Sat.Mar 12, 2011 - Fri.Mar 18, 2011

Terry Starbucker

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Beyond Words: 4 Great Tips For More Effective Speaking

Terry Starbucker

As leaders, we utter a lot of words, and in doing so, we trust that those who follow us will process them in just the way we intended. That can be quite difficult to do, given today’s short attention spans, and the usual times we do our talking. Take first thing in the morning, for example. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve stared into everyone’s morning “fog&# and tried to get a message across (sometimes I was just better off declaring “time for coffee&# a

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The Leaders Among Us

Terry Starbucker

I’m in Austin for the SXSW conference, and as usual, it’s a whirlwind of meetings, parties, more meetings, panels, more parties, and great conversations. Not the kind of place you’d expect to “see&# leadership. But if you look carefully, and listen well, you find out that there are a lot of layers here – layers of human caring and communal spirit.