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Effective leaders share two intertwined attributes: an unbridled level of confidence about where their organizations are headed, and the ability to bring people along.

Howard Schultz

Sometimes you have to create the thing you want to be part of.
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Creation Dedication Effort Time Yourself
We are witnessing a seismic change in consumer behavior. That change is being brought about by technology and the access people have to information.
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Behavior Change Consumption Customer Information Technology
Hiring people is an art, not a science, and resumes can’t tell you whether someone will fit into a company’s culture.
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Art Company Culture People Resume Science
We woke up one day, and all the sudden Starbucks was in the middle of this political crossfire between the people who want to bring a gun into Starbucks and the people who want to prevent it. It is a very difficult, fragile situation.
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Difficult Fight Fragile Politics Situation Wake Up
Victory is much more meaningful when it comes not just from one person, but from the joint achievements of many.
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Achievement Meaning Person Team Work Victory
In many places where coffee is grown, deforestation is a major issue. With Starbucks’ position in the marketplace and the respect and relationships we have, we can – and have, in some cases – been able to educate and influence people.
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Coffee Education Growth Influence Issues People Place
Grow with discipline. Balance intuition with rigor. Innovate around the core. Don’t embrace the status quo.
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Balance Discipline Embrace Growth Intuition Status
Success is empty if you arrive at the finish line alone.
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Alone Arrive Empty Success Yourself
Europe has always represented a major strategic opportunity to achieve our goal of creating and building an enduring global brand.
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Achievement Brand Endurance Opportunity Represent Strategy
Always challenge the old ways.
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Challenge Old One Liner Way
And with the right mentor, don’t be afraid to expose your vulnerabilities. Admit you don’t know what you don’t know. When you acknowledge your weaknesses and ask for advice, you’ll be surprised how much others will help.
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Advice Afraid Help Right Surprise Vulnerable Weakness
Customers must recognize that you stand for something.
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Brand Customer Recognition Stand Yourself
Work should be personal. For all of us. Not just for the artist and entrepreneur. Work should have meaning for the accountant, the construction worker, the technologist, the manager and the clerk.
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Artist Construction Entrepreneur Manager Meaning Personal Work
Don’t be threatened by people smarter than you.
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People Smart Threat Yourself
Who wants a dream that’s near-fetched?
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Break Dreams Need
I was taken by the power that savoring a simple cup of coffee can have to connect people and create community.
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Coffee Community Connection Creation People Power Simplicity

Effective leaders share two intertwined attributes: an unbridled level of confidence about where their organizations are headed, and the ability to bring people along.

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