Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 25, 2015

We found that the companies most famous for their cultures — from Southwest Airlines to Trader Joe’s — maximize the good motives , while minimizing the bad ones. Take for example the airline industry. We saw this play out in retail, banking, telecommunications, and the fast food industry as well.

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Motivation Company Airlines Learning-by-Doing 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 15, 2012

If you've spent any amount of time in executive retreats or leadership off-sites, you've probably been asked to participate in a familiar evaluation of your career and impact. BMW falls into this camp, maybe Ritz-Carlton and Emirates Airlines. Take twenty minutes," a facilitator will say, "and write your professional obituary.

Company 10

Company Brand Banking Long-term 10

Skip Prichard

MARCH 3, 2021

“Leadership in this digitally distracted world demands a new kind of leader. We view control over our time as more important than “lots of money in the bank” as a sign of success. Ed Bastian of Delta Airlines comes to mind. Subscribe to Leadership Insights , the blog that transforms. Image Credit: Siora Photography.

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Brand Storytelling Trends Content 121

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 27, 2012

My colleagues and I at Bain & Company have been tracking this for forty years, and we have never seen companies losing their leadership positions as quickly as they are today. A list of the top 20 banks today contains only seven that were on the list a decade ago. A similar pattern hold for airlines. And for telecom.

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Creativity Long-term Kotter Cost of Capital 14

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 17, 2011

Bethune was leading a turnaround at Continental Airlines, for example, he sent an unexpected $65 check to every employee when Continental made it to the top five for on-time flights. Less can be more when it comes to incentives. In the office, small gestures create a similar friendly feeling. When Gordon M.

Motivation 14

Motivation Gordon Sharpe Airlines 14

Skip Prichard

OCTOBER 14, 2019

Although none are perfect, they operate in a way that generates engagement and fulfillment for their employees, delight and loyalty for their customers, positive contributions to their communities and to the environment, and excellent returns for their owners and investors. The results of John Ratliff’s healing leadership have been dramatic.

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How To Simon Learning-by-Doing Organization 88

Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 4, 2011

Tactics deemed as ’standard operating procedure’ for some companies were exposed and ridiculed by others. Yet, most CEOs were never trained on how to be CEOs, with all the responsibility, people skills, leadership and ethical management that must go along with the job. Operational Statistics.

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Ethics Cost Crisis Learning-by-Doing 59

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 8, 2015

As the CEO of a British bank confided at last year’s World Economic Forum, “We all know it’s important to be empathic, but how do I galvanize 48,000 people in my UK operations — most of whom think that empathy is for wimps?” Few would have been surprised to see the airline Ryanair down at 99th.

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Emotional Intelligence Media Sample Banking 8

HR Digest

JANUARY 10, 2024

You’ll know as you read this interview – the wealth of leadership wisdom, strategic foresight, and transformative insights shared by Norm Smallwood—a luminary shaping tomorrow’s leadership landscape–will completely reframe how you look at the modern workplace! We labeled these foundational competencies the “leadership code”.

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Ulrich Leadership Diversity Audience 52

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 7, 2016

Under the guise of acting like owners, many leaders operate as bureaucrats or, far worse, in some cases as personal-wealth maximizers. Companies with a strong founder’s mentality focus relentlessly on freeing up cash from their operations, but not so that they can hoard it or return it to creditors or shareholders.

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Bureaucracy Short-term Budgeting Long-term 8

Strategy Driven

MARCH 11, 2011

In my opinion, deregulation, as a whole, has worked negatively upon business and society (banking, airlines, trucking, and broadcasting), and the SEC is no exception. Enron did not demand enough accountability, fairness, ethics and operational autonomy from its outside auditor. Congressional Hearings. Who are the customers?

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Strategic Planning Committee Golden Handcuff Media 57

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2016

The UN also agreed to slash emissions from the airline industry. Nine big brands with operations in Ohio publicly pressed the state to reinstate energy efficiency and renewable energy portfolio standards. The World Bank estimates that $158 trillion worth of assets are at risk from increased natural disasters.

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Energy Banking Chemicals Globalization 8