Its Not about the Coffee: LeadershipPrinciples from a Life at Starbucks

It's Not about the Coffee outlines a simple approach to success: focus on people over profits. It presents ten enduring principles that Howard Behar, who helped shape the Starbucks organization, has used in his own life and has practiced as a leader and in developing leadership at one of the most respected companies in the world. Behar has stood for candor and the soul of the Starbucks culture. "People are not 'assets,'" he tells us, "they are human beings." It's Not about the Coffee brings Behar's energy, smarts, high expectations, and belief in people to fundamental leadership lessons we all need to practice as well as preach everyday. Blending personal experiences and inside stories of turning points in the development of Starbucks' culture and business, each chapter in It's Not about the Coffee explores one principle and offers inspiring advice.

It's Not about the Coffee: Leadership Principles from a Life at Starbucks

Biographies & Memoirs

Behar, Howard

Professionals & Academics

Blackstone Publishing

Business & Money

Goldstein,Janet M.

Management & Leadership

Blackstone Pub

Here are the insights that fueled the Starbucks growth, its phenomenal success, and especially its incredible culture.

Blackstone Audiobooks

We all love the fairy tales we grew up on, creating a world in which good always wins over evil, where those whose hearts are true and who do the right thing come out on top. But, grown-up competition for success is rough, even cutthroat, and we've often heard that nice guys finish last. Not according to Howard Behar, whose career as one of the three leaders who built the Starbucks organization most definitely proves that nice guys finish first. In THE MAGIC CUP, Behar spins an engaging corporate tale to teach us exactly how we can do the same thing. The story revolves around Vince Steadfast, the newly named CEO of imaginary manufacturer Verity Glassworks, which has fallen on difficult times. Vince is hired to help the once iconic company return to its glory days, and he brings with him a parting gift from his mentor and former boss: a stunning crystal coffee cup from Verity's halcyon days. The cup turns out to be magic - truly - and helps him come to understand and reinvigorate the values that Verity has misplaced along the way. As Vince and his new team make their way to (and through) many challenges, including the aptly named Worthy Way, Perilous Passage and Arduous Stair, the cup fills with a gold elixir and the universal truths that they learn to embrace - such as Responsibility, Forgiveness and Courage - magically become engraved in the glass. In the tradition of great parable writers throughout history, Behar quickly involves us in an engrossing fantasy, continually challenging us to compare each situation with our own real-life experiences. The story of THE MAGIC CUP helps each of us discover that only by acting on sound moral principles can we fill our own cups with the personal and professional success and satisfaction we seek.

The Magic Cup: A Business Parable About a Leader, a Team, and the Power of Putting People and Values First

Business Culture

Center Street

A Starbucks executive reveals how to draw on the successful coffee-house chain's examples in order to promote business success, sharing inside stories about key turning points in Starbucks' history to illustrate how the company came to embrace its philosophy about putting people ahead of profits.

It's Not About the Coffee: Leadership Principles from a Life at Starbucks

Portfolio Hardcover

During his many years as a senior executive at Starbucks, Howard Behar helped establish the Starbucks culture, which stresses people over profits. He coached hundreds of leaders at every level and helped the company grow into a world-renowned brand. Now he reveals the ten principles that guided his leadership-and not one of them is about coffee. Behar shows that if you think of your staff as people (not labor costs) they will achieve amazing results. He discusses the importance of building trust, telling hard truths, thinking independently, and more. And he shares inside stories of key turning points for Starbucks, as it fought to hang on to its culture while growing exponentially.

It's Not About the Coffee: Lessons on Putting People First from a Life at Starbucks

Goldstein, Janet

Portfolio

El crecimiento de la cadena Starbucks ha sido uno de los más espectaculares de las últimas décadas. Lo más sorprendente es que su éxito no se basa sólo en la calidad del café que sirven, sino que responde a la aplicación de diez principios que son igualmente útiles para aplicar en cualquier iniciativa empresarial o en las decisiones que debamos tomar en nuestra vida cotidiana. La filosofía de Howard Behar, quien lideró la expansión de Starbucks por todo el mundo, se basa en algunos pilares que pueden no resultar novedosos pero sí muchas veces olvidados tales como establecer objetivos, fomentar la confianza y transformar los sueños en oportunidades de futuro. / At Starbucks, the coffee has to be excellent, from the sourcing and growing to the roasting and brewing. The vision has to be inspiring and meaningful. Our finances have to be in order. But without people, we have nothing. With people, we have something even bigger than coffee. During his many years as a senior executive at Starbucks, Howard Behar helped establish the Starbucks culture, which stresses the importance of people over profits. He coached hundreds of leaders at every level and helped the company grow into a world-renowned brand. Now he reveals the ten principles that guided his leadershipand not one of them is about coffee. Behar starts with the idea that if you regard employees and customers as human beings, everything else will take care of itself. If you think of your staff as people (not labor costs) they will achieve results beyond what is thought possible. And if you think of your customers as people you serve (not sources of revenue) youll make a deep connection with them, and theyll come back over and over.

No es por el café (Gestion del conocimiento/ Knowledge Management) (Spanish Edition)

Empresa Activa

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It's Not about the Coffee: Leadership Principles from a Life at Starbucks

Its Not about the Coffee: LeadershipPrinciples from a Life at Starbucks

It's Not about the Coffee: Leadership Principles from a Life at Starbucks

The Magic Cup: A Business Parable About a Leader, a Team, and the Power of Putting People and Values First

The Magic Cup: A Business Parable About a Leader, a Team, and the Power of Putting People and Values First

It's Not About the Coffee: Leadership Principles from a Life at Starbucks

It's Not About the Coffee: Lessons on Putting People First from a Life at Starbucks

No es por el café (Gestion del conocimiento/ Knowledge Management) (Spanish Edition)