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Terry Starbucker

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The Top 10 Things Leaders Should Hear From Their Teammates

Terry Starbucker

All leaders need to get good and consistent verbal feedback from their teammates, but there are what I consider to be the “Golden 10″ pieces of feedback that we really need to be getting to ratify our effectiveness (and our approach to greatness). Let’s count ‘em down, from the bottom to the top: 10. “I don’t know, but I’ll find out&# - When they trust that you won’t jump down their throats for not knowing an answer. 9. “I made a mistake&# &#

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The Joys Of Blocking and Tackling (and Running To Daylight)

Terry Starbucker

The basics. The fundamentals. The dirty work. Making the sausage. Doing the job. Answering the phone. Delivering on time. Generating the invoices. Paying the bills. Making payroll. Collecting receivables. Fixing what’s broke. Not fixing what isn’t broke. Blocking and Tackling. A football phrase that makes me think of Vince Lombardi. I was born in Wisconsin, and my first real sports memories were of the Green Bay Packers, and their championship years in the 60s with Lombardi as the he

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