The five best decisions the Beatles ever made -- want to guess?
The Florida Chautauaqua Assembly is featuring a discussion on "The Five Best Decisions the Beatles Ever Made and Why You Should Make Them Too" by Bill Stainton, according to the Walton Sun. It's actually a business-related seminar since he points up decisions involving leadership, teamwork and managing change.
So let's take a guess: 1) signing with Epstein (leadership), 2) cleaning up their image (credit Epstein, managing change), 3) replacing Pete Best with Ringo (change/improvement), 4) emphasis on recording originals (to establish their identity, teamwork), 5) name change to Beatles (branding, managing change).
Could we be close?
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