeaways from “Be Awkward”

Roundtable Talk

Henna Pryor joined me to share highlights and wisdom from her new book Good Awkward: How to embrace the embarrassing, celebrate the cringe and become the bravest you.

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Smile Guide: A book review by Bob Morris

First Friday Book Synopsis

Smile Guide: Employee Perspectives on Cullture, Loyalty, and Profit Paul Spiegelman Brown Books Publishing Group (2012) How and why a values-based company can make the world a better place by enhancing the lives of those who work there Those who have read Paul Spiegelman’s previous book, Why is Everyone Smiling?

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The Best Way to Network in a New Job

Harvard Business Review

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. “We teach our people how to draw people to their ideas and create energy in interactions from day one,” he explains.

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