Terry Starbucker

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Time For Our Annual Leadership Ego Calibration

Terry Starbucker

Jim Collins, going Jim Collins (photo by dov.com). OK, it’s time to “ go Jim Collins ” on us. And what’s this “ go Jim Collins ” all about? I’m sure you’re familiar with Jim Collins’ great book, Good to Great. What’s the “it”?

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From Drucker To The Lean Startup: The (Literary) Evolution of Leadership Philosophy

Terry Starbucker

Good to Great – by Jim Collins. The 5 Dysfunctions of a Team – by Patrick Lencioni. Questions of Character – by Joseph L. Badaracco Jr. Radical Leap – by Steve Farber. The Lean Startup – by Eric Ries.

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The Leader And The Peacock In The Closet

Terry Starbucker

Yes, my good man Jim Collins figured it all out in my favorite business book of all time, Good to Great. Collins calls them “Level 5 Leaders” – they’ve taken leadership up another very important notch. And it was researched, and documented, many times over. Because they didn’t DO it.

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Why Leaders Should Always Take The Blame (And Never The Credit)

Terry Starbucker

You can find and read more about this lesson, and its backing by facts and history, in one of my all-time favorite business books, “ Good to Great ” by Jim Collins. Collins noted that in every instance, the leaders of the great companies demonstrated these two traits. What’s so earth shatteringly wonderful about this?

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5 Leadership Roles To Get Your Team Walking Through Brick Walls

Terry Starbucker

Conversely, when things go well, the praise is always on them (Think Jim Collins and his concept of the Level 5 leader in his book “Good to Great”). The blame is never on the team – it’s on the leader.

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Leadership And The Flywheel Effect: Don’t Forget The Grease

Terry Starbucker

Once a target is set in a business, for most leaders it’s a natural tendency to jump right into the business of hitting it – in other words, massing the effort and “push&# needed to achieve what Jim Collins ( “Good to Great&# ) called the “ Flywheel Effect “ I’ve always liked the flywheel analogy, because it’s (..)

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Get In The Groove: The Flywheel and Total Enterprise Alignment

Terry Starbucker

I’ve always liked the flywheel analogy, because it’s a great representation of how a business successfully gets from Point A to Point B.

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