Terry Starbucker

OCTOBER 8, 2017

I wanted to be a leader – something I had promised myself I’d doggedly pursue since I had hit my career bottom two years earlier. I’m sure you remember this – this is our business plan, in a nutshell”. He sensed this passion in me, but couldn’t help but give me a dose of his mischief. They had seen this face before.

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Terry Starbucker

MARCH 16, 2014

You did everything right – the right plan, the right values, the right metrics, the right strategy, the right tactics. They knew the plan. I thought I could “fix” people multiple times in my career, and I failed every single time. You worked hard, and pushed hard. But hey, these were talented people.

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Terry Starbucker

SEPTEMBER 2, 2012

As a leader, there’s nothing more satisfying than watching your team just flat out “get it done” The flywheel spins at breakneck speed, and milestones and business plan targets get met and surpassed with workmanlike regularity. VALUE the work and the quality of the work appropriately.

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Terry Starbucker

JANUARY 3, 2010

Over the course of my career I’ve assembled a very handy annual New Year’s “Checklist&# that helps get me focused and ready for the challenges to come in the days and months ahead, and well positioned for success. Talk about this with your team, as early in the year as possible. THEN , dive in.

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Terry Starbucker

JULY 1, 2010

When you’re young and all you have is your career, some of your life can be in second place. One word of advice is that one must think about compromise and plan A and plan B when evaluating the risks of pursuit. Life interferes, you know. They see it that your life has to take second place, and it’s hard.

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Terry Starbucker

MAY 3, 2010

A person comes in with a dream, a concept, a half-finished business plan, or an existing business looking for a breakthrough, and comes out with a new vision, renewed initiative, and a strong bias for action. In the past we’ve likened this to a “Think Tank”, but it’s really much more than that – it’s a “Do Tank”. Thanks very much.

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Terry Starbucker

FEBRUARY 28, 2010

You learn to say no when you assess the business environment and plan your actions to ensure that you meet your customer focused deliverables. I have to keep reminding myself to apply these basic principles to the job search as I did on the work front.

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Terry Starbucker

MAY 27, 2010

Home About Me About This Blog Starbucker’s Amazon Store TerryStarbucker.com Ramblings From a Glass Half Full Put Your Dreams On Paper… and Watch What Happens by Starbucker on May 27, 2010 17 years ago, I was sitting at my desk, wondering what became of my career. I was miserable, in a job I hated.

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Terry Starbucker

MAY 28, 2019

That was the bomb that nearly killed my leadership career, just as it was just getting started. The year was 1991, and I was working for the Washington NFL football team, as an executive overseeing the planning for a new football stadium. That was Mistake #1 on the road to near career killing. What, ARE YOU KIDDING ME????”.

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Terry Starbucker

AUGUST 5, 2018

That was the business plan. This was an almost identical outcome to my first career experience when it came to the traditional definition of success – but this time, there was no discomfort. Thus, they would be happy, and fulfilled. The smiley face. I know, crazy! Profit never was on the table with them. There was no emptiness.

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Terry Starbucker

JUNE 20, 2010

That’s a question that needs to be answered by any person taking on that role, or planning to. I found that out myself very early in my career – 2 years after I graduated from college I was given a leadership position that I really wasn’t ready for. And it’s unlikely that any amount of remedial training could change the story.

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Terry Starbucker

NOVEMBER 1, 2009

I plan to write about the power of positive thought on my blog in the coming weeks. LWalters November 12, 2009 at 3:58 pm Your 10 Leadership Battles should be the mantra for job seekers and people in a career transition. Great post and great rules to live by. good checklist to remember. Great eye-opener.

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Terry Starbucker

NOVEMBER 15, 2009

How do you balance those two things in successfully moving forward with your career? Darren and I were already planning to work on something when the opportunity for the book came about. Chris: I have always believed that we progress as people by 1. Knowing our own nature, and working with or improving that.

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Terry Starbucker

FEBRUARY 12, 2012

” That was the bomb that nearly killed my career. The year was 1991, and I was working for a certain pro football team in Washington, as an executive overseeing the planning for a new football stadium. Mistake #2: I needed to write a great memo to present this plan, and I was always petrified of memos. And the stadium?

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Terry Starbucker

MAY 20, 2010

It was 23 years ago, and I was just starting my leadership career. Yes, the plan was a challenge, no question. Get “can’t” out of your vocabulary, and your life. It’s useless. I was lucky to have a person who literally drummed “can’t” out of me. Uh oh, wrong choice of words. Nattering nabobs? Kimball, that Nike uses.

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