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• Know Who You Are: Wear One Hat
• Know Why You're Here: Do It Because It's Right, Not Because It's Right for Your Resume
• Think Independently: The Person Who Sweeps the Floor Should Choose the Broom
• Build Trust: Care, like You Really Mean It
• Listen for the Truth: The Walls Talk
• Be Accountable: Only the Truth Sounds like the Truth
• Take Action: Think like a Person of Action, and Act like a Person of Thought
• Face Challenge: We Are Human Beings First
• Practice Leadership: The Big Noise and the Still, Small Voice
• Dare to Dream: Say "Yes," the Most Powerful Word in the World

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Biography

Howard Behar is the former president of Starbucks Coffee Company North America and Starbucks Coffee International. He joined Starbucks in 1989 when the company had just begun to venture outside the Northwest region. Initially serving as vice president of sales and operations, he grew the retail business from 28 stores to more than 400 stores by the time he was named president of Starbucks Coffee International in 1995.

Under Mr. Behar's leadership, Starbucks opened its first location in Tokyo in 1996. Following this historic opening, over the next three years he introduced the Starbucks brand across Asia and the United Kingdom. After a two-year hiatus, he returned to Starbucks as President of Starbucks North America until his retirement in January 2003. He was a director of the Company from 1996 to 2008.

Howard Behar began his career in the furniture business where he discovered it was the people he loved, not the furniture. His saw customers as real people. His concern for their needs and his experience of being a part of people's dreams for their homes and their lives helped him make the next successive moves in his retail career.

Howard Behar is a frequent speaker on the topics of organizational and personal leadership. He serves on several profit and nonprofit boards that includes Anna's Linens, EZ Grill, Greenleaf Center for Servant Leadership, and the University of Washington Foundation. He is also sponsoring a joint educational initiative with the University of Washington (UW) School of Social Work and the Business School. He served as the Fritsky Leadership Chair from 2008-2009 at the UW's Foster School of Business. He resides in Seattle with his wife and he loves boating and spending time with his children and young grandchildren.

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• It's Not About the Coffee (2010)