Feature Article #1

Brevity and Life Wisdom - Can I Say It In 25 Words?

Recently Liz Strauss challenged us on her Successful Blog to write a 25 word blog post. Could I express some life wisdom so pithily?
While I was out of town last week I noodled on this quite a bit. I’ve probably spent longer working on this than any other post to this [...]

Starbucker | July 16th, 2008| 3 comments | Continued

Feature Article #2

When Leadership is Just Showing Up

I’ve been on the road this week in Wyoming, visiting our local staff and chatting with them about where we’re at as a company, and the challenges in front of us.
All told, I’ll put about 900 miles on my rental car - travel that I actually enjoy quite a bit.  But that’s another story (check [...]

Starbucker | July 11th, 2008| 2 comments | Continued

Feature Article #3

A Thousand (At Least) Birthday Wishes for Liz Strauss

Today the blogosphere celebrates the birthday of one of its most distinguished residents, Ms. Liz Strauss.
She is a great friend, business partner, and mentor, and her selflessness, kindness, and passion for her craft has inspired me from the very first time I read her blog over two years ago.
Liz sees the blogosphere as much more [...]

Starbucker | July 3rd, 2008| 1 comment | Continued

Feature Article #4

In Search of The Leadership Litmus Test

About a month ago I was speaking at a training session for a group of our newer teammates, and I was asked this question:
“How do you know if you are a good leader?”
Now that’s a query that I bet has generated a billion answers, at least.
Leadership has been dissected, discussed, debated, deliberated, delineated, [...]

Starbucker | June 30th, 2008| 4 comments | Continued

Feature Article #5

Good Advice Hiding in Plain Sight

In the last several months I’ve spent very little time in my office - I travel quite a bit to begin with, plus there were numerous other excursions for personal and professional reasons, including one to Chicago in May for SOBCon08.
As someone who has worked for the same company for 14 years, my workspace is [...]

Starbucker | June 17th, 2008| 2 comments | Continued

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I’m a native Midwesterner now living on the East Coast, spreading “realistic optimism” through a philosophy I call “Half-Fullism“. I’ve been in the business world for over 25 years in various leadership positions, most recently as a senior operations executive for a service business based in the Rocky Mountain west.
I am a [...]