Terry Starbucker

AUGUST 5, 2012

Let’s dig a little deeper… 1) Mastery at the craft – Malcolm Gladwell’s now-famous assertion (in his book “ Outliers” ) about needing 10,000 hours of practice to achieve mastery in any given skill is vividly on display when you watch gymnasts execute extremely difficult maneuvers with seeming ease.

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Terry Starbucker

JULY 2, 2017

No square pegs in round holes” – This is a warning on the hiring side: it’s absolutely critical to find the right match of job, skills and personality. “Be ever the statesman” – A constant reminder that we should always act in a respectful, honest, open, and dignified manner as we practice our craft. “No Mistakes here can really hurt you.

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Terry Starbucker

MAY 17, 2015

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.

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Terry Starbucker

MAY 6, 2018

They typically know their stuff, but are lacking in certain skill sets that directly relate to their new responsibilities. These are the people that are thrown into their jobs head first. Worse, they don’t get a lot of guidance from their bosses before AND after they take that dive. Sound familiar?

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Terry Starbucker

JUNE 15, 2018

Perhaps what the study begs once the onion gets fully peeled is a critical question- if good relationships are critical to happiness, isn’t it really the relationship skills themselves that hold the key, and thus we as a society should be paying much more attention to this in our children’s formidable learning years?

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Terry Starbucker

APRIL 3, 2014

On the other side of the ledger, I’ve come to understand the “nice” code as something very insidious – a not-so-subtle rejection of More Human leadership.

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Terry Starbucker

FEBRUARY 22, 2015

6) Conquer the fear that robs your common sense, a critical skill that cannot disappear when the stuff hits the fan. Facts rule. 5) Channel your positivity as an antidote to the “bad news” virus. YOU are the leader and they will follow your lead. 7) Forget about leaning on “experts “ , follow your gut.

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Terry Starbucker

JUNE 10, 2012

How we interact with them, listen to them, teach them, coach them, inspire them, hire them and perhaps even fire them is a whole set of skills that can only be honed and perfected by the wisdom gained from experience. This isn’t going to be easy – you’ll lose more sleep from people problems than anything else.

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Terry Starbucker

AUGUST 18, 2013

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…).

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Terry Starbucker

MARCH 27, 2014

We have to understand what’s going on in their hearts and minds – the better to pinpoint and address performance issues, as well as properly match skills AND personalities to key responsibilities. That school is now closed.

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Terry Starbucker

MAY 8, 2011

Building a great team around you is one of those leadership skills that can make or break you. It’s one thing to get all the “right people on the bus&# (to steal a Jim Collins phrase), but it’s quite another to get the team to create an unstoppable collective force that can achieve greatness.

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Terry Starbucker

OCTOBER 2, 2011

They will be able to see things differently than you, AND, they’ll be happy to have a “seat at the table” as you work through the puzzle.

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Terry Starbucker

OCTOBER 9, 2011

Please don’t misunderstand me, some of my closest friends are Millennials- many members of the millennial generation have crucial skill sets that can enhance the effectiveness of your organization. Well, you could very well be working with a Millennial.

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Terry Starbucker

MARCH 11, 2012

The skill set necessary to get to this point is common, and successes are easy, but there comes a point where pure will, excellence, discipline and determination are the only things that can move the journey forward. This is the stage where people and businesses often find themselves- and where they most often fail.

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Terry Starbucker

JULY 26, 2015

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. Why is this the case? It’s a question that has banged around in my head for a long time. That is, if you wanted to learn, you watched, or got lucky enough to have a boss that would mentor you.

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Terry Starbucker

MARCH 6, 2014

There seems to come a time in a leadership career where you think you can actually change a person – the hubris level gets to a point where you believe your skills are so sharp, and so good, that you can actually overcome the Peter Principle. Several times.

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Terry Starbucker

MAY 31, 2015

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. I’m at that point now with the responsibilities I have.”. “I I saw that Clark – you’ve done a fantastic job”.

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Terry Starbucker

JULY 16, 2017

We have to understand what’s going on in their hearts and minds – the better to pinpoint and address performance issues, as well as properly match skills AND personalities to key responsibilities. That school is now closed.

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Terry Starbucker

JANUARY 20, 2013

It was thrilling to watch this man at work, preparing delectable morsels (that look like mini works of art) with 70 years of acquired skill and experience – and a lot of pride.

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Terry Starbucker

MAY 22, 2014

Poker is one of those games where skill and cunning go hand in hand with pure luck – not unlike life, when you think about it. I was about as obsessed with this goal as anyone could be for about a year – spending most of my free time trying to hone my skills at the virtual tables. And failed.

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Terry Starbucker

OCTOBER 3, 2010

Thank you for raising these primary skills as an issue. It is the first impression, conveyed even from a distance, and leaves a lasting mental imprint. Furthermore, healthy posture can subliminally overcome such formidable barriers as gender, race and ethnicity.

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Terry Starbucker

MARCH 15, 2010

They typically know their stuff, but are lacking in certain skill sets that directly relate to their new responsibilities. This is where awareness of the benefits leadership skills provide comes in. It is a different skill-set they need to look for before they promote and train. Sound familiar? Popularity: 2% [ ?

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Terry Starbucker

APRIL 18, 2010

You get to a point where you believe your skills are so sharp, and so good, that you can actually overcome the Peter Principle, and change a person into something they are clearly not. The personality of a good manager can be very different from the skills of a good IT person. Especially when it comes to hiring.

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Terry Starbucker

JUNE 18, 2017

Building a great team is one of those leadership skills that can make or break you. It’s one thing to get all the “ right people on the bus ” (to steal a Jim Collins phrase from his indispensable book “Good to Great” ), but it’s quite another to get the team to create an unstoppable collective force that can achieve greatness.

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Terry Starbucker

FEBRUARY 23, 2014

Breaking down business into a simple formula: Passion or skill + usefulness. Why the World Domination Summit really is changing the world. How leaders should be amplifiers of the greater cause. The value of helping people.

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Terry Starbucker

JULY 15, 2010

characterized by, showing, or requiring great accuracy, precision, skill, tact, care, or delicacy: nice workmanship; a nice shot; a nice handling of a crisis. Take a look at the list (thanks to Dictionary.com ): 1. pleasing; agreeable; delightful: a nice visit. amiably pleasant; kind: They are always nice to strangers.

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Terry Starbucker

JANUARY 17, 2010

Listening is such an essential skill. It seems that this simple skill can sometimes be overlooked and this lack of acknowledgement of concern can escalate into a bigger and more destructive conflict. Amy Carrier January 18, 2010 at 8:48 pm Better to listen to them vent and deal with one situation than have a mass mutiny on your hands.

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Terry Starbucker

JULY 4, 2010

Each teammate brings to the table a unique set of skills, and a distinct personality. Which means that while some elements can be commonly applied (due to similar traits and skills), for each “experiment&# to bear fruit, the leader has to be a lot of different things to a lot of different people.

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Terry Starbucker

JULY 18, 2010

But truth be told, all there is a very real difference between managers and leaders, very few leaders have the luxury of a management-free existence, and very few managers will succeed without leadership skills. The challenge is that both require very different skill sets.

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Terry Starbucker

NOVEMBER 28, 2010

George also knew that his skills were in high demand in his industry, and he figured there would be a reluctance to come down on him very hard because he’d be difficult to replace. He was right. The remaining 9 people get a boost from that action, and they willingly and even enthusiastically take up the slack.

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Terry Starbucker

SEPTEMBER 12, 2010

There is no better way to work on your communication skills - Between nearly 700 blog posts, nearly 11,000 Tweets, more blog comments than I can count, and all the personal interactions that I’ve had over the past 5 years in my Social Media circles, there is no question that I have become a better communicator.

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Terry Starbucker

JULY 29, 2018

2 ) New hires reflect a match of the right personalities (and skill sets) with the jobs – No matter how hard we try, we can’t change personalities. They must be thought through, and documented. It’s time consuming, yes, but there will be a huge return on that investment.

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Terry Starbucker

NOVEMBER 7, 2009

.&# He made a lot of mistakes along the way, he said, but he kept pushing – talking about those mistakes out in public, and along the way discovering better ways to, in his words, get “ skills to pay the bills.&# And now he is quite successful out there- because he was willing to turn over those rocks.

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Terry Starbucker

NOVEMBER 21, 2010

“critical notice; evaluation; opinion, as of a situation, person, etc.&# - A leader’s ability to deliver proper critique is an underdeveloped skill in many workplaces. If we think about it in this way, we will never suffer from inertia, and always be pushing forward. Rather, it is an opportunity for learning and improvement.

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Terry Starbucker

AUGUST 29, 2010

Plus, his communication skills were sub-par, and at about the company’s lowest point, he delivered a speech at a major trade show that was considered a rambling, unfocused, “ unmitigated disaster “ Something had to change. This once proud company had taken a bunch of body blows, and was staggering – badly.

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Terry Starbucker

JULY 25, 2010

This “makeover&# has really helped me with my presentation skills. ] Tweet This Post Tagged as: Leadership , leadership makeover { 8 comments… read them below or add one } Mick Morris July 25, 2010 at 7:52 pm I love both the simplicity and the power of this exercise… lets march! Thanks again, and all the best!

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Terry Starbucker

SEPTEMBER 26, 2010

Indeed, one of the hardest tasks for any leader is to forge and maintain effective relationships with their peers leading other functional departments, because it requires so much emphasis on the “soft&# skills of diplomacy.

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