Terry Starbucker

MARCH 27, 2014

There are some moments in your career that leave an indelible imprint – moments that end up defining WHO you are. ” And sometimes, you get to ask a brave follow up question, to those who have witnessed the moment. I wanted to talk about leadership. This is where I’m going!!” “Will you follow me??”

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Lead Change Blog

JUNE 24, 2019

And the bottom line is that trust is anything but soft. Trust needs to become baked into the DNA, strategy, and day-to-day operations of all aspects of business because it impacts relationships with all the business stakeholders. Customers are willing to speak up, organize, and boycott when their expectations aren’t met.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 2, 2010

David asked Becky, “How come no one ever talks about love as a leadership competency?&# While l ove and leadership are certainly two words you don’t often hear in the same sentence, I can assure you that rarely does great leadership exist without love being present and practiced. I think it’s a great question.

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Great Leadership By Dan

DECEMBER 11, 2018

Bottom line, organizations are seeking to reconstitute themselves as a network of teams, ditching the traditional hierarchy. Leaders are at the bottom of the pyramid supporting those in the team above them and not the other way around. This makes teamwork even more crucial to overall success or failure for the organization.

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Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

T HE INEVITABLE CONSEQUENCE of leading in an increasingly complex world is that we will have developmental gaps in our leadership. In the words of Robert Anderson and William Adams, authors of Scaling Leadership , “We are running an Internal Operating System that is not complex enough for the complexity we face.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 17, 2010

How many times have you put up with, or overlooked certain weaknesses in people because of their considerable strengths in other areas? The sad thing is they don’t just exist on the golf course… My bottom line is this…real leaders don’t accept mediocrity - they constantly seek improvement. Know the type?

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 18, 2011

While this sounds simple enough at face value, I have consistently found that one of the most often overlooked leadership attributes is that of a positive attitude. If you struggle with recruiting, team building, and leadership development you likely have a bad attitude. The simple answer is that you can’t…it just won’t work.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 1, 2019

This fall, I embarked on a worldwide quest to gain insights and perspectives on global leadership in the 21st century. To do this effectively, I sought to understand two things: Elucidate the emerging leadership traits and competencies that are most relevant today.

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N2Growth Blog

MARCH 13, 2014

The bottom line is when you don’t do what you say you will do, or when others have unclear expectations about what you will do, it will result in disappointment, lack of engagement and trust and compromised integrity. When you are not able to keep your word (or keep it on time), let everyone know immediately and clean up the mess this causes.

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Modern Servant Leader

DECEMBER 30, 2022

There are leadership lessons in Southwest Airline’s fall from grace. The company has been a servant-leadership darling since it’s inception and co-founder Herb Kelleher applied the principles for decades before stepping down as CEO in 2001. Leadership Lessons. If you screw up, own it. Invest in Technology.

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Let's Grow Leaders

OCTOBER 17, 2014

Organizations have many walls that hamper culture, development, and operations. Paul LaRue of The Upwards Leader shares How Leadership Can Break Down Walls. Jim Bouchard of The Sensei Leader shares that leadership by example should be part of the culture at every rank. Follow Paul. This will help us see their potential.

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Lead Change Blog

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

The diagram below highlights the steps involved in the leadership process. Bottom Line—face reality—the good, the bad, and the ugly! Help people see themselves operating in the new environment. At regular intervals, provide up-to-date information on progress and problems. Leadership is a process! What’s going on?

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 14, 2010

Bottom line – If you’re a leader then you need to watch this interview. I really appreciate Pete’s insights into the necessity of self-leadership and his honesty in admitting that this is his own area of struggle. His leadership is remarkable! Thanks so much for your comment Bridget.

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Leading Blog

MAY 1, 2020

Here's a look at some of the best leadership books to be released in May 2020. Success Mindsets : Your Keys to Unlocking Greater Success in Your Life, Work, & Leadership by Ryan Gottfredson. It speeds up in some sectors and slows down in others. Build your leadership library with these specials on over 32 titles.

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Leading Blog

MAY 1, 2023

H ERE'S A LOOK at some of the best leadership books to be released in May 2023 curated just for you. Karl Moore takes a practical and down-to-earth approach to understanding what drives millennials and generation Z and how the education system they were brought up in has informed their worldview. Chan Kim and Renée A.

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Let's Grow Leaders

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Once my leadership blog started gaining traction, I began paying attention to who else was in this human centered leadership space. I reached out to every leadership blogger I could– talking with them about their approach, their challenges, and most importantly, what they were doing that led to success.

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Terry Starbucker

NOVEMBER 1, 2009

Home About Me About This Blog Starbucker’s Amazon Store TerryStarbucker.com Ramblings From a Glass Half Full 10 Leadership Battles – And How To Win Every One of Them by Starbucker on November 1, 2009 In our quest to become great leaders we take on a constant stream of internal battles. Keep up the great work!

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Lead Change Blog

MARCH 18, 2019

Other leaders operated machines. Well, they were made up of interchangeable parts. Leaders aren’t super-powerful beings that design and operate organizations. They’re made up of unique human beings, not interchangeable parts. Give up control. Children may pull up plants for fun. Bottom Line.

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Lead Change Blog

MARCH 12, 2019

The hotel opened in 705 AD and is still operating. Professor Makoto Kanda from Meiji Gakuin University studied the Nishiyama Onsen Keiunkan Hotel and other long-term operating businesses to understand their longevity. Picture the playground teeter-totter with one side up and the other down. Impressive. His findings?

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Great Leadership By Dan

JUNE 4, 2012

If you’re in charge of your organization’s training, talent management, succession planning, or HR function, when’s the last time you talked to your C-level executives about leadership development? Within the last few months - I talk to our C-level Execs on a regular basis about leadership development. What keeps you up at night?

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 25, 2010

These silos are staffed with legions of “tenured&# COBOL and C++ programmers, as well as &# tenured&# IT managers overseeing the operation. You see tenure is not synonymous with loyalty, but rather is more often a measure of compliance and survival. Walking into these organizations is often like traveling back in time 20 years.

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Lead Change Blog

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

Getting the leadership part of supervising others right, however, is trickier because emotion and connection enter the picture. These priceless individuals value results and the bottom line. The leaders people want to follow balance bottom-up and top-down decision-making. They also prize connection and relationships.

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Great Leadership By Dan

OCTOBER 9, 2012

I’ve recently had the opportunity to help design a brand-new open-enrollment Woman’s Leadership Development Program to be offered through the University of New Hampshire’s Executive Development Program. Here are 10 Elements of a Great Woman’s Leadership Development Program: 1. Start with a solid research foundation.

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Leading Blog

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

That’s a shame because the aviation industry as a whole still continues to be an industry model for how to operate with extremely high reliability despite having a highly fragmented set of organizational entities. The biggest challenge for companies when it comes to operational excellence is siloed behavior. Recall how the U.S.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 11, 2010

Here’s the thing - leadership and conflict go hand-in-hand. Leadership is a full-contact sport, and if you cannot address conflict in a healthy, productive fashion then you should not be in a leadership role. If so, you likely have issues with conflict.

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 6, 2010

Posted on July 7th, 2010 by admin in Leadership , Operations & Strategy , Rants By Mike Myatt , Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth I have read some interesting articles and blog posts of late on the subject of CEO term limits, and felt this topic worthy of discussion.

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Great Leadership By Dan

MARCH 19, 2020

Organizations have undergone massive shifts over the last decade in terms of how they operate. But now that they are starting to retire, what will happen to their stable work approach and traditional top-down leadership practices? They prefer a bottoms-up approach, and want to feel involved and valued in the workplace.

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 20, 2010

Posted on July 20th, 2010 by admin in Leadership By Mike Myatt , Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth Leaders: born or made? Both – some people are born with innate qualities that predispose them to being leaders, and other people while not naturally gifted with leadership ability can acquire it. So, what’s the answer?

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 5, 2010

Posted on August 31st, 2010 by admin in Leadership By Mike Myatt , Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth “Who the * is in charge around here?&# In all but the rarest of circumstances, teams simply don’t function well in the absence of sound leadership.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 20, 2010

The articles should have been written on the topic of poor leadership. Toxic work environments can only exist where a lack of trust and respect are present, and this can only occur in the absence of sound leadership. Those team members who share the same core values will be predisposed to trusting one another at high levels.

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Terry Starbucker

JULY 16, 2017

It’s a personal memoir that traces the discovery and development of my More Human Leadership philosophy, a practice guided by 8 core principles. The Leadership File And The Spreadsheet Assassin. I had a precious few hours without phone calls or meetings to catch up on some paperwork. So I went with the easiest option.

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N2Growth Blog

MARCH 23, 2010

Posted on March 24th, 2010 by admin in Miscellaneous , Operations & Strategy By Mike Myatt , Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth Is the customer really always right? Lost Ancillary Revenue : On average, a single account is good for a 30 -40% cross-sell and up-sell revenue increase over time as new products, services, joint ventures etc.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 20, 2010

The short answer is yes…There are in fact a great number of tests that can quickly assess leadership ability. Something as simple as a 360 Review, or as complex as a deep psychological profile (both with weighted emphasis on leadership aptitude) can point out an individual’s leadership capabilities.

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QAspire

MARCH 18, 2013

One of my consistent observation is: “ Indifference is the enemy of great leadership. Indifference in leadership can manifest itself in one (or many) of the following ways: 1. No execution = No results = No leadership. We all take up higher roles when we may not be capable at some point.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

AUGUST 29, 2010

Will they benefit or at least not be further deprived?” ~ Robert Greenleaf The concept of servant leadership can often seem the antithesis to many organizational cultures, where top-down, command and control are the norm. Posted in Uncategorized 10 Responses to “When Servant Leadership Goes Awry&# Kevin W. Please stop by again!

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Senior leadership hires can make or break an organization. Internal recruiters do not have the tools or abilities to fill these critical leadership roles, their ‘open requisition’ stack is too full, and all roles get equal attention, whereas the most critical ones need a dedicated team. Typically, Ms. Earlier, Ms.

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N2Growth Blog

MAY 16, 2022

As the investor leader, you are tasked with tackling senior leadership management issues at a newly acquired portfolio firm. Topping the list of experiences is a thorough understanding of your marketplace; most often, your candidate will have previously operated as a senior leader within a relevant sector. The bar is set high.

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