Terry Starbucker

JULY 16, 2017

It’s a personal memoir that traces the discovery and development of my More Human Leadership philosophy, a practice guided by 8 core principles. I had met over 900 people that were on our team in the field, many of them three or four times. The Leadership File And The Spreadsheet Assassin.

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Terry Starbucker

AUGUST 3, 2014

Kathy Cramer , who has created and has dedicated her life to what she calls asset-based thinking (ABT), a way of looking at the world that helps leaders, influencers, and their teams make small shifts in thinking to produce extraordinary impact. How a leader needs to stimulate their team’s reward pathways (for the dopamine rush).

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Real Estate Leadership Definition Education 402

Terry Starbucker

OCTOBER 16, 2011

With nearly 30 years of experience in my rear view mirror, I can best describe the process of successful leadership as somehow getting a giant boulder up, and then over, a steep hill – a boulder not only filled with the accumulated weight of our talents and expectations, but with those of our teammates as well.

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Terry Starbucker

JANUARY 1, 2017

It’s a leadership wonder drug of 5 simple words that can make a huge difference in the workplace. A real shot of motivation and inspiration that, if delivered at the right time and place, can spur your team to the pinnacle of success. Giving praise to teammates is one of the critical elements of effective leadership. What is it?

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Terry Starbucker

FEBRUARY 12, 2017

We start to say to ourselves “I’m the boss now – I cannot ‘mix it up’ as much with the team. The team isn’t jelling as well as they need to – and morale is no better than “just OK”. We violated my #1 (and only) Golden Rule of Leadership. They feel like they are not only part of a business team, but a kind of a family.

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Terry Starbucker

FEBRUARY 17, 2013

How do you know when your leadership is making a difference? As we move forward on our leadership journeys, there are lots of clues out there that can let us know how we’re doing, but there are 10 in particular that you should focus on. The Triumph of Confidence – A sense of fearlessness pervades the offices and hallways.

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Terry Starbucker

SEPTEMBER 9, 2012

Since I’m one of those fans, I find myself reading the sports pages first this time of year, and recently I discovered one of the best (and most concise) leadership lessons I’ve ever come across in a piece written in the New York Times by Bill Pennington. Therein lies the leadership lesson. How did they do it?

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Terry Starbucker

NOVEMBER 2, 2014

She’s called a team meeting that will have her entire staff of 75 in attendance. The critical element to effective leadership is to be believed and trusted, and the best way to earn both of those things is to believe and trust in yourself. Leadership' It comes off forced, or worse, false. Don’t forget to listen to it. .

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Terry Starbucker

MAY 6, 2018

And therein lies what I consider the (all too) often missing link in awesome team building – the proper training of these supervisors. More specifically, the leadership training. As companies like Zingerman’s so vividly illustrate, it is indeed the missing link to awesome team building, and thus, a great company.

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Terry Starbucker

NOVEMBER 4, 2012

In the seven years I’ve been writing and talking about my concepts and lessons of personal leadership, I’ve often been asked, “What does it take to be a great leader?” 2) Be Consistent in Your Leadership - Nothing unsettles a team more than a scattered leader. It’s not a pretty picture.

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Terry Starbucker

DECEMBER 31, 2017

Talk about this with your team, as early in the year as possible. You’ll feel ahead of the game right away – and that attitude will rub off on the rest of your team. Answer these questions NOW , take whatever corrective action is necessary, and give your team a better chance for success. THEN , dive in.

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Terry Starbucker

MAY 31, 2018

Leadership. It’s been a journey to the heart of leadership and a tribute to the power of just writing it all down. For those who have read them all already, you have my eternal thanks and I hoped they helped you on your leadership journey. The more human kind. Stay self aware!

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Terry Starbucker

OCTOBER 26, 2014

“ What I mean by disruptive leadership is a drive to do three things, constantly; Never, ever, ever, be standing still, pushing ever forward. Doing something regularly that surprises the heck out of the team (in a positive way). And by the way, you don’t have to be a startup founder to display disruptive leadership.

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Terry Starbucker

MARCH 13, 2014

Hi all – on March 11, I gave a presentation at the Leadership Summit, a great online event organized by Macro Recruitment in Australia . My presentation included my thoughts on what I believe to be the 8 Guiding Principles of More Human Leadership. Builds a happy team. That results in a fulfilled YOU.

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Terry Starbucker

AUGUST 4, 2013

” Leadership has its challenges, and there’s none more daunting than walking into a difficult “turn around” situation. And most importantly, the leader operates with a keen sense of fairness that builds real credibility with the team. Leadership' Can you fix all this for us?” Be a success.

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Terry Starbucker

JUNE 1, 2014

Since then, I’ve been deeply absorbed in Resonate and its lessons for great presentations and leadership, so it was a great honor and pleasure to record this podcast with her. The key role of empathy in rallying a team around a cause. Nancy’s most important leadership lesson. Leadership More Human Podcast'

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Terry Starbucker

APRIL 10, 2014

The best way to leadership productivity is simply this: Making the best selection of WHAT to do at any given moment. Which ones you choose are often critical to whether or not you and your team will make the progress it needs to hit the success targets of your company or organization. Leadership' Nope, it’s none of these.

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Terry Starbucker

APRIL 20, 2014

“This (leadership) really is hard to learn. On the latest edition of the More Human Podcast , leadership consultant, author and strategist Jeannie Coyle and I tackle a big topic – the essential qualities of leadership: The value of experience in developing great leaders, versus traditional tools and training.

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Terry Starbucker

OCTOBER 8, 2017

A More Human Short Story – My Path To Leadership Joy . He had a style of leadership that I would classify as undeniably human, and personal. I had team meetings. But the thing that I liked about them was the fact that they were connected to each other – a team that had rallied around a common cause.

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Terry Starbucker

MARCH 27, 2014

I wanted to talk about leadership. I framed it that day as group of 10 leadership battles that leaders will constantly face, in any quest to be great. And I chose my side of the battle, and asked the team to follow my lead. I decided to NOT make my keynote talk a discussion of the numbers. That school is now closed.

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Terry Starbucker

AUGUST 17, 2014

Once all the pieces were in their right place, it became a leadership juggernaut destined for success. I was lucky to have been part of something pretty special – a team that blossomed into one of the highest performing groups in our industry. Leadership' Once it was built, great progress became inevitable as tomorrow.

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Terry Starbucker

JUNE 11, 2019

It’s the classic (and critical) business leadership tug of war, and leaders need to be on the winning side, or their business will be banished to the dustbin of mediocrity. Your business, your team, and your life, will be the better for it. If you listen closely enough, you can hear it. Stop, breathe, and listen to it. The struggle.

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Terry Starbucker

MAY 1, 2014

” Every meeting, every day, I said those words out loud to my team. My other managers and leaders would say them to their teams, repeatedly. This whole experience really clarified another mantra of mine, what I call the “ zen of more human leadership “: Simple is good. Leadership' Repeatedly.

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Terry Starbucker

JULY 2, 2017

I love putting a little Zen into my day-to-day leadership, because I’ve found it to be very, very effective. More specifically, I’m a big believer in leadership mantras. Before too long, you don’t even have to say them – your team repeats them back to you, just at the moment the principle is at work.

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Terry Starbucker

AUGUST 31, 2014

I still wanted to practice and study my vocation of leadership. So for me, as one of the founders of Built Oregon, it’s a grand leadership experiment. Are my principles of More Human Leadership up to this task? I couldn’t ask for a better team. Leadership' I wanted something different.

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Terry Starbucker

FEBRUARY 25, 2018

Over the course of a long leadership journey you occasionally get to experience one of those extraordinary days that you remember, and draw on as a valuable lesson, for the rest of your business life. Good or bad, there they were, for the whole team to see. This is the story of one of those days.

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Terry Starbucker

MAY 20, 2012

For a leader, feedback from the team is a wonderful thing – that is, if it’s the RIGHT kind of feedback. We all have our ways of soliciting it, gathering it, or cajoling it out of our teammates. Because after all, without it, we’re most likely taking our #leadership shots completely in the dark. Not a good thing.

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Terry Starbucker

AUGUST 10, 2014

I thought that was pretty aggressive  near perfection  but it just felt right, because I believed we had the team to get it done. It’s THE essential trait of great leadership. Why not? The post THE Essential Trait of Great Leadership appeared first on Terry "Starbucker" St. Leadership'

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Terry Starbucker

JULY 1, 2012

There are times when a leadership vacuum can sneak up on you and your organization, one that can quickly erase all the hard work and success that preceded it. A classic example is a sales force caring for nothing more than commissions, leaving customer “messes” behind for the rest of the team to clean up – if they can.

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Terry Starbucker

FEBRUARY 20, 2014

It’s the third week of my 5-week series outlining 25 timeless leadership lessons. “It is Solved by Walking” Take the Leadership Litmus Test. I am a big fan of those home improvement shows on TV, and I have found a great piece of leadership advice by watching interior decorators work with their clients.

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Terry Starbucker

NOVEMBER 30, 2014

But before we go charging up that hill, we need to take a very necessary first step – to make sure the rest of the team is behind us, aligned, motivated, and in tune with the mission of the company. In other words, we can’t put the business cart before the leadership horse. The leadership part HAS to come first.

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Terry Starbucker

DECEMBER 29, 2013

Fellow leaders, it’s that time of year again – time to dust off our leadership checklist, and get ‘em done. Proper preparation is key, and I assure you, if you do these 10 things, you’ll be more than ready to make the coming year the best one ever for your leadership. Leadership' THEN , dive in.

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Terry Starbucker

DECEMBER 1, 2013

I was at a friend’s house for Thanksgiving dinner the other day when the conversation turned to leadership, and my blog. It was a great illustration of leadership applying the mistaken belief, and the fear, to a predictable negative effect. It’s really the ultimate leadership tip for the modern-day leader.

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Terry Starbucker

NOVEMBER 10, 2013

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. The 5 Dysfunctions of a Team – by Patrick Lencioni.

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Terry Starbucker

DECEMBER 21, 2014

I loved the practice of leadership. Specifically, More Human leadership. The “unanimous joy” I wanted did happen, and I was able to achieve the “trifecta” that is the core of More Human Leadership - A great company, a happy team, and a fulfilled leader. Leadership'

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Terry Starbucker

MARCH 6, 2016

On paper, and in your head, you have the best team in the world – and yet, things are not clicking. In the best teams, members listen to one another and show sensitivity to feelings and needs (my emphasis added). In the best teams, members listen to one another and show sensitivity to feelings and needs (my emphasis added).

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Terry Starbucker

MAY 26, 2013

In my quest for more human leadership , I’ve discovered a core truth. So what’s the secret to building such a place, and thus, achieving leadership greatness? So what’s the secret to building such a place, and thus, achieving leadership greatness? It takes more human leadership. Leadership'

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