Women on Business

JANUARY 11, 2011

Don’t you wish you had a GPS for your life and career? Wouldn’t it be great to simply plug in your dreams or goals for your life and career and have someone tell you in a very confident assuring voice how to get there? A “GPS Buddy ” could make a huge difference in how well you navigate in 2011 toward your life and career goals.

Press Release 160

Press Release Succession Discount PR 160

HR Digest

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

Earlier, the options were limited; one became an airline employee like an air steward, hostess or pilot; or you worked your way through your travels mostly waitressing, nannying, fruit picking, etc. You can also bargain with airlines, hotels, unique destinations, restaurants, etc.

Travel 66

Travel Airlines Hotels Learning-by-Doing 66

Skip Prichard

OCTOBER 28, 2019

Dialogue is the mother of both brilliant strategy and great culture.” A Successful Career is a Marathon. But once you get beyond that stereotype, there are some really encouraging examples of senior people who have enjoyed long careers because they have cultivated a broader set of interests and passions. Lidell, Buchanan.

Wilde 65

Wilde Brand Open-book Creativity 65

Persuasive Powerhouse

AUGUST 29, 2010

It reminded me in many respects of the speech that airline attendants give on airplanes – please put on your own mask first before helping others. I’ve actually used that airline analogy with clients to remind them of the importance of taking care of themselves. Please stop by again!

Servant Leader 250

Servant Leader Greenleaf Leadership Airlines 250

Coaching Tip

OCTOBER 28, 2015

This approach is patterned on the airlines empowering their pilots to cancel a flight if they believe something is wrong. One approach has been to empower any member of the surgical team to call a halt to the operation so the team can reassess how the procedure has been handled and to point out deficiencies.

Health Care 70

Health Care Management Airlines Long-term 70

Skip Prichard

MARCH 3, 2021

Moving the average executive from prepared statements to an unscripted, off-the-cuff, and ultimately more honest and spontaneous communications strategy is terrifying to most. Most executives have been taught since early in their careers that they can never, under any circumstances, appear to not have all the answers.

Brand 117

Brand Storytelling Trends Content 117

Frank Sonnenberg Online

JUNE 21, 2021

The big deal about change is usually not about strategy or structure or systems. His client roster ranges from airlines, banks, and engineering firms to high-tech companies, nuclear power stations, and presidential cabinet officers in two White House administrations. Feelings Are at the Core. But the core of it all is feelings.

Hotels 125

Hotels Stress Resistance Restructuring 125

Tanveer Naseer

MAY 31, 2016

When information is released to specific individuals only on a need-to-know basis, people have to guess what factors are significant to the strategy of the enterprise. Adapted and reprinted with permission from “ 10 Principles of Strategic Leadership ” from strategy+business. All rights reserved.

Development 100

Development Argyris Learning-by-Doing Innovation 100

LDRLB

MAY 26, 2014

The most recent being Big Bang Disruption: Strategy in the Age of Devastating Innovation. One of the things I think is most interesting is there’s a lot of old models of innovation and of strategy that I won’t say they don’t necessarily apply anymore, but they apply to very, very, almost static markets. Check it out.

Early Adopters 60

Early Adopters Rogers Disruptive Innovation Innovation 60

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 5, 2015

I love my career in competitive strategy, research, and teaching. As a child I felt no particular interest in pharmaceuticals, telecommunications, computers, oil and gas, health and beauty aids, medical devices, airlines, or shipbuilding, all of which I’ve simulated or war-gamed. It engages my mind. That brought me joy.

Career 8

Career Seminar Self-aware Telecommunications 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 29, 2014

Ask them if they apply much else from else from economics in their actual business careers, and you’re likely to hear “not much.”. and other governments to help them design these often complicated auctions and by telecommunications companies trying to figure out the best strategies for bidding. Strategy'

Strategy 9

Strategy Black-Scholes Airlines Price 9

Strategy Driven

JUNE 19, 2014

Craig’s expertise in maximizing the sales process – and Listen Up Español’s impressive track record of higher conversion rates and higher average order value than any other Spanish language call center – was achieved from the ground up, having started his professional career in door-to-door sales and rising through the ranks in many call centers.

Call Center 109

Call Center Incentives Library Document 109

Harvard Business Review

JULY 20, 2016

Some of us have been documenting the business case for this type of high road or high productivity, high-wage business strategy for years. Only the latter strategy produces good results for both company shareholders and employees. Only the latter strategy produces good results for both company shareholders and employees.

Long-term 8

Long-term Airlines Health Care Short-term 8

Strategy Driven

MARCH 11, 2011

The Business Tree : Growth Strategies and Tactics for Surviving and Thriving. 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. Part of their growth strategy to go public, offering stock as a diversified company.

Strategic Planning 58

Strategic Planning Committee Golden Handcuff Media 58

You're Not the Boss of Me

DECEMBER 12, 2010

For instance, Southwest airlines’ over-arching purpose is stated as: “To provide the best service and lowest fares to the short haul, frequent-flying, point-to-point, non-interlining traveler.&# This simple statement lets everyone know why Southwest Airlines is in business and whom it is there, ultimately, to serve.

Environment 42

Environment Servant Leader Leadership Airlines 42

Women on Business

JANUARY 24, 2011

When testing ideas are part of the creative process for product, service, or business development, this triangle must be a business priority: To test product, watch prospects interact with it—whether they use a tool, read a book, choose a necklace, or scan an airline ticket. Design stems from USE. Align with similar initiatives.

Press Release 100

Press Release Discount Sharpe Advertising 100

Deming Institute

JANUARY 19, 2017

Some are little (pass the time while waiting in line); some are big (find a more fulfilling career). Some surface unpredictably (dress for an out-of-town business meeting after the airline lost my suitcase); some regularly (pack a healthful lunch for my daughter to take to school). We all have many jobs to be done in our lives.

Deming 28

Deming Christensen System Innovation 28

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 28, 2011

It's essential for your new responsibilities in developing market strategies for your region.". The market-strategy meeting is next week, and I still haven't seen your plan, which was due yesterday. By the time Tom found the strategy-planning meeting, the rest of the 12-person senior sales and marketing team had already assembled.

Case Study 15

Case Study Airlines Hotels Software 15

Strategy Driven

JULY 25, 2019

Instead, find a way to turn traveling into a career. The requirements for being a flight attendant do vary between airlines, but you must be able to stand for long hours and reach the overhead bins. The requirements to become a travel agent aren’t as strict as many travel-related careers. Cruise Ship Worker. Truck Driver.

Travel 10

Travel Reputation Career Airlines 10

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

A passenger jet belonging to a cut-rate airline had recently crashed into the Florida Everglades, and Kinsley argued in Slate that it was appropriate for discount airlines to be more dangerous than the major carriers. The chance of getting killed in a crash on a given flight on a major airline is roughly 1 in 10 million.

Airlines 13

Airlines Report Guidelines Discount 13

Harvard Business Review

JULY 5, 2016

For example, if you run an educational software provider, you might think about your educational value chain as including Discovery and Enrollment, Financial Aid and Payment, Teaching & Learning, Academic & Career Advising, and Alumni Services. No strategy is static. ” But the plan itself may actually change the strategy.

Due Diligence 8

Due Diligence Software Construction Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 16, 2011

Years later, he bought a financially ailing airline and transformed it into Asia's most profitable and fastest-growing low-cost operator. He set a vision and strategy that was compelling and powerful, yet simple to understand. He also focused on career development opportunities.

Airlines 14

Airlines Mentor Environment Case Study 14

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 4, 2014

Take the airline control system—the outcomes it delivers vary tremendously by weather, equipment availability, time of day, and so on. Nate Silver on Finding a Mentor, Teaching Yourself Statistics, and Not Settling in Your Career. Decision making Information & technology Strategy' Beware Big Data’s Easy Answers.

Budgeting 8

Budgeting Information Technology System Library 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 28, 2011

But very often it goes against the grain of how they built their careers in the first place. But Sense's chief executive Jeremy Brown and director of strategy Brian Millar gave me some terrific pointers on co-creation, which I want to share with you here. Stefan Stern is the director of strategy in the U.K. Where to start?

Workshop 15

Workshop Creativity Merchandising Airlines 15

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 22, 2016

The great strength of the classic private equity model is the clear-sighted medium-term focus on strategy. Mars invested in China not only with a long-term purpose and commitment, but also with a clear medium-term strategy that was not swayed by short-term setbacks. Many successful examples can be found outside the Western world.

Short-term 8

Short-term Long-term Leveraged Buy-out Globalization 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 31, 2014

One of the first, and most lasting, pieces of career advice I received came from Linda Bush, my first project manager when I was a wee pup working at McKinsey & Company. Doing so for people who are locked out of a market is what made companies like eBay, Google, and Southwest Airlines the powerhouses they are today.

Innovation 9

Innovation Disruptive Innovation Learning-by-Doing Participative 9

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 15, 2013

And a great potential source of talent with the right skills are professionals who change career lanes — people with experience and training in accounting, finance, human resources and strategy who leave corporate jobs to follow their passion to have a social impact.

Chief Operating Officer 8

Chief Operating Officer How To Airlines Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 8, 2014

As Peter Drucker put it, “culture eats strategy over breakfast” Just take a look at Southwest Airlines, the company which saw the greatest value expansion in the S&P 500 between 1971 and 2001. The only thing they can’t duplicate is your culture… Do you know the difference between strategy and culture?

Emotional Intelligence 8

Emotional Intelligence GDP McKinsey Airlines 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 25, 2015

In a recent strategy meeting we attended with the leaders of a Fortune-500 company, the word “culture” came up 27 times in 90 minutes. 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.

Motivation 8

Motivation Company Airlines Learning-by-Doing 8

You're Not the Boss of Me

MAY 11, 2009

Look at the active role played by the CEO of Southwest Airlines when the news broke about overlooked airplane repairs; amid scandalous cries about having cozy relationships with area FAA administrators. Announces Social Media, Branding & Diversity Strategies" by @ bizshrink. Or, when G.E.

Delegation 40

Delegation Crisis Blog McCarthy 40

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 13, 2014

They may be petroleum engineers in an oil company, software engineers in a technology organization, industrial designers in a toy company, or pilots in an airline. In many cases they have deliberately chosen not to pursue a managerial career. Perhaps they prefer technical work.

Development 8

Development Report Leadership Development Budgeting 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 27, 2017

“Strategies for Two-Sided Markets” 3. Finding effective and affordable ways to help people acquire transferable skills during their careers, not just before they start out, is a large social challenge. Broadening access to basic goods and services can be a winning strategy for investors, companies, and society.

Globalization 8

Globalization Supply Chain Human Capital Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 24, 2011

I couldn't believe some of the people I was seeing from McKinsey," recalls a partner at another strategy firm. When strategy consulting firms first got going in the 1970s and 1980s, it was probably easier for the hotshot MBAs they hired to look with disdain at the poor Joes they were nominally attempting to help.

McKinsey 13

McKinsey Consultative Waterman Intellectual Capital 13

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

They are not going to unfold their strategies below a very high level of abstraction. They are not going to unfold their strategies below a very high level of abstraction. For that they have underlings — even high-level underlings. Because it isnt their sport. Its not what got them where they are. Because it isnt their sport.

Process 14

Process CEO Insurance Banking 14

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 4, 2012

Social tools were enabling everyday people to break through traditional barriers to connect, build their audiences and careers and get more creative than ever before. For airlines: I understand that flight schedules get messed up due to unforeseen circumstances. Airlines get people from point A to point B quicker than a car or bus.

Senge 8

Senge Airlines Efficiency Follow-up 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 12, 2015

The next morning they are due to fly home, but discover their budget airline insists that passengers print their boarding passes in advance or face an exorbitant fee at the airport. After their sharp exchange, they had devised a novel strategy for releasing a single from the album. Sadly, the Goffees have no printer. Excerpted from.

Leadership Pipeline 8

Leadership Pipeline Diversity Creativity Airlines 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 7, 2016

They pursue what our colleague and loyalty expert Fred Reichheld calls “bad profits” : efforts to extract more money from customers without offering them additional value, making them feel coerced, deceived or misled (think airline baggage fees or excessive banking penalties).

Bureaucracy 8

Bureaucracy Short-term Budgeting Long-term 8