Terry Starbucker

NOVEMBER 13, 2011

The other day I was cleaning out some of my old files and I came across an article I had copied from the Wall Street Journal back on October 21st, 1993, written by Peter Drucker. The advice was classic Drucker – simple, straightforward, and timeless. There is thus no excuse for managements to indulge in the five deadly sins.

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Terry Starbucker

DECEMBER 22, 2013

Last summer, the local startup Treehouse , a producer of online education courses, decided to create a no-boss workplace by eliminating all the manager positions from its 61-person workforce, thus creating the ultimate “flat” organizational structure. That’s right – aside from the CEO, there are zero managers.

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Terry Starbucker

DECEMBER 8, 2013

I would have several management calls a week that were focused on that kind of feedback, involving all the key players, that were absolutely invaluable. If you are doing your job, your teammates will want the feedback – in fact, they will crave it. They will want you to lead the way.

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Terry Starbucker

JULY 29, 2018

Choose them wisely, and keep them to a small and manageable number. 8) Peer mentoring should be encouraged – There’s nothing more rewarding than seeing long-time teammates take a new peer under their wing, or seeing team meetings that rarely need management intervention to inspire better performance. You have to “walk the walk”.

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Terry Starbucker

NOVEMBER 3, 2013

It’s a theory that revolves around the simplest of business ideas, one said so eloquently by the late Peter Drucker: The purpose of a business is to create a customer. I further required every person to be able to recite the latest trio of numbers to me (or another manager), upon request. The Theory of 3 Numbers.

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