January, 2011

Terry Starbucker

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The 5 Key Attitudes Of A Leader

Terry Starbucker

This past Tuesday I was honored to be the co-host of Lolly Daskal ‘s ( @lollydaskal ) popular weekly Twitter chat, “Lead From Within&# (#leadfromwithin). The theme was “Leadership and Attitude&# , and Lolly’s first question was: “What are the key attitudes of a leader?&#. In case you missed my take on this question on Twitter, here are what I consider to be the 5 most important attitudes that a great leader must have: Positivity – “ Looking at the lite

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7 Quick Ways To Get Ahead (and Stay There) In The New Year

Terry Starbucker

Ready, set, GO! The calendar has once again given us a “new lease on life&# – a chance to restart and renew. So what are we going to do with this opportunity? Plenty. That is, if we have the desire and the will to want to improve, or climb another rung up the ladder, or make a change. And that’s the first step in quickly getting ahead in this New Year, and staying there – Setting Your Intent, and WRITING IT DOWN.

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The 4 Things Every Leader Should Say To Their Team, And…

Terry Starbucker

…Then Hold Themselves Accountable To. Trust. Credibility. Every leader wants these things, because if they can get them, it sets the stage for extraordinary achievement. If they cannot, it almost always leads to middling mediocrity or outright failure. Establishing trust and credibility takes some time to do, but the process has to start (or re-start) with what I call a “ declaration of principles &# to those you are leading- a public statement of the things that YOU will do (or n

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Leader Beware: The Perils Of The Ignorance Strategy

Terry Starbucker

As I was learning my way through my leadership journey, I made my share of mistakes. When you get a chance to look at all of them in your rear view mirror, as I recently did as a result of my company being sold, it’s very illuminating to put all these errors in some kind of overall perspective, to see if there are any revealing common themes and traits that jump out.

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What’s in a Name? Lessons From John Cougar Mellencamp

Terry Starbucker

As someone who came of age in the early 80′s, every now and then a certain song pops into my head from that era – “Jack and Diane “, by John Mellencamp. Yesterday was one of those days, and as I walked the streets of Portland on a great sunny morning, that steady beat and the refrain of “ hold on to sixteen as long as you can, changes come around real soon make us woman and men&# pushed me along.

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Why You Should Be Leading Your Way Out Of A Job

Terry Starbucker

Photo by J. Stephen Conn. Several years ago, I had one of the most extraordinary leadership experiences of my career – one of those days that you remember, and draw on, for the rest of your life. I was in Butte, Montana for a morning staff meeting with the front office staff and field technicians. It was their regular weekly meeting, and since I didn’t want to disrupt their normal “flow&# , instead of using the time to speak, I simply asked to sit in and observe the meeting.

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Stuck? Frustrated? Workaround It: Russell Bishop Shares His Wisdom

Terry Starbucker

There are a lot of books out there that take on the task of helping us with “ getting things done &# in the workplace. That’s because there are millions of potential “doers&# out there, and just as many ways that things can go astray, or hit a brick wall, or worse yet, head in reverse. So we’re looking for answers out there – ways do deal with those times of complexity, frustration, negativity, and resistance.

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