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How To Find Your Balance On The Leadership Seesaw

Terry Starbucker

Leaders are constantly riding a leadership seesaw, swaying back and forth between seeming contradictions that hover over our daily decisions and interactions. In reality, under great leadership innovation and process work in tandem, where the more solid the processes, the more time is saved for great innovation.

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The Next Great Leadership Experiment: Built Oregon

Terry Starbucker

I still wanted to practice and study my vocation of leadership. There was an entrepreneurial spirit that sprung from all the makers, foodies, techies, innovators, dreamers, and groundbreakers that lived in the city and throughout the state of Oregon. Are my principles of More Human Leadership up to this task? Leadership'

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Collective Wisdom: 6 Powerful Leadership Lessons From 200 CEOs

Terry Starbucker

Did you ever wish you could find a way to tap into the collective wisdom of over 200 CEOs, and find the most powerful leadership lessons? For the past 4 years, Adam has been conducting interviews with chief executives for Corner Office , a great feature about leadership and management in The New York Times. I have good news for you.

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A Navigational Guide To 6 Paradoxes of Leadership

Terry Starbucker

There are six in particular that need some keen navigation: 1) Process vs. Innovation – On the surface this looks more like a huge battle; the free thinking forces that love chaos and drive change, against the system-driven processors who thrive on order and repetition.

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From Drucker To The Lean Startup: The (Literary) Evolution of Leadership Philosophy

Terry Starbucker

I am pleased to present the first More Human Leadership Podcast , a new regular feature at TerryStarbucker.com. Hosted by yours truly,this series will feature conversations with authors and thought leaders about my favorite topics: leadership and leadership philosophy. Leadership' Out of the Crisis - by W.Edwards Deming.

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Hackers and Hummingbirds: Leadership Lessons from Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg

Terry Starbucker

The book is a fascinating deep dive into many aspects of Facebook’s meteoric success, but I was particularly interested in her perspectives on the importance of great leadership. 3) Remember that the leadership skills can be taught. 1) Create a culture that supports the purpose and vision of your business.

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7 Ways To Keep Your Balance On The Leadership Tightrope

Terry Starbucker

Leadership is a balancing act. The thing is, leaders have to “be” many things, and a lot of them are seemingly contradictory – paradoxes that hover over our daily decisions and interactions and threaten our delicate balance on the leadership tightrope. Both need to be used with equal force”. .