Terry Starbucker

article thumbnail

Hiring And The Peter Principle: Square Pegs Really Don’t Fit Into Round Holes

Terry Starbucker

Peter , and report back to him the next day about what I learned. As I recited that back to my boss, with the enthusiasm of a grade schooler giving his first book report, he paused, looked at me sternly and said with all the authority he could muster, “ now young man, you’ll remember that, won’t you ???”.

article thumbnail

The Absolutely Essential Qualities Of Great Leadership

Terry Starbucker

Jeannie is Managing Partner of Talent Savvy Manager , providing keynotes, consulting and workshops to inspire and build skills of managers to develop people from work experience. Before you listen, I’ll leave you with one more quote from Jeannie: “Projects and Reports get done. People are never done”.

Quality 297
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

The Real Secret of Life (And How It Applies to More Human Leadership)

Terry Starbucker

It worked like a charm. As a matter of fact, I used my karaoke skills on many occasions to inject a little music therapy into the proceedings, as well as have a little fun (yes, that is allowed in the business chambers sometimes…).

article thumbnail

7 Keys To Unlocking Your Team’s Potential

Terry Starbucker

Building a great team around you is one of those leadership skills that can make or break you. Let them See – All too often a team can be left in the dark on higher level strategic matters that concern their boss, or not be privy to certain reports or financial information. You WANT to know what’s on their minds, always.

Collins 327
article thumbnail

Beyond The Basics: The 10 Best Ways To Fine-Tune Your Leadership

Terry Starbucker

Spend a lot more time on those “intangible” aspects of leadership – the soft skills that are not apparent by simply reading a resume. But it’s essential for long-term success to develop those skills, and quickly. Hire on personality, not core competencies -Leaders are not genetic engineers, nor should they be.

article thumbnail

Loosening the Reins: Why It’s Important To Pass the Leadership Torch

Terry Starbucker

His personal and political skills were so good, and his community outreach efforts had been so successful, that we had started to call him “Senator” around the company. Clark didn’t know exactly what the promotion should be, because he was at a bit of a ceiling – he reported to me, and I wasn’t going anywhere just yet. Yes, I do”.

Collins 150
article thumbnail

The Complete Collection: 25 Timeless Leadership Lessons That Just Plain Work

Terry Starbucker

During my first few months as an executive back in 1987 my boss asked (no, ordered) me to read the book “ The Peter Principle ”, and report back to him the next day about what I learned. Cure your case of the buts and you will immediately be a better leader. No Square Pegs in Round Holes. Several times.