Annie Hyman Pratt Reimagining the Way We Work Together

Annie Hyman Pratt, once known as the Bean Queen, grew her family's
business, The Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf, from a small store chain to
a celebrated national brand. Even with all that success, she
learned a lot of hard lessons along the way. Today, Annie uses all
she learned and helps other businesses who are undergoing large
scale change, rapid growth, and reorginazation. Today, Annie and
Danny talk about the #1 thing that will sink a company, even if
they have a perfect strategy. Key Points At 3:50 - Annie talks
about what it was like having the company she grew from 7 stores to
worldwide sold out from under her. At 5:50 - Annie talks about the
one thing that will sink a company, even if their strategy is
perfect. At 12:30 - All about how Annie learned the hard way that
criticism and blame will not help accomplish goals. In fact they do
just the opposite. At 16:30 - Most problems start with owners and
managers. Annie reveals her different approach to problems with
employees, that begins with confronting your own fears, and sharing
them. At 26:20 - Annie shares her vision for the future of
business, a better way that takes in to account that people make
mistakes, but in embracing this, even greater things can be
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