Terry Starbucker

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One Of The Best Leadership Lessons Ever….In Just 29 Words

Terry Starbucker

At that stage of my career, I was hungry for guidance on what it took to be a great leader. The title of it caught my attention: “A Short Course in Human Relations” Here’s what was on the poster: A Short Course in Human Relations. NOW you have the complete short course in human relations! And person.

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Getting To Awesome: How To Align Your Passion For Leadership With The Rest of Your Life

Terry Starbucker

Through online courses, coaching, and workshops, the Awesome Institute explores the challenges of real-life entrepreneurship and helps their clients build a life and business they truly love. Andrea has been building businesses and teaching entrepreneurs her whole career.

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How Great Leaders Simplify Decision-Making (And Just Get Stuff Done)

Terry Starbucker

Of course, he had to trust that the data and analysis on that page was trustworthy and accurate , and that’s the second element to being a great doer – hiring the right “numbers people”. Over my career I figured out that too much complexity in an organization, and too much data, can hamper the doers. Decision made.

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The (All Too) Often Missing Link To Awesome Team Building

Terry Starbucker

I’ve spent a long career seeing countless new supervisors struggling mightily with the idea of actually “managing” a staff – setting priorities, communicating the company vision, motivating, holding people accountable, and delivering the necessary coaching and corrections. More specifically, the leadership training. Constantly.

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Want To Be a Leader? 10 Ways To Impress Your Boss And Get That Promotion

Terry Starbucker

Yes, you can do this – why not tell your boss what you want (respectfully, of course)? You can easily derail any career momentum by being MIA when called upon, nose down in your last Tweet about the movie you saw last night. Tell the boss your ambition. This falls under the all-too-true saying “if you don’t ask you don’t get”.

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Taking The Child In The Leader Out To Play

Terry Starbucker

I took that child out in the workplace more than a few times in the course of my leadership career, and I’m glad I did. I like to go back there every now and then, and bring that child out to play. And not just in my personal life.

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Leading Past The Target

Terry Starbucker

The prospects for the rest of my team were murky too, so we walked around the golf course that day looking more backwards than forwards – talking about the things we had accomplished, the friendships we had made, and, more than anything else, the personal fulfillment we all felt.

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