Terry Starbucker

MAY 29, 2011

It’s saying, in effect, these are the keys to leading under the ultimate stress – that of losing your life, or the lives of your charges. He called them “ Leadership At The Point Of a Bayonet “ That’s quite a telling perspective, isn’t it?

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Terry Starbucker

SEPTEMBER 8, 2013

The anger my Darth stirred in me was palpable, and stress inducing, but I’ll tell you what. And he would throw arrows at us every chance he got, especially in front of my bosses. Yep, he was Darth. (“ da-da-da, da-ta-da, da-ta-da “) The dark side of leadership, to me.

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Resistance Stress Goal Career 281

Terry Starbucker

MAY 31, 2018

2) 15 Big Differences Between Acting Like a Boss and BEING a Leader- “In fast paced, high stress business environments it can be all too easy sometimes for leaders to slip into what I call “Boss Man” mode.” I never, ever, want to be one of “those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat.”.

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Leadership Self-aware Bottom-up Resistance 208

Terry Starbucker

JUNE 30, 2013

I was totally stressed out – there I was, my first real client engagement, and I was on my own. All I had was my accounting degree and last year’s workpapers to guide me, and a deadline to get it all done in two weeks, in time for the client’s board meeting. “What if I fail?

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Power CPA Career Mentor 321

Terry Starbucker

MARCH 27, 2014

Push Down - Good leaders know that they need to function as a contextual “filter” for their team when directives and messages come from above.

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Leadership Follow-up Long-term Bottom-up 419

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. The way to do this is to become more self-aware – to really be able to see yourself as others may see you.

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Terry Starbucker

JULY 16, 2017

In trying times or in stressful situations, these messages can be harsh and while that’s something leaders should handle, oftentimes if it is just “ pushed down ” to the rank and file in the same manner, or worse yet, with a compounded harshness, the messages will be met with anxiety and fear – not exactly the emotions needed to execute well.

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Leadership Budgeting Newsletter Bottom-up 196

Terry Starbucker

AUGUST 5, 2018

The anger he stirred in me was palpable, and stress inducing, but I’ll tell you what -it pushed me really, really hard to persevere, and “win” the battle. With fewer problems, and early wake up calls, or late night repair jobs at 2AM, they could also spend more stress-free time at home, improving their overall life in the process.

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Terry Starbucker

MAY 22, 2014

And then, mercifully, I discovered blogging – and Starbucker moved to a brand new (and less stressful) town. I ended up being a middle of the road player. I didn’t lose anything , but I didn’t make much either. And that’s where the “what you do after you quit” point comes in.

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Terry Starbucker

DECEMBER 2, 2010

Responding in real-time to suggestions and complaints voiced by customers through social media might stress an organization’s legacy systems as well as its formal communication style. An edgy marketing campaign might be what’s needed to jump start the brand but it might be too big of a leap for a conservative company.

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Influence Blog Politics Learning-by-Doing 275

Terry Starbucker

OCTOBER 10, 2010

It acknowledges that there are some things that are pre-built into individuals, but the rest of us can transcend those limitations we have to the best of our ability.

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Charisma Welch Stage-Gate Self-aware 309

Terry Starbucker

NOVEMBER 1, 2009

Push Down – Good leaders know that they need to function as a contextual “filter&# for their team when directives and messages come from above.

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Leadership How To Blog Learning-by-Doing 337

Terry Starbucker

MARCH 28, 2010

The professor stressed the importance of remaining skeptical while performing an audit in order to ensure quality. Thanks again for your comment, and good luck with your career! Terry ag88 April 12, 2010 at 11:07 pm I remember sitting in my audit class, not too long ago, learning about professional skepticism.

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CPA Learning-by-Doing Long-term Career 234

Terry Starbucker

MAY 28, 2019

That requirement put a lot of stress on the budget, because, as I noted earlier – every inch matters. My boss wanted three layers of them, to satisfy the needs of all the business and political players that wanted to wine and dine their clients, and, more importantly, to help finance the place. And these were a LOT of inches to deal with.

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Terry Starbucker

FEBRUARY 12, 2012

That requirement put a lot of stress on the budget, because, as I noted earlier – every inch matters. My boss wanted three layers of them, to satisfy the needs of all the business and political players that wanted to wine and dine their clients, and, more importantly, to help finance the place.

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