Terry Starbucker

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I’m talkin’ ’bout leadership, ’cause it’s what I love……

Terry Starbucker

They just posted my first piece on the annual raise ritual and process entitled “On Raises: You Can Have Your COLA and Drink It Too&#. As you might expect, I’ll be talking about leadership, in my workshop entitled “Volunteers and Partners as Highly Paid Employees and Employees as Heartfelt Volunteers&#.

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The 3 Elements of Solid Decision Making That Cannot Be Ignored

Terry Starbucker

Home About Me About This Blog Starbucker’s Amazon Store TerryStarbucker.com Ramblings From a Glass Half Full The 3 Elements of Solid Decision Making That Cannot Be Ignored by Starbucker on April 11, 2010 Leaders make decisions every day, and the process in which those decisions are made has always intrigued and fascinated me.

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10 Leadership Battles – And How To Win Every One of Them

Terry Starbucker

People vs. Process - It’s as simple as this: a process is only as good as the people executing it. Focus on the people first, and while you’re at it, make sure your charges truly understand the context and purpose behind the processes. For me the people/process dimension works two ways.

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Why Hiring Is Like Playing Blackjack, And 3 Rules To Increase Your.

Terry Starbucker

Joan Marie November 3, 2010 at 4:47 am The greatest challenge I find is determining these characteristics in the selection process. Ann Sabo November 3, 2010 at 1:01 pm The problem with the interview process used in most companies is that it is extremely time-consuming and often ineffective. Hiring is a three step process.

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Leaders As Diplomats: A Short Course in Cross-Functional Communication

Terry Starbucker

But the only problem is, you have absolutely no authority or control of that other department, and since your hand off process is ill defined, the communications you have had with the other department head has been poor, and the cross-department acrimony level is high, all that great work you did under your own roof is about to be squandered.

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The Best Leadership Advice You Will Ever Get

Terry Starbucker

Trusting that what you see, what you hear, and what you feel will be processed by your heart and mind in a way that will generate the best response, and one that comes from a human place. All that education is valuable, no doubt, but leadership advisers, mentors, teachers and gurus cannot make decisions for you.

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The One Thing Every Leader Has To Give Up (After They Worked So.

Terry Starbucker

It does help the process for me to think back and remember my first faltering baby steps and see those same steps being taken by my people. Keith McDonald October 31, 2010 at 10:06 pm This is indeed a paradox, is it not? To be a successful leader, you must allow those you lead to be successful also. And I’m thankful for the opportunity.