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 [Be Excellentâ™] Pouring Your Heart Into It: George Ambler, over at The Practice of Leadership, offers his take on the book of passion and inspiration “Pour Your Heart into It : How Starbucks Built a Company One Cup at a Time” by the chairman and CEO of Starbucks Howard Schultz and Dori Jones Yang. Key assertions: Pursue a Bold Vision Passion Leadership Pushing Boundaries Business is

[Thepracticeofleadership.net] The Practice of Leadership » Book Review: Pour Your Heart Into It”¦: The Starbucks success story is inspiring and very motivating. I would strongly recommend this book to leaders, managers and especially entrepreneurs.

 [Fastcompany.com] Do You Hear What Starbucks Hears?: Schultz: Santa Monica is the first manifestation of a much larger, much more aggressive, more intricate strategy in terms of how music is going to play a significant role in Starbucks, both in our existing stores and in the future of the Hear Music stores like the one you saw in Santa Monica. What we've demonstrated in Santa Monica in just -- I think it's been open just five or six weeks at this point -- is that the sense of discovery, the sense of romance, and the seduction of music is a lost art that we are recreating.

 [Cornerstone.edu] Cornerstone University: Mar 14, 2006Starbucks coffee stores are virtually ubiquitous, one on every corner it seems and now one in every major grocery or discount store—certainly one in every airport. The one person we have most to thank for this is Howard Schultz, Starbucks entrepreneur and Chairman.

[Sonicscentral.com] sonicscentral.com - We Bleed Green and Gold » Blog Archive » The ...: The other factor, I think, is that Schultz is identified with a decline phase that really isn’t his fault–it goes to decisions made by Walker and Karl–but whether it’s his fault or not, there’s a lot of frustration because the Sonics used to be good and now he owns them and they aren’t. That’s only reinforced by the fact that we finally turned in the sort of winning season we got used to, and then Schultz let Nate McMillan go rather than pay him enough money, and now we stink again.

 [Sixdisciplines.blogspot.com] Be Excellentâ™: 04/01/2006 - 04/30/2006: Howard Schultz (Starbucks): Best communication asset: Passion Tip: Identify and share what you're passionate about

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