Terry Starbucker

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Why You Shouldn’t Put The Business Cart Before The Leadership Horse

Terry Starbucker

Because as Jack Welch, former CEO of GE has said, It goes without saying that no company, small or large, can win over the long run without energized employees who believe in the mission and understand how to achieve it.

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Can Charisma Be Taught? The 90% Theory And Why That Can Be Enough

Terry Starbucker

The 90% Theory And Why That Can Be Enough by Starbucker on October 10, 2010 Jack Welch at the World Business Forum, October 5 2010 (Photo by dov.com) Charisma – “ a personal magic of leadership arousing special popular loyalty ” (Webster Dictionary) You notice them the minute they enter a room. Who are these people? Popularity: 3% [ ?

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The Essence of More Human Leadership (or, How A Single Quote Launched a 10-year Journey)

Terry Starbucker

“Only one person does Jack Welch convincingly — and that is Jack Welch. Brown starts his review by noting: “There are no universal leadership characteristics,” they write, adding that modeling yourself after successful leaders also doesn’t work.

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