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7 Ways To Lead Without Uttering A Single Word

Terry Starbucker

Home About Me About This Blog Starbucker’s Amazon Store TerryStarbucker.com Ramblings From a Glass Half Full 7 Ways To Lead Without Uttering A Single Word by Starbucker on October 3, 2010 There is much written about the words leaders need to use, both in speech and on paper, to be effective. …but you did ask the question!!!)

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My Dad, The Trucker Hat and The Value of Work

Terry Starbucker

He was so good at holding court at this restaurant that after he passed away in 2010, they put a plaque honoring his memory at his usual seat at the counter). He was wearing a hat I had given him from my cable company, and telling everyone within earshot, with great pride, about his son’s business accomplishments. (He

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Leading Past The Target

Terry Starbucker

It was July of 2010, and I was playing a round of golf with my core management team in Billings, Montana. We were having a great ride on this roller coaster, and the cool thing was, there were more thrilling twists and turns ahead of us. Our company had just been sold for a very nice profit for the investors.

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Why Leaders Need To Think Like Plumbers (Minus the Wrench)

Terry Starbucker

Note: This is another in a series of “best of” posts that feature my favorite lessons- this one goes back to January 2010). And you don’t even need a wrench. The post Why Leaders Need To Think Like Plumbers (Minus the Wrench) appeared first on Terry "Starbucker" St. Leadership'

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A Leadership Key To Success: Don’t Do Second Things First

Terry Starbucker

This encore post, which originally appeared on my site in June 2010, is once again dedicated to the late Brother George Malecek, my accounting teacher at St. We just need to muster up the courage to overcome our fears and do it. Or have a wonderful teacher like Brother George who instills it in us unknowingly.

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The One Leadership Lesson That Is Always Worth Repeating…and Repeating

Terry Starbucker

Note: For my long, long term readers – and thank you for still being here – if this post rings a bell you are correct, you’ve seen a slightly different version of this post before, back in 2010. Only 13 more times to go… .

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What Was Your Fork In The Road, And Did You Take It?

Terry Starbucker

The first was SOBCon 2010 in Chicago. Yesterday I was in Milwaukee visiting family, and while I was there I stopped at a Starbucks on a particular street corner. It was a corner that brought back two specific memories. There, we talked a lot of “forks in the road&# , and what we do when we get to them in our lives.