Terry Starbucker

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How Great Leaders Simplify Decision-Making (And Just Get Stuff Done)

Terry Starbucker

For example, on Cooke’s billion dollar deal, he was able to decide in 20 minutes because he had developed a one-page analysis that cut to the core of the company’s potential , and therefore could point to a value that made sense to him. First, good decision makers get the right data in front of them at the right time.

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THE Essential Trait of Great Leadership

Terry Starbucker

Bill Bresnan. And this month, we hit our goal of 98%. That had to get better, so I immediately set a goal on this new metric  98%. He looked at me for a few seconds, processing the information, with his usual mix of twinkle and intensity (he was always so good at straddling that line). Thank you Bill.

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United We Stand: The Best Path to Extraordinary

Terry Starbucker

That is, the goals of the enterprise, and the processes and measurements that are used to get to those goals. Here’s an example – my former company, a cable TV & broadband business. To get to extraordinary. A lot of times it’s just the one, the cause.

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Decide, and DO: The 4 Secrets to A Bias Towards Action

Terry Starbucker

For example, on that billion dollar deal, he was able to decide in 20 minutes because he had developed a one-page analysis that cut to the core of the company’s potential, and therefore could point to a value that made sense to him. Then, there’s the third secret. That boss had ‘em in spades – he was fearless.

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(5 More Of The) 25 Timeless Leadership Lessons That Just Plain Work

Terry Starbucker

Good decorators always use the process of elimination in making color and design choices – that is, they find out what their clients DO NOT want before they figure out what they want. That really is the hard stuff, and typically are the “ first things ” we need to do to keep our goals on track. It is Solved by Walking”.

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Reach For Greatness: The 12 Steps To The Leadership Summit

Terry Starbucker

It’s also a show of respect that pays enormous dividends later in the process. We were not going to compromise on ANY of these 4 things – as an example, one of our favorite lines that came out of this was “ We will not sacrifice quality at the altar of expediency”.

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(More of The) 25 Timeless Leadership Lessons That Just Plain Work: Lessons 6-10

Terry Starbucker

As good leaders, we spend a great deal of time in front of our teammates, putting out a lot of words for them to process. For example, if words are delivered in a monotone without inflection, emphasis, or even better, passion, it really doesn’t matter what you are saying. Words Alone Don’t Make the Leader. They will fall flat.