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Lawrence Watkins Recommends Getting At The Root Of The Problem Instead Of Merely Dealing With Symptoms

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  • Date Added : 9/21/2009
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Lawrence Watkins

  • Founder, Great Black Speakers Bureau
  • male
  • AfricanAmerican
  • 1984 (Age: 40 years old)
  • Lawrence Watkins - Interview - Simplicity of Business
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Biography

Lawrence Watkins is a young entrepreneur and owner of Great Black Speakers Bureau, an organization dedicated to helping universities and corporations find speakers for the events that they host throughout the year. Founded in January 2007, Great Black Speakers has quickly risen and has become a premier force in the speaking industry, boasting over 200 African-American speakers and over 100 university/corporate clients.

Lawrence Watkins received his undergraduate degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Louisville. He is currently continuing his education as the Rodney P. Hunt Fellow at the Johnson School of Management at Cornell University.

Oftentimes, we treat the symptoms of a problem and never get to the root cause of the problem. And a good analogy that I used to help you get to that root cause is unleashing the annoying kid within because I know we've either all been that annoying kid or we know that annoying kid that when you go...(Full transcript available to logged in subscribers.).

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Video 1 of 7 Lawrence Watkins States Assigning Blame Is Never An Effective Way To Approach A Problem
  • Lawrence Watkins - Interview - Simplicity of Business
  • 9/21/2009
  • Lawrence Watkins
  • 2 min. 34 sec.
Video 2 of 7 Lawrence Watkins Shares Anecdote On Leadership And The Positive That Can Come From Holding Yourself Accountable In Bad Situations
  • Lawrence Watkins - Interview - Simplicity of Business
  • 9/21/2009
  • Lawrence Watkins
  • 1 min. 55 sec.
Video 3 of 7 Lawrence Watkins States Importance of Confidence and That Failure Often Leads To Success
  • Lawrence Watkins - Interview - Simplicity of Business
  • 9/21/2009
  • Lawrence Watkins
  • 2 min. 33 sec.
Video 4 of 7 Lawrence Watkins States Entrepreneurs Can Be Successful Without Corporate Experience
  • Lawrence Watkins - Interview - Simplicity of Business
  • 9/21/2009
  • Lawrence Watkins
  • 4 min. 16 sec.
Video 5 of 7 Lawrence Watkins Recommends Getting At The Root Of The Problem Instead Of Merely Dealing With Symptoms
  • Lawrence Watkins - Interview - Simplicity of Business
  • 9/21/2009
  • Lawrence Watkins
  • 3 min. 28 sec.
Video 6 of 7 Lawrence Watkins Suggests Solving Problems As They Come Up
  • Lawrence Watkins - Interview - Simplicity of Business
  • 9/21/2009
  • Lawrence Watkins
  • 2 min. 23 sec.
Video 7 of 7 Lawrence Watkins States Business Is Simple But Not Easy
  • Lawrence Watkins - Interview - Simplicity of Business
  • 9/21/2009
  • Lawrence Watkins
  • 3 min. 42 sec.