Terry Starbucker

NOVEMBER 20, 2016

I’ve experienced that plenty of times in my career, at one moment preaching about a “BHAG” – the Big, Hairy Audacious Goal – and just a few moments later drilling down and coming to terms on a missed quarterly target) . Unrealistic budgets and operational goals are morale (and job) killers.

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The Practical Leader

APRIL 27, 2022

” But the big leadership challenge is finding and bringing purpose to life. ” That’s a BHAG (Big Hairy Audacious Goal) I’ve pursued most of my career! Let purpose drive your strategy and operations. ” The post Inspiring Leadership: Bringing Purpose to Life appeared first on The Clemmer Group.

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Terry Starbucker

JULY 12, 2015

We had just finished a review of one of our operating centers in Cheyenne, Wyoming. After all, this was a telecommunications and cable TV operation, and they were used to observing a far different situation. But there, along that linear path, was the framework, path, and process for leadership success. “How did you do this?

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CO2

AUGUST 16, 2012

To protect us, however, they operate as inner critics. In doing so, they sabotage us and prevent us from achieving (or even trying to achieve) a big, hairy, audacious goal (a BHAG as it is sometimes called). They don’t want us to be embarrassed, feel rejection, or be uncomfortable. They limit us.

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Terry Starbucker

FEBRUARY 13, 2011

This was a goal typically tied to an operating metric, like the Net Promoter Score, or the company’s “fault rate&# (i.e. the number of times a customer called in with any kind of problem with their service).

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