Terry Starbucker

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Hiring And The Peter Principle: Square Pegs Really Don’t Fit Into Round Holes

Terry Starbucker

Many (many) years ago at the beginning of my management career, my new boss asked (no, ordered) me to read the book “ The Peter Principle ”, by Laurence J. I had just received one of the best and most important lessons I’d ever get as a leader, and better still, I got it early in my career.

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10 Guideposts To Leadership Success

Terry Starbucker

Passion - The best way to figure out the importance of this one is to recall a time in one’s life or career where it didn’t exist – that happened to me, and it’s like draining all the oil out of an engine and still trying to go 100 miles an hour. It also keeps me humble in a sense that there’s so much I DON’T know.

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Escaping the Black Hole of Can’t

Terry Starbucker

There was no longer any such thing as “can’t” What a difference it made, in my career, and in my life. “I think I can, I think I can, I think I can…… “ I did.

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Hackers and Hummingbirds: Leadership Lessons from Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg

Terry Starbucker

2) Offer your employees a nontraditional career path that is based on their contributions and value-based behaviors, and not on their age or credentials. They hire engineers not only for their general skills but also their vision of the future. Facebook is one example of such a business. In that sense, everyone is equal.

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The Complete Collection: 25 Timeless Leadership Lessons That Just Plain Work

Terry Starbucker

There seems to come a time in a leadership career where you think you can actually change a person – the hubris level gets to a point where you believe your skills are so sharp, and so good, that you can actually overcome the Peter Principle. Leaders are not genetic engineers. Several times. The personality profile also has to match.

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5 Secrets To Awesome Team Building

Terry Starbucker

It’s fun to watch once all the pieces are in place, and I’ve been fortunate to have been in that position during my career. I’ve also been fortunate to have seen what it took to produce a team that could truly be called awesome. VALUE the work and the quality of the work appropriately.

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Bill Murray's Choice, and What It Means For A Life Worth Living

Terry Starbucker

When you’re young and all you have is your career, some of your life can be in second place. All you need is the Internet, and Google (or your favorite search engine). Life interferes, you know. And then you want your life to take first place, and other people don’t see it that way.