October, 2010

Terry Starbucker

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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. Words are certainly important, but there are other, more subtle messages that leaders send every day through their actions (or inactions) in the workplace.

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Play It Again, Sam: The Science of Repeating Things Repeatedly

Terry Starbucker

Home About Me About This Blog Starbucker’s Amazon Store TerryStarbucker.com Ramblings From a Glass Half Full Play It Again, Sam: The Science of Repeating Things Repeatedly by Starbucker on October 17, 2010 "Boss, isn't that the 15th time you told me to play it again?" “ You sound like a broken record ” Music to my ears. Why am I so happy to hear this?

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The 7 Essential Truths About Social Media

Terry Starbucker

Home About Me About This Blog Starbucker’s Amazon Store TerryStarbucker.com Ramblings From a Glass Half Full The 7 Essential Truths About Social Media by Starbucker on October 21, 2010 Photo by webtreats It’s been 5 years now since I jumped into the Social Media pool. In that time, I’ve noted 7 essential truths that have stood the test of all the posts, updates, messages, and tweets that I’ve read and written.

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Can Charisma Be Taught? The 90% Theory And Why That Can Be Enough

Terry Starbucker

Home About Me About This Blog Starbucker’s Amazon Store TerryStarbucker.com Ramblings From a Glass Half Full Can Charisma Be Taught? The 90% Theory And Why That Can Be Enough by Starbucker on October 10, 2010 Jack Welch at the World Business Forum, October 5 2010 (Photo by dov.com) Charisma – “ a personal magic of leadership arousing special popular loyalty ” (Webster Dictionary) You notice them the minute they enter a room.

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

Terry Starbucker

Home About Me About This Blog Starbucker’s Amazon Store TerryStarbucker.com Ramblings From a Glass Half Full Why Hiring Is Like Playing Blackjack, And 3 Rules To Increase Your Odds of Success by Starbucker on October 31, 2010 (Part II of a two-part series on Leadership and Team Building – click here for Part I ) Once I made the decision to give up the control I worked so hard to get , and become a leader instead of a micromanager, the next step was building a team that I could trust to get

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

Terry Starbucker

Home About Me About This Blog Starbucker’s Amazon Store TerryStarbucker.com Ramblings From a Glass Half Full The One Thing Every Leader Has To Give Up (After They Worked So Hard To Get It) by Starbucker on October 28, 2010 I remember the first time I got it, only 4 months after I graduated from college. It was given to me reluctantly, out of sheer necessity.

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How We Built 4 Pillars of Business Greatness – And The 3 Keys That.

Terry Starbucker

Home About Me About This Blog Starbucker’s Amazon Store TerryStarbucker.com Ramblings From a Glass Half Full How We Built 4 Pillars of Business Greatness – And The 3 Keys That Kept Them Standing by Starbucker on October 24, 2010 About 3 years ago, after 20 years in the service business, I came to some high level conclusions about what I thought were the core “pillars&# of business greatness.

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