Terry Starbucker

AUGUST 13, 2017

Those couple of things were the leadership traits that fueled and sustained me throughout my career, through the good times and the not-so-good times. As a project consultant with Northland Communications , keeping a connection with the cable/broadband industry. Leaders need to love to solve problems driven by this curiosity.

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Terry Starbucker

NOVEMBER 17, 2013

I moderated a panel last week at a Social Media Club of Portland event that featured local startup Simple , a digital bank that is taking on a trillion dollar industry without a single brick and mortar branch. Photo by Mary Nichols. The conversation was lively, because of the “disruptive” way they have chosen to do business.

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Terry Starbucker

OCTOBER 7, 2012

One of those people was Bill Bresnan , who ran the cable company, Bresnan Communcations, and several other companies before it, in a career that spanned over 50 years in the same industry.

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Terry Starbucker

NOVEMBER 28, 2010

George also knew that his skills were in high demand in his industry, and he figured there would be a reluctance to come down on him very hard because he’d be difficult to replace. He was right. Such is the productivity drag when a leader hangs on too long with a poor performer. Go there yourself, and get more with less.

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Terry Starbucker

APRIL 3, 2016

Earlier in my career I figured out that repetition was a great leadership tool – in fact, through too many experiences where I thought someone had understood something but in fact did not (or just tuned me out), I had developed what I called “Terry’s Rule”: If you want someone to remember something you have to say it at least 15 times.

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Terry Starbucker

NOVEMBER 15, 2009

How do you balance those two things in successfully moving forward with your career? Generosity, empathy, putting others needs first, standing up for things … it saddens me that many of the “gurus&# that people in this industry turn to do not have these qualities. Knowing our own nature, and working with or improving that.

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Terry Starbucker

MAY 20, 2010

It was 23 years ago, and I was just starting my leadership career. Thank you for sharing your story about your boss – I love his attitude and am sure that so much of what you later accomplished was because he helped you “fix&# that “can’t&# mentality early on in your career! It’s useless.

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