The School of Dolly

Lesson 22: How to face your grief and find your way forward - the Dolly Parton way

It must not be easy living life as an icon.

Apr 7 • 

Josh Smith

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February 2025

Lesson 21: Never forgetting her roots, Dolly Parton leans on a troupe of small town singers to bring her biographical musical to Broadway

There are a couple of truths about living in a small town.

Feb 25 • 

Josh Smith

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September 2024

Lesson 20: Dolly Parton and The Art of Not Taking Yourself Too Seriously

By this point in The School of Dolly, it’s likely that you - the upperclassman who’s done the hard work - are starting to notice a difference.

Sep 16, 2024 • 

Josh Smith

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August 2024

Lesson 19: How to handle your adversaries - the Dolly Parton way

You think you know someone.

Aug 22, 2024 • 

Josh Smith

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Lesson 18: Dolly Parton and the power of collaboration

Somewhere along the way, collaboration became a dirty word.

Aug 4, 2024 • 

Josh Smith

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May 2024

Lesson 17: Dolly keeps it real while rapping on the road to relevance

“You need to stay relevant,” a friend told me.

May 5, 2024 • 

Josh Smith

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April 2024

Lesson 16: Loving the people you lead, the Dolly Parton way

Legend has it that, from time to time, she moves among us, undetectable and unrecognizable.

Apr 19, 2024 • 

Josh Smith

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March 2024

Lesson 15: Dolly, Beyoncé, and the art of leading by championing others

Typically here in The School of Dolly, we end every lesson with homework.

Mar 30, 2024 • 

Josh Smith

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Lesson 14: Four years later, the leadership lesson in Dolly Parton's $1 million decision

Aspiring leaders at home, at work, and in your community (pssst….that’s you), I have a question.

Mar 12, 2024 • 

Josh Smith

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February 2024

Lesson 13: How Dolly Parton is quietly planning for a future without out her

News Flash: Dolly Parton - the woman many thought wouldn’t have enough sense to come in out of the rain let alone commandeer a billion-dollar…

Feb 19, 2024 • 

Josh Smith

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January 2024

Lesson 12: Tackling problems that seem too big to solve, the Dolly Parton way

From day one in The School of Dolly, we’ve playfully referred to our teacher as Professor P, and that’s been intentional.

Jan 22, 2024 • 

Josh Smith

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Lesson 10: Transforming wishes into dreams (there's a difference) as we start a new year

Holiday vacations may be in full swing, but class is still in session here in the School of Dolly.

Jan 1, 2024 • 

Josh Smith

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