Terry Starbucker

NOVEMBER 20, 2011

This can be a big problem for a leader as he or she goes down the road building a team over the course of several years. And build a better team. I’ve seen this problem manifest itself several times – I’ll give you a (fictionalized) example: Joe is a young mid-level executive who is hired to be a staff manager.

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Terry Starbucker

JANUARY 23, 2011

Pay careful attention to the reactions of the team after you make your declaration. Putting yourself “on the line&# with your teams, and more importantly, with yourself, can be a scary proposition. Easy enough, right? Sure – but it’s only the beginning. With trust established, we were able to achieve great things.

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Terry Starbucker

OCTOBER 16, 2011

We need to do these seven things: Eliminate “They” (and go with the “We”) – This is the most basic “tell” of team cohesiveness – if anybody is referring to higher level management as “they”, the boulder is too big and it’s going to take a LONG time to get it up the hill.

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Terry Starbucker

OCTOBER 14, 2018

Your team can only be great in an atmosphere of truth and transparency. Great teams are made by hiring people smarter than you. Until you figure out WHY you want to lead, you cannot deliver great leadership. Leadership by osmosis doesn’t work. Your way isn’t the only way. If you are going to make rules for ALL, then apply them to ALL.

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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

JULY 2, 2019

As a good more human leader, you’ve framed your vision, set your strategy, built your model, hired your team, designed your processes, set expectations, established a culture of accountability , and pushed confidently forward on executing your path to success. It’s the way you show what you think of your job, and your role.

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Terry Starbucker

SEPTEMBER 10, 2017

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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Terry Starbucker

FEBRUARY 17, 2013

And, on the other side, when your team puts their faith in you to do the right thing, the rancor, eye rolling, and other disruptions become extinct. The Triumph of Team - The people around you have embraced the concept of “supporting each other”, and realize that it is vital to the success of the business.

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Terry Starbucker

JANUARY 1, 2017

A real shot of motivation and inspiration that, if delivered at the right time and place, can spur your team to the pinnacle of success. Those norms should be carefully calibrated and modified as the team is built and executes its duties & responsibilities. What is it? You did a great job”.

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Terry Starbucker

DECEMBER 31, 2017

Talk about this with your team, as early in the year as possible. You’ll feel ahead of the game right away – and that attitude will rub off on the rest of your team. Answer these questions NOW , take whatever corrective action is necessary, and give your team a better chance for success. THEN , dive in.

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Terry Starbucker

SEPTEMBER 28, 2014

Your actions, attitudes, and demeanor will dictate how well your team will perform. Commit one, and we lose a key element of our team dynamic. If we succumb to all of them, the team completely falls apart. I call them the seven deadly leadership sins. And you will lose your best people to frustration.

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Terry Starbucker

FEBRUARY 12, 2017

We start to say to ourselves “I’m the boss now – I cannot ‘mix it up’ as much with the team. The team isn’t jelling as well as they need to – and morale is no better than “just OK”. They feel like they are not only part of a business team, but a kind of a family. Suddenly, we’re more aloof, more reserved. What did we do wrong?

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Terry Starbucker

MARCH 5, 2019

It’s a matter of a leader facing reality – and understanding the personalities of everyone on the team. Everybody gets unhappy with something at one point or another. It must dissipate harmlessly, so any underlying issues can be dealt with calmly and rationally. Which then puts your ability to lead at serious risk.

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Terry Starbucker

FEBRUARY 25, 2018

Good or bad, there they were, for the whole team to see. What I mean by that was that the discussion didn’t seem to be lead or directed by the manager – no, it was being driven by the team members themselves. Then the extraordinary thing happened – the meeting started to run itself. We worked on “leading our way out of a job”.

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Terry Starbucker

AUGUST 3, 2014

Kathy Cramer , who has created and has dedicated her life to what she calls asset-based thinking (ABT), a way of looking at the world that helps leaders, influencers, and their teams make small shifts in thinking to produce extraordinary impact. How a leader needs to stimulate their team’s reward pathways (for the dopamine rush).

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Terry Starbucker

JULY 28, 2013

Your team can only be great in an atmosphere of truth and transparency. Great teams are made by hiring people smarter than you. Until you figure out WHY you want to lead, you cannot deliver great leadership. Leadership by osmosis doesn’t work. Your way isn’t the only way. If you are going to make rules for ALL, then apply them to ALL.

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Terry Starbucker

NOVEMBER 26, 2017

4) The right metrics & measurements are set up – Each position needs objectives measure of success, from both a personal, team, and company-wide perspective. 7) When expectations are not met, consequences must follow – It’s all about being fair and honest– it not only affects the person involved, but the entire team.

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Terry Starbucker

MARCH 27, 2014

And I chose my side of the battle, and asked the team to follow my lead. Filtering vs. Push Down - Good leaders know that they need to function as a contextual “filter” for their team when directives and messages come from above. This makes a huge difference in the overall attitude and energy of the entire group.

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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

MAY 19, 2013

4) The right metrics & measurements are set up – Each position needs objectives measure of success, from both a personal, team, and company-wide perspective. 7) When expectations are not met, consequences must follow – It’s all about being fair and honest– it not only affects the person involved, but the entire team.

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Terry Starbucker

MAY 25, 2014

Making demands on a team is a very slippery slope – push too hard, and progress screeches to a halt. If we’re more human, we can demand excellence, and get it, because our team wholeheartedly believes it’s the right thing to do, for the company AND for themselves. “Abrasive never works. ” - Carly Fiorina.

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Terry Starbucker

DECEMBER 18, 2016

I liken it to the beginning of a football or baseball season, where every team starts over at 0-0, and dreams the big dreams of a Super Bowl or a World Series. Talk about “ the cause “, and how THIS year is going to be THE year for the business – if the team can pull together, and execute the plan. With gusto.

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Terry Starbucker

DECEMBER 29, 2013

Talk about this with your team, as early in the year as possible. Put The Right Team On The Field - Take stock of your team and their strengths and weaknesses, and ask a few hard questions: Is everyone committed to the new year and the new plan? THEN , dive in.

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Terry Starbucker

NOVEMBER 4, 2012

2) Be Consistent in Your Leadership - Nothing unsettles a team more than a scattered leader. Inspiration should go well beyond just “doing a great job”. It should deliver to the team the aspiration to grow, to learn, to rise to higher levels of achievement, and to become part of something bigger than themselves.

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Terry Starbucker

JUNE 11, 2019

As I became a More Human leader focused on a higher purpose, I came down firmly on the “ done right” side, and with the help of a great core team, began the process of changing the employee mindset. Your business, your team, and your life, will be the better for it. Done fast ” was winning.

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Terry Starbucker

JUNE 1, 2014

The key role of empathy in rallying a team around a cause. Thanks, as always, to the team at Pagatim in Portland for a great recording, and here’s a link to the podcast if you can’t see or use the embed below, or you want to download it for future listening. Nancy’s most important leadership lesson.

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Terry Starbucker

JUNE 9, 2013

It can put up a wall between the leader and team. It’s about a team. The team, and community, sinks or swims – together. . “Hey ,it’s ALL about me, and don’t you forget it!” ” All because of one pronoun. It’s truly the least important word, by far, for any leader. One pronoun.

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Terry Starbucker

MAY 7, 2017

And it’s a leadership model that can, and should, be applied by anyone looking to take their team to greatness, selflessly and honorably. Develop your team. Here are the 10 rules *: 1. Strive to be a leader of character, competence, and courage. Lead from the front. Say, “Follow me!” and then lead the way.

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Terry Starbucker

MAY 7, 2017

And it’s a leadership model that can, and should, be applied by anyone looking to take their team to greatness, selflessly and honorably. Develop your team. Here are the 10 rules *: 1. Strive to be a leader of character, competence, and courage. Lead from the front. Say, “Follow me!” and then lead the way.

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Terry Starbucker

JANUARY 9, 2011

Good or bad, there they were, for the whole team to see. What I mean by that was that the discussion didn’t seem to be lead or directed by the manager – no, it was being driven by the team members themselves. Then the extraordinary thing happened – the meeting started to run itself.

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Terry Starbucker

NOVEMBER 9, 2014

A team isn’t going to accomplish much if all they are taking on is the easy stuff. And that’s the good news in this story - most teams learn to prioritize well. They may feel like they are being “successful” because a lot of boxes are being checked, but it’s an illusion.

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Terry Starbucker

FEBRUARY 24, 2013

I never wanted to put myself in a position where my team wasn’t realizing their potential because of a fear of failure. I had to give my team permission to fail. Because it opened my eyes fully to the need, as a leader, to deal with fear in the workplace head on. It can’t be just trouble on the other side.

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Terry Starbucker

MAY 1, 2014

” Every meeting, every day, I said those words out loud to my team. My other managers and leaders would say them to their teams, repeatedly. Try to find that utter simplicity with your team, and see what happens. Repeatedly. Repeated often. I think you’ll benefit in ways that go well beyond the business.

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Terry Starbucker

SEPTEMBER 2, 2012

As a leader, there’s nothing more satisfying than watching your team just flat out “get it done” The flywheel spins at breakneck speed, and milestones and business plan targets get met and surpassed with workmanlike regularity. For the Awesome Team is not built overnight. DELIVER on your promises to your team.

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Terry Starbucker

JULY 8, 2018

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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Terry Starbucker

OCTOBER 12, 2014

It was July of 2010, and I was playing a round of golf with my core management team in Billings, Montana. We were a team that thoroughly enjoyed our day-to-day business lives, and couldn’t wait to get out of bed in the morning and take them on. Our company had just been sold for a very nice profit for the investors.

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Terry Starbucker

JANUARY 24, 2016

What are those attitudes and attributes that reside deep in the hearts and souls of those who step into the arena and lead their teams to the More Human success trifecta – a great business, a happy team, and a fulfilled leader ? And that needs to be right on your sleeve for all of your team to see, and feel.

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