Terry Starbucker

APRIL 17, 2011

He was a mentor, and I was fiercely loyal to him. But still, our mentors, our great leaders, have that innate ability to deliver that “ motivating dissatisfaction &# at precisely the right time, and with the right tone – perhaps not with the bite and melody of the Rolling Stones, but in their own personal style.

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Terry Starbucker

DECEMBER 29, 2011

7) Should solo entrepreneurs find mentors to refine their business purpose? 4) What’s the role of simplicity in communicating a consistent message? 5) How does your leadership philosophy translate to the small business person? 6) How does profit get tied to the business purpose?

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Terry Starbucker

OCTOBER 2, 2011

. “Pat, I’d like to buy one more vowel – an “I” Vanna and Pat know you’re close now, and the audience is buzzing, as the final vowel is revealed: one letter “I” Pat reveals the underlying lesson: Interview your peers and mentors. You knew you couldn’t solve this yourself.

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Terry Starbucker

AUGUST 2, 2015

One of my leadership mentors and the CEO of the company I worked for at the time, Bill Bresnan , had just passed away, and I had been reflecting on his many qualities that had defined him as a wonderful person, and a great leader. This post, originally published in November of 2009, came at a sad time for me. ” Amen, and lead well!

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Terry Starbucker

MARCH 9, 2014

Why having a coach and mentor is so important to your mission. How his observations of service and selflessness led to a popular Forbes article, and then the book. How to “aim past the target” to a higher purpose. The big difference between having a mission and having a plan. What really made Darth Vader evil.

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Terry Starbucker

JANUARY 30, 2014

My mentor Bill Bresnan summed up the power of no so well for me many years ago: “Sometimes the best deals are the ones you don’t do” Great leaders don’t have to be a superperson.

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Power Mentor Learning-by-Doing Leadership 365

Terry Starbucker

MAY 19, 2013

8) Peer mentoring should be encouraged – There’s nothing more rewarding than seeing long-time teammates take a new peer under their wing, or seeing team meetings that rarely need management intervention to inspire better performance. They should be welcomed, not feared.

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Terry Starbucker

NOVEMBER 26, 2017

8) Peer mentoring should be encouraged – There’s nothing more rewarding than seeing long-time teammates take a new peer under their wing, or seeing team meetings that rarely need management intervention to inspire better performance. They should be welcomed, not feared.

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Terry Starbucker

MARCH 29, 2015

Almost 30 years later, I’m now in the position of being the mentor, and you can bet that I’m passing down these pearls of wisdom to the new leaders I’m talking to. So it was really easy to take what he said as the gospel truth. And by golly, it was! As well as passing them along to YOU.

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Terry Starbucker

JULY 7, 2013

3) “Mentors” – teacher, delegator, empathetic, people-oriented, humble, shy. Here were the 3 core styles they noted: 1) “Sports Coaches” – energetic, organized, goal setter, teacher, no-nonsense & tough, strictly professional.

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Terry Starbucker

OCTOBER 20, 2013

It became a wonderful “ learning loop ” that helped and sustained me for 4 years as a corporate executive, and the writing and learning still goes on today, fed by my new experiences here in Portland as a consultant, mentor and angel investor.

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Terry Starbucker

JANUARY 23, 2014

I’m honored to chat with one of my leadership mentors on my latest More Human Leadership Podcast - author, keynote speaker and consultant Steve Farber.

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Terry Starbucker

JANUARY 2, 2011

Or, seek out and find a mentor (if you haven’t already). Why not get a head start? Find a few books to read, and get them in your stack. Use the Internet and Social Media to research articles in your field of interest. Line it all up, and GO! Now it’s time to Engage, Engage, Engage.

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Terry Starbucker

DECEMBER 15, 2013

My great mentor Tom Peters said it best – leaders have to develop a “ bias towards action “ Accept the responsibility. Indecision is a pet-peeve, and most of my biggest professional frustrations over my 31-year career involved situations where there was too much dithering over making a decision. Embrace it.

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Terry Starbucker

SEPTEMBER 9, 2012

These were teammates that would mentor their less experienced members without prompting, and cheer them on when excellence was achieved. Performance was reviewed and talked about as a team, with peers challenging peers, and with a camaraderie and vibrancy that indicated that these high bars were standards that EVERYONE needed to live up to.

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Terry Starbucker

MAY 6, 2012

My eternal thanks to all my mentors, owners and teammates at Bresnan Communications – this post is dedicated to all of you). My “espresso bar” was a cable TV company, and what a nice little blend it turned out to be. I can’t wait to come up with the next one here in Portland, on the next leg of my leadership journey. (My

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Terry Starbucker

JUNE 16, 2013

. “Rejection: Get Used to It” - D’Wayne Edwards , founder, PENSOLE Academy of Footwear Design , who keeps a “rejection wall” to motivate his passion to mentor and teach others to realize their dreams in the footwear design industry.

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Terry Starbucker

SEPTEMBER 18, 2011

Right up there with “ think outside the box &# (oh gosh, my mentor used to hate that one… ). In fact, its become one of the most overused cliches in the business world. “Hey, let’s all get on the same page&#. All these sayings are bandied about for a reason.

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Terry Starbucker

MAY 20, 2012

The 5-5-5 was a great process I picked up from a few of my #leadership mentors, and I’m happy to share it here – because it works. It’s also a great thing to actually talk about what is working well (i.e., Go ahead, get your shot. Ask the 5-5-5!

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Terry Starbucker

DECEMBER 4, 2011

One of my great mentors, the late Bill Bresnan, set a wonderful example for me that I’ll never forget. Knowing Names - This can be such a difference maker in larger organizations – it may seem like an impossible task, but remembering a name sends another subtle caring message.

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Terry Starbucker

NOVEMBER 1, 2015

Take constructive advice and critique from a mentor? Always keep a positive demeanor (even though you may not feel positive at the time), because you’ll be the beacon that your team follows? Shut your brain down and really listen? Use the full spectrum of accountability , in a fair and impartial way?

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Terry Starbucker

AUGUST 10, 2011

Somewhere, in a galaxy far, far away, I had a rare chance to chat with Yoda, who, it can now be revealed, has been one of my favorite Social Media mentors. It’s a little known fact that in addition to his important duties as a Jedi Master, Yoda has been behind the scenes training many of us in the ways of Social Media.

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Terry Starbucker

JANUARY 2, 2012

I succumbed to that fear a few times earlier in my career, and fortunately, I had some great mentors that pointed it out to me. A selflessness that puts aside a certain fear – the one that thinks that unless you strut your stuff out there, it won’t be noticed by your bosses when raise, bonus or promotion time comes.

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Terry Starbucker

NOVEMBER 24, 2013

4) The company expects their leaders to to pay their learning forward, as one-on-one mentors – this is the ultimate step, in that by making teaching part of the job description, it essentially cements leadership development directly into the process flow, into the evaluations, and into the “bloodstream” of the company.

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Terry Starbucker

MARCH 8, 2015

Because after all, we’re talking about humans here- we all function better in environments where we know in our hearts that our caretakers, our mentors, and our leaders really care about us, and are doing their best to guide and teach us.

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Terry Starbucker

JUNE 10, 2012

Find a mentor that can help you and provide valuable insights. This isn’t going to be easy – you’ll lose more sleep from people problems than anything else. But take the time to watch and learn from those who do it well. Listen more than talk.

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Terry Starbucker

AUGUST 18, 2013

3) Desire for Acceptance - I wrote about the best example of this in the original post - my drive to create executive presentations that would please my mentor and boss. They were invaluable at keeping us all stable and focused (and sane).

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Terry Starbucker

JUNE 30, 2013

The good news was that I had an experienced Senior accountant on the job with me, so I’d finally have a chance to get that mentoring I was looking for. I was going to be on the audit team for the local Rodeo & Stock show (so very Texas, I know). Or so I thought.

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Terry Starbucker

OCTOBER 8, 2017

I arrived at our office in Casper and found the atmosphere to be as welcoming as ever – these folks knew that I had lost one of my most important mentors, and they were very gracious and supportive. I had experienced the joy of leadership, and it was (darn) good. It was because of him. The room got really quiet. It is essential. .

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Terry Starbucker

MARCH 6, 2011

Because he was one of my great leadership mentors, I’ll be writing a lot more about Bill in the coming weeks, but today I wanted to touch on one aspect of his inspiring leadership style that always reminded me of Sam Malone.

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Terry Starbucker

JUNE 3, 2012

As I now mentor start-up leaders, I think of this lesson every day. But this one takes courage to make those tough calls. 2) Teach instead of just tell , by using repetition, consistency, plain English, common sense, and best of all, rolling up the sleeves and showing them how it’s done. Leaders ARE teachers.

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Terry Starbucker

FEBRUARY 1, 2015

Fortunately, I had multiple opportunities to practice in front of my OSB colleagues and mentors in the weeks before Demo Day. With stopwatches in hand, they’d put me through my paces and let me know where I was going off the track, what points I was beating into submission, or point out ideas that weren’t coming through.

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Terry Starbucker

JUNE 7, 2015

Yep, I’m now a startup founder myself.

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Terry Starbucker

JANUARY 10, 2016

The funny thing was, it wasn’t a chat with a boss, or a mentor, or a teacher that set me straight. It was a conversation that forever changed my vision of “ corporate leadership “, and put me on the more human path. It also taught me the immense value of an open heart and mind.

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Terry Starbucker

JULY 26, 2015

That is, if you wanted to learn, you watched, or got lucky enough to have a boss that would mentor you. I think in many respects leadership was just thought to be a “passed along” skill that didn’t need any formal teaching structure attached to it. I wanted to put leadership out there, front and center.

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Terry Starbucker

MARCH 6, 2014

It is now my daily filter, and as I mentor those teammates who are on their own leadership journeys, I always stress to be “ ever the statesman “, no matter how tough and frustrating the circumstances may be. Leaders need to exhibit a mature, wisdom infused demeanor that inspires greater respect.

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Terry Starbucker

AUGUST 9, 2015

That desire for acceptance still tugs at me today – but directed towards mentors and those leaders I respect and admire. This elementary part of humanity is a powerful motivator, and most of the time you don’t even realize it.

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