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Getting From Idea To Execution: 5 Lessons From a Kickstarter Video

Terry Starbucker

And, like any leap into the entrepreneurial unknown, we’ve already learned some valuable lessons in getting from idea to execution. The post Getting From Idea To Execution: 5 Lessons From a Kickstarter Video appeared first on Terry "Starbucker" St. The best example I can cite is our Kickstarter video. Leadership'

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The Nightmare In The Executive Suite: 10 Scary Things A Leader Never Wants To Hear

Terry Starbucker

The post The Nightmare In The Executive Suite: 10 Scary Things A Leader Never Wants To Hear appeared first on Terry "Starbucker" St. Seriously folks, just spit it out, and save that quote from “A Few Good Men”. Sometimes I wish that line was never written…. Leadership'

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12 Ways Leaders Can Build a Winning Culture

Terry Starbucker

There’s a foundation to successful business execution that is undeniably critical – the workplace culture. Bad cultures can’t execute very well. You might even say that they are doomed to failure, rich in dysfunction, seeped in mistrust, and (most often) guided by fear. Show the way! Photo by Bigstock ).

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Getting Things Done: How Great Leadership Moves From Talk To Action

Terry Starbucker

It’s their job to paint the picture of what is supposed to be happening- that grand world of team harmony and stellar execution. As Thomas Edison famously said, “ Vision without execution is hallucination.”. That is, the leader can’t just be a spectator in the execution – the leader is a key part of it.

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Fish Heads and The Value of Great Leadership: An Unforgettable Lesson

Terry Starbucker

It was three months into my maiden voyage as a cable TV executive, at age 27. Yes, leadership is important, and yet, after all my years in this business world, it still never seems to get the attention it deserves in the boardrooms and executive suites. “Terry, don’t you see? A fish stinks from its head down”. No more smell.

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The 4 Things You HAVE To Do To Make Leadership Development Really Work

Terry Starbucker

As soon as a supervisor, manager, director, vice president, senior vice president, executive vice president, or C-suite executive is hired, they “ develop ” as leaders – that is, from the moment they start working they are molded by the circumstances and people that they encounter.

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Why You Shouldn’t Put The Business Cart Before The Leadership Horse

Terry Starbucker

It’s so tempting, once leaders get their marching orders to deliver profit targets, to dive right into the details of execution. Take the time to LEAD before you manage business execution, and you’ll hugely increase your odds of hitting that trifecta. Go for it, and lead well!

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