Terry Starbucker

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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. And, we knew this was a rare thing that might not ever be duplicated – something that we’d look back on as a special part of our lives and careers.

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

Terry Starbucker

They used to be my constant companions earlier in my career, before PCs, smart phones, laptops, and tablets. 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. Remember those yellow legal note pads?

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Why You Should Bring a Startup Founder Mindset To Your Leadership

Terry Starbucker

When I moved here to Portland in 2010 I wasn’t really looking for those folks – I had just gotten out of a long-time corporate career, mostly in the Cable TV business, and was looking to settle into a nice business/leadership consulting practice whilst I kept writing my blog and my book.

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A Love Song In 1,000 Verses: My Ode To Leadership….And Life

Terry Starbucker

And now that my life and career have gone off in new directions since my cable TV company was sold in 2010 and I moved to Portland (you can get a taste of it by reading my latest article in the entrepreneurial magazine I co-founded, Built Oregon ), I’ll be cutting back on my musings here to twice a month.

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The Joy of Leadership

Terry Starbucker

It was early in 2010… We thought he was indestructible. I wanted to be a leader – something I had promised myself I’d doggedly pursue since I had hit my career bottom two years earlier. A More Human Short Story – My Path To Leadership Joy . How were we going to deal with this?

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A Leadership Checklist: 10 Things To Do Right Now To Make It A.

Terry Starbucker

Home About Me About This Blog Starbucker’s Amazon Store TerryStarbucker.com Ramblings From a Glass Half Full A Leadership Checklist: 10 Things To Do Right Now To Make It A Great Year by Starbucker on January 3, 2010 As a leader, I’ve learned that getting off to a great start in a new year is very important. Very helpful.

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The Secret To A Lifetime Of Productivity – And Five Ways To Find It

Terry Starbucker

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&#. Jennifer Fong March 1, 2010 at 9:38 am Great advice. My blog is [link].