Terry Starbucker

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The (All Too) Often Missing Link To Awesome Team Building

Terry Starbucker

And therein lies what I consider the (all too) often missing link in awesome team building – the proper training of these supervisors. More specifically, the leadership training. Delivering such training can be expensive, because this is typically the largest management group in most organizations.

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The 4 Things You HAVE To Do To Make Leadership Development Really Work

Terry Starbucker

Some companies let that development happen organically – otherwise known as “on the job training” That was the situation I was in back in 1987, when I was thrown head first into the leadership pool at age 27, as the new COO of a cable TV company. But outside training also has some big drawbacks.

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Assembly Required: 12 Steps To Building A Leadership Juggernaut

Terry Starbucker

Step 7 : Get back out of the office, get back on the plane, train, bus and/or automobile, and talk to as many employees as you can about the new culture of accountability that has arisen from the trust, values, standards, policies, procedures and expectations that have now been set. Let’s build.

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Fish Heads and The Value of Great Leadership: An Unforgettable Lesson

Terry Starbucker

We do a lot of job-specific training and development, but not in the same proportion as leadership training. Yes, leadership is important, and yet, after all my years in this business world, it still never seems to get the attention it deserves in the boardrooms and executive suites.

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10 Sticky Note Reminders For The Busy Leader (Plus One from the Heart)

Terry Starbucker

Training, Training, Training, Teach, Teach, Teach. What are these 10 reminders? Here they are: Learn From History (So You Don’t Repeat It). Be A Storyteller & Paint The Big Picture. Listen (Much) More Than You Talk. Good Process Breeds Better Improvisation. Measure What You Manage, And Keep Raising The Bar.

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The Soul (and The Science To Prove It) of Great Leadership

Terry Starbucker

Training our brains to overcome our natural negative bias. Her latest book, Lead Positive: What Highly Effective Leaders See, Say & Do , shows leaders how to increase their effectiveness through Asset-Based Thinking. Highlights from our (all too short) fascinating chat include: Kathy’s definition of great leadership.

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Stinky Fish Heads And The Importance Of Leadership

Terry Starbucker

We do a lot of job-specific training and development, but not in the same proportion as leadership training. Yes, leadership is important, and yet, in my view, it never seems to get the attention it deserves in the boardrooms and executive suites. We throw a lot of people head first into the water and ask them to swim.