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. Because it’s so important for great more human leadership. And what’s this “ go Jim Collins ” all about? Level 5” leadership. Leadership' The lesson? Now live it.

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Loosening the Reins: Why It’s Important To Pass the Leadership Torch

Terry Starbucker

I’d been at my leadership role for 6 years. Our quest needed to stay fresh, vibrant, and exuberant, and the best way to do that was through the words and actions of a new generation of leadership. Going ‘Jim Collins’ By the time my travels took me back to Billings, a couple of months later, I knew what I had to do.

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

Terry Starbucker

I love leadership lessons that are backed by facts and history. And there’s one immutable that has influenced me, and how I practice leadership, more than any other lesson I have ever received- and after 40 years of studying leadership, that’s saying something. No Level 5 in that company!). And lead well!

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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. The leaders of all the “Great” companies all had this humility – they gave the credit to someone else. And it was researched, and documented, many times over. Because they didn’t DO it.

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From The World Business Forum: The Enduring Leadership Lesson From.

Terry Starbucker

Collins is the author of my all-time favorite business book, “ Good to Great &# ( affiliate link, profits to National Park Foundation) , where through a ton of research he identified the most critical traits of companies that were able to sustain above-average growth rates for long periods of time. EVERY instance.

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