Strategy Driven

JUNE 17, 2011

Innovate and build products and services customers love to use. In the language of today, they need to take on the mantle of ‘transformational leadership.’ How competent is your leadership team, and how prepared are they to help you catapult the company into the future? Nurture leaders at all levels.

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Strategy Driven

JUNE 24, 2011

A pure fact of transformational leadership is that you can accomplish only a small portion of the requisite forward movement on your own. Innovate and build products and services customers love to use. The key is to establish true transformational leadership. In 2005 he won the Japanese government’s Most Valuable Patent award.

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Terry Starbucker

FEBRUARY 28, 2010

Home About Me About This Blog Starbucker’s Amazon Store TerryStarbucker.com Ramblings From a Glass Half Full The Secret To A Lifetime Of Productivity – And Five Ways To Find It by Starbucker on February 28, 2010 It’s not the “doing&#. Over committing is the cardinal sin of productivity. Popularity: 23% [ ?

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Terry Starbucker

JUNE 27, 2010

Home About Me About This Blog Starbucker’s Amazon Store TerryStarbucker.com Ramblings From a Glass Half Full Don’t Do Second Things First (A Core Lesson in Productivity) by Starbucker on June 27, 2010 Remember those yellow legal note pads? Then, and only then, could you proceed to the easier questions. Cosell note his passing.

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Terry Starbucker

OCTOBER 3, 2009

Home About Me About This Blog Starbucker’s Amazon Store TerryStarbucker.com Ramblings From a Glass Half Full Starbucks and the Product of Last Resort – Fast Always Wins by Starbucker on October 3, 2009 This week Starbucks launched its new instant coffee, “VIA&# , to much fanfare. We want our lattes, and we want them now.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 5, 2014

After all, the power sector is already halfway toward meeting its 2030 target of 30% below 2005 CO2 emissions levels. All told, they slashed carbon pollution from electricity by 20% from 2005-2011, led by Washington, which saw a 46% reduction during that period. Low-carbon leadership isn’t just confined to the coasts.

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CO2

JUNE 29, 2010

We believe the strength of any team is in the followers and there can be no leaders without followers, but the vast majority of research to date has focused on the leadership side of this equation. It is worth keeping in mind that some jobs have clear leadership requirements; virtually all jobs have followership requirements.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 2, 2016

Did Yahoo’s leadership really miss the importance of smartphones? I looked at quarterly earnings call transcripts for Yahoo and two of its competitors from late 2005 to the first quarter of 2016 and counted mentions of “mobile,” “phone,” or “smartphone.”

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 6, 2014

In May of 2005, Yahoo CEO Terry Semel, cofounder Jerry Yang, corporate development executive Toby Coppel, and I — I was then chief financial officer of the Silicon Valley internet company — went on what would turn out to be a fateful trip to China. Not surprisingly, this didn’t sit well with the local team.

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Terry Starbucker

OCTOBER 6, 2009

Three well-known speakers, Bill George, Bill Conaty, and Patrick Lencioni, talked about Leadership in the context of crisis, performance, and effective team building. Three well-known speakers, Bill George, Bill Conaty, and Patrick Lencioni, talked about Leadership in the context of crisis, performance, and effective team building.

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Terry Starbucker

SEPTEMBER 5, 2010

That’s me in the picture at left at age 20, performing in a college production of “Carousel&# ) This led me to pondering if this could work in a leadership situation. Am I really recommending singing as a way to better leadership? And who doesn’t need a joy injection once in a while? Popularity: 2% [ ?

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 18, 2014

Being honest and never dissembling is very consistent with the bland axioms of a “feel good” leadership discourse, but as in the case of sports, it is also remarkably inconsistent with what actually goes on in the real world. There’s Steve Jobs, 2005 Stanford commencement speaker and technology icon. My takeaways?

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Terry Starbucker

OCTOBER 8, 2009

Home About Me About This Blog Starbucker’s Amazon Store TerryStarbucker.com Ramblings From a Glass Half Full Leadership Hiding In Plain Sight: The Return of Common Sense (WBF, Day 2) by Starbucker on October 8, 2009 Bill Clinton at the World Economic Forum, 10/7/09 This is my second post of observations from the World Business Forum in NYC.

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Terry Starbucker

AUGUST 29, 2010

And change it did, because the new CEO had a vision that went beyond product, and costs, and overhead, and costs of capital. That’s about as far away from product as anyone could get. It was about passion. And about people who have it. Which brings us back to passion. Cosell note his passing.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

In 2005 the world’s largest insurance broker, Marsh Inc., Stumpf said in an earlier statement: “We are eliminating product sales goals because we want to make certain our customers have full confidence that our retail bankers are always focused on the best interests of customers.” Will eliminating sales goals do it?

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Chart Your Course

JUNE 30, 2016

It is hands-down the most popular leadership book of all time. He demonstrates that the ability to build trust is THE key leadership competency of the new global economy. The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable (2002). Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us (2011). Drucker passed away in 2005.

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Terry Starbucker

MARCH 10, 2010

Why else would all new products or innovations be compared to it since it was first sold in 1928 ? Second, it can spread you too thin – and can therefore erode your productivity as well ( It’s no coincidence that I just wrote a whole piece on productivity – that message was for myself too ). I so get the.

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Terry Starbucker

NOVEMBER 21, 2010

Home About Me About This Blog Starbucker’s Amazon Store TerryStarbucker.com Ramblings From a Glass Half Full In Appreciation Of……Appreciation by Starbucker on November 21, 2010 As the Thanksgiving holiday approaches, it’s a perfect time to celebrate one of my favorite leadership words. Without the indigestion.

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Terry Starbucker

SEPTEMBER 12, 2010

I can say this with confidence, because my decision to jump into Social Media headfirst back in 2005 has played an important role in my personal development as a leader -nearly as important as the direct leadership experience itself. And that’s what great leadership is all about. Popularity: 7% [ ?

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Terry Starbucker

NOVEMBER 28, 2010

But more importantly, the team’s growing resentment is casting a big shadow over morale and productivity. Such is the productivity drag when a leader hangs on too long with a poor performer. First, it’s clear that George, as part of a 10 person group, has been a drag on the overall effectiveness of the team. Popularity: 1% [ ?

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 4, 2014

The tales of two companies, cell phone accessories retailer Cellairis and skin care products maker Rodan + Fields, illustrate the dangers of top-level strategic tinkering. During those nine months, Cellairis’ leadership had been distracted from their core business. After nine months, AMP’d filed for bankruptcy.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 16, 2015

To move from a reactive posture to a proactive leadership position in driving health care reform, large employers have a lever at their fingertips that they have not often deployed in procuring health care: their purchasing power. Providers and health plans are service suppliers paid by employers. Insight Center. Sponsored by Medtronic.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 29, 2015

Brian Fitzpatrick joined Google as a senior software engineer in 2005, shortly after the company’s IPO. Their crowning achievement was a service launched in 2011 called Google Takeout, a unified site for exporting user data from multiple services like Gmail and Google Photos. They work with an eye toward scale.

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Terry Starbucker

SEPTEMBER 26, 2010

Take Tom Peters advice and “Buddy Up&# - Peters, one of my leadership mentors, has characterized “cross-functional effectiveness&# (he calls it XFX) “ the #1 opportunity for strategic differentiation “ His advice? Great work then actually becomes a by-product, and that’s something everyone loves !

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Terry Starbucker

NOVEMBER 7, 2010

Home About Me About This Blog Starbucker’s Amazon Store TerryStarbucker.com Ramblings From a Glass Half Full On Your Leadership Journey, What Memories Do You Toss and Which Do You Keep? My leadership journey is about to take another turn. by Starbucker on November 7, 2010 It is a time of change for me. And to lead.

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Terry Starbucker

APRIL 11, 2010

Will this decision “poison&# some of the attitudes of teammates, incite fear that more displacements are imminent, and cause an overall decrease in productivity, a decrease that could possibly reduce the high level ROI on the new technology below our desired level? Popularity: 2% [ ? Cosell note his passing.

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Terry Starbucker

FEBRUARY 21, 2010

It’s nearly impossible for someone to really move the dial when mistrust of leadership is so high, because it is such a powerful destructive force in the workplace. The message will be well received, and understood. You and your team now have the proper momentum to execute. Popularity: 3% [ ? Cosell note his passing.

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Terry Starbucker

OCTOBER 24, 2010

The four pillars were: Uncompromised Quality Golden Rule Service Principled Leadership Full Spectrum Accountability First and foremost, we had to infuse quality in EVERYTHING we did – every interaction and transaction, no matter how small or seemingly insignificant. We had to fully explain our products and services.

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Terry Starbucker

JULY 1, 2010

Sign-up for More You can subscribe to this blog and Ill come straight to you! Seats are filling fast - dont delay [link] about 41 minutes ago from TweetDeck @tom_peters No, absolutely not. :-) about 1 hour ago from TweetDeck in reply to tom_peters @debworks Indeed he was. Cosell note his passing.

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Terry Starbucker

APRIL 25, 2010

But here’s the funny thing about these letters – in almost all cases, it wasn’t the actual product or service the customer was raving about – it was the person delivering it. Something about this transaction made a difference for them, and because of it, we’ve made a customer for life. Popularity: 2% [ ?

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Terry Starbucker

FEBRUARY 8, 2010

It’s really a matter of giving meaning to the work that each person does, which leads to happier, more motivated, and more productive teammates. But successful leaders must resist that temptation. Here’s a specific example. A few years ago my company started tracking a customer service metric, based on specific customer feedback.

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Terry Starbucker

APRIL 4, 2010

And as a result, it puts a big hit on company productivity, because you are not the only one who is experiencing this. Tweet This Post Tagged as: Leadership , leadership lessons , tarmac syndrome { 4 comments… read them below or add one } Ironshef April 6, 2010 at 9:04 am I love how you’ve framed this up, Terry.

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Terry Starbucker

JUNE 24, 2010

By the end of the day you will have already taken steps in a different, and more productive, direction. So much so that I’ve already reserved my space for 2011′s Chicago conference. That process is then repeated 6 times. It’s a very potent mixture. mckra1g June 24, 2010 at 8:34 am You buried the lede!

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Terry Starbucker

MAY 23, 2010

Otherwise, they’re just a big, inncesary load on our shoulders and a miserable waste of productive time. The trick is to have short, energetic, powerful meetings that will leave everybody focused and wanting some more. Cosell note his passing.

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Terry Starbucker

JANUARY 24, 2010

You need to set some ground rules and establish a usage policy, or perhaps end up scratching your head about the productivity declines. If your employees have access to the internet during working hours, chances are they are on some SM platform during that time. The users of SM have their “BS meters” usually cranked up to 10.

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Terry Starbucker

JUNE 20, 2010

The motivational forces that pull us toward leadership do not disappear after the role is secured – in fact, our motivations are as important as any action we take when it comes to determining the success or failure of our teams. I figured out that leadership isn’t a casual endeavor. That’s my motivation. What about you?

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Terry Starbucker

JANUARY 31, 2010

Celebrate how they have made your life easier, better, smarter, more productive, more meaningful. Write a blog post about a person (or people) online who has (or have) made a difference in your life. Then let us know by tagging your post #SOBCon2010 and leaving a comment on this post. Cosell note his passing.

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