Terry Starbucker

MAY 19, 2013

'Two weeks ago I wrote about how leaders needed to be more human to achieve the “ success trifecta ” – a great company, happy employees, and a fulfilled leader. One of the pillars of the more human philosophy is the establishment of the Culture of Accountability. I touched on it briefly on that previous post – it’s the key to getting to a place where “ the need to be good is replaced with a relentless passion to be great”.

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Women on Business

MAY 19, 2013

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Kevin Eikenberry

MAY 19, 2013

'By Peter Drucker Here are two good clues that a book is worth reading. It has been copyrighted more than once (this book, 1967, 1985, 1996, 2002, and 2006) It is written by Peter Drucker. Put that together with the fact that it is written about a topic we all care about – being more [.].

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QAspire

MAY 19, 2013

'In one of the podcasts I have, the host tells an interesting story. While sitting on an airplane next to a gardener, she asked him for one gardening tip. The gardener replied, “My #1 gardening tip is: all plants/flower are only meant to live a certain amount of time. Try to make them live any longer and it makes you a bad gardener! ”. All good things must come to an end, yet it is human nature to cling on to what works and stretch it till it breaks.

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Marshall Goldsmith

MAY 19, 2013

'In a talk to the Drucker Foundation Advisory Board in 1993, Peter Drucker said, “The leader of the past was a person who knew how to tell. The leader of the future will be a person who knows how to ask.” The traditional hierarchical model of leadership will not work effectively for major organizations in tomorrow’s changing world.

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Tim Milburn

MAY 19, 2013

'This is a guest post by Lewis Jacobs, a free lance writer and social media specialist. You’ve heard the phrase “natural born leader.” But what if you aren’t a natural born leader? How do you go about acquiring the skills and tools and the confidence to become a leader in your own right? Hopefully, you are learning what it takes to be productive and to help those on your team to be productive as well.

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Ron Edmondson

MAY 19, 2013

'Spiritual growth of believers should be the goal of any church. We are to reach unbelievers and introduce them to Christ, but the end goal according to the command of Jesus is making disciples. It would even make sense then, that as much as we count the offering or attendance on Sundays, if we want to know we are being successful as a church, we have to somehow “count” our success at making disciples.

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Strategy Driven

MAY 19, 2013

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Rajesh Setty

MAY 19, 2013

'Before I go any further, watch these two videos that will set the context for this article. While there is a chance that this may be staged, the point is to focus on the lesson on not on winning a debate that will lead to nothing. Video #1: Pumpcast News, Part 1 – The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. This is a short video (5 minutes) where Jack Rafferty surprises a cool couple (husband is a bartender and wife is a fitness instructor).

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The Idolbuster

MAY 19, 2013

'Rocking Chair Crayon Box by Andrew Morrell Via Flickr CC. Recently I published a post on the Pre’cation , the most innovative employee benefit I have seen in years. The pre’cation offers employees two weeks paid vacation before the start date. My post on the Pre’cation stirred up a serious debate on LinkedIn. Any company that is serious about building a long term relationship with employees should consider offering a pre’cation; not as a feel good measure, but as a serious business

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