Terry Starbucker

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5 Simple Secrets To Leadership Productivity

Terry Starbucker

I’m often asked, “How can a leader be more productive?”, The best way to leadership productivity is simply this: Making the best selection of WHAT to do at any given moment. Overcommitting is the cardinal sin of productivity. ”, which is shorthand for: “Help! Nope, it’s none of these. Leadership'

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The Classic Leadership Tug Of War (and how to be on the winning side of it)

Terry Starbucker

Expediency is paramount to greater productivity. That widget is put through a rigorous process that produces a consistently reliable product that delivers over and over and over again. Your business, your team, and your life, will be the better for it. Let’s take a look…. Because after all, in any business, time is money.

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How a Leader Can Make 10 Minus One Equal 12 (and other feats of magical math)

Terry Starbucker

Because he was an outgoing person, George was popular around the office, but the 9 other members of Jerry’s team that he worked with had been growing resentful of his seeming ability to “ talk his way out of any trouble ”. First, it’s clear that George, as part of a 10 person group, has been a drag on the overall effectiveness of the team.

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The Most Important Question Every Leader Must Answer – Before It Is Asked

Terry Starbucker

In his mind, he has done everything right to manage his team to success. He monitored the resulting team activity and provided useful feedback. The manager, in working with his team, had answered four questions: “What?”, “When?“, “How?”, The manager slumps on his desk, frustrated and confused. Look again at my example above.

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Leverage Your Business Pulse: The 5 Day Leadership Planner

Terry Starbucker

Tuesday: “Download & Discuss” This is the day to have your key team meeting, to download the summaries of the processing that took place the day before, and to discuss the “state of the business” with the previous week’s data and processing in mind – this sets the stage for deeper thinking (see Wednesday).

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(How To Be On) The Right Side of the Classic Business Tug of War

Terry Starbucker

Let’s take a look… On the left, there’s the formidable “Done fast” After all, in any business, time is money. Expediency is paramount to greater productivity. That widget is put through a rigorous process that produces a consistently reliable product that delivers over and over and over again.

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Hackers and Hummingbirds: Leadership Lessons from Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg

Terry Starbucker

Since then, most of the ideas and code that have gone into Facebook have come from the great people we’ve attracted to our team.” At Facebook, allegiance to the hacker way permeates every aspect of the business, from product innovation to organizational structure to management and training. In that sense, everyone is equal.

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