Growing Starbucks and Servant Leadership with Howard Behar

The Better Leadership Team Show

In this episode of the Better Leadership Team Show, I welcome Howard Behar. His career in business spans over 50 years, all in consumer-oriented businesses covering several industries. He retired from Starbucks Coffee after 21 years, where he led both the domestic business, as President of North America and was the founding President of Starbucks International. During his tenure, he participated in the growth of the company from 28 stores to over 15,000 stores spanning five continents. He served on the Starbucks Board of Directors for 12 years before retiring.

Howard Behar is currently a Trustee for the Sheri and Les Biller Family Foundation and is on the advisory board of Anthos Capital. He formerly served as a board member for Starbucks, GAP, Shurgard, the University of Washington Foundation, and IDTech, to name a few. He is committed to the development and education of our future leaders and has been a longtime advocate of the Servant Leadership Model. He has also authored two books on leadership titled It's Not About the Coffee and The Magic Cup.

https://www.howardbehar.com

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1. Growing Starbucks and Servant Leadership with Howard Behar (00:00:00)

2. Empathy For One Another (00:02:45)

3. The Beginning Of Starbucks (00:03:43)

4. Beginning Challenges (00:04:47)

5. Cultivating Company Culture (00:11:05)

6. Inside The Starbucks Leadership Team (00:14:37)

7. Advice For The Listeners (00:19:03)

8. The Servant Leadership Model (00:21:45)

9. About Howard (00:23:42)