Chris Brady

JANUARY 19, 2011

My first airline flight didn't occur until age 19 when I went to pick up a car in Oklahoma. I had been bitten by the travel bug. I soon thereafter began traveling for for my job, and went out west to visit friends when I got time off work. Mostly, however, I stayed close to home in the good old Flint area.

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Leading Blog

JANUARY 14, 2019

He believes that we are getting in our own way by the way we think, decide, and act with regard to the development of original ideas. We find that while we talk about the need for creativity and innovation, employees don’t feel supported or inspired by their leaders and were not given the time or resources to develop new ideas.

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The Horizons Tracker

JULY 22, 2020

What would ordinarily be a crazy mismash of planes zipping around the world has been a much more sparsely populated picture in recent months, as people’s travel activities have been hugely curtailed by the lockdown procedures most governments have enacted to tackle the spread of the virus. Flight data. ” .” ”

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Strategy Driven

MAY 15, 2020

The travel and hospitality sector is one of those areas. The travel industry has particularly benefited from this change. Over 97 percent of millennials share photos and videos of their travels online, according to Entrepreneur , and the travel industry is catching on.

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Lead Change Blog

JUNE 16, 2016

In June, I found out that Captain Denny Flanagan, of United Airlines (UAL) retired after 30 years with UAL and 20 years Navy before that. I believe that each customer deserves a good travel experience whether on United, American, Delta… train, bus, taxi, or with your best friend in his car. Thank you. That’s not the point.

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Leading Blog

JULY 25, 2019

Japanese airline ANA commissioned a global competition via the XPRIZE Foundation to create the future of travel that has now resulted in targeting the next big market: Space. Learn more at sunordic.org. * * * Like us on Instagram and Facebook for additional leadership and personal development ideas. * * *.

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The Horizons Tracker

JULY 21, 2020

Thankfully, for all of the challenges we’ve had with connectivity and so on, the technology infrastructure has largely supported the transition, and the rollout of 5G and continued development in areas such as augmented reality and telerobotics promise to make more of the work we do possible remotely.

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Jason Womack

OCTOBER 5, 2014

I can work on an American Airlines flight over the Atlantic or Pacific Ocean, set up a “temporary office” at a Starwood hotel, or review client notes at a locally-owned, community-focused coffee shop. A travel day. Balance Efficiency/Effectiveness Travel' I reply, “I go to learn, I go to experience, I go to see new things.”

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 7, 2018

Travelers with an Alexa device at home can book a car rental or hotel through Expedia and Kayak. On many fronts, artificial intelligence-powered smart speakers and apps seem poised to become the world’s virtual travel agents. People can even book flights through voice-enabled Google Search. Adopting AI. Sponsored by SAS.

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HR Digest

JANUARY 3, 2021

The economies of the world have taken a beating due to the pandemic and it is predicted that it will take at least another two years for the various countries to reach normalcy in their development cycles. The industries hit hardest by the pandemic induced lockdowns are retail, automobiles, hospitality, oil and airlines and travel.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 11, 2011

Gretchen Glasscock said: Navigate Your Path to Success: I have always traveled quite a bit for business, and before every trip I would d… [link] [.] Often this meant trying to read Mapquest directions while driving on a highway or in the dark. This post was mentioned on Twitter by Gretchen Glasscock and others. Thanks for the post!

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The Center For Leadership Studies

MARCH 29, 2021

He worked as an interior mechanic for Continental Airlines and found a wallet a passenger had left behind in a first-class seat pocket. He consistently exhibited high standards of integrity. One of the first opportunities I can remember where I observed these traits in action happened when I was about 7.

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Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 29, 2020

To remedy this situation in the hospitality industry, a new pricing strategy was developed; the Yield Management strategy. A simple answer will be that Yield Management is a pricing strategy developed for the hospitality, air travel, tourism, and related industries that helps to produce maximum returns from their services.

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QAspire

NOVEMBER 4, 2009

Home Go to QAspire.com Guest Posts Disclaimer What NOT to do in Customer Service 7 I know I have been silent since long, thanks to hectic travel last week. Even my travel was a great learning experience. It is only customer service that enhances quality of experience and makes an airline preferable over other.

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The Horizons Tracker

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Similarly, business travel not only provides a healthy proportion of passenger numbers, but a large proportion of airline profits, not to mention the numerous ancillary businesses, from hotels to conference providers, that rely on professionals getting out and about.

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The Practical Leader

JUNE 4, 2012

Once we’d landed in Newark he came into the cabin and asked who would like to get off here and travel into New York City (it was only a few minutes longer for most of going to Manhattan). Our captain treated us like valued customers — like people — and not “the cattle in the back” as with too many airline crews.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 3, 2015

Although most people equate business travel to a rock ‘n’ roll lifestyle, those who live it on a regular basis tend to have a rather different experience. It also exposes travelers to pathological levels of germs and radiation. As if all this weren’t enough, frequent travel leads to unhealthy lifestyles (e.g.,

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You're Not the Boss of Me

OCTOBER 5, 2014

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 to serve.

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Leading Blog

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Between surging demand, labor shortages, outdated air traffic management, and travel reservation I.T. systems, air travel feels a bit more like a chore than like a treat. airline companies have pointed fingers at the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) as the biggest cause of outages, even as the FAA has fired back at airlines.

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Kevin Eikenberry

JANUARY 22, 2011

Obviously this blog isn’t about the future of air travel, and none of the submitting companies are clients of ours (yet). Solving our business problems, making leaps in productivity, Customer Service, product development (or anything else), requires the same shift.

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Building Personal Strength

FEBRUARY 25, 2010

I felt that I had to read the story, so I traveled by car from Durham to Boston and presented my letter of credentials from Duke. My wife, Kathleen , used to be a commercial banker, and she developed a habit for doing “due diligence”—about nearly everything. Apparently, it was the only copy in existence.

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Strategy Driven

JANUARY 17, 2014

However, innovations in the neurosciences to developments in social media have revealed that profitability should no longer be relegated to sales figures and profit margins alone. All airlines are the same, except for their people. Our inability to influence the outcome of an event is deeply unsettling. What are you thinking?

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 27, 2016

As president of RSA Ground, the subsidiary of Rising Sun Airlines responsible for servicing its planes at airports across Japan, he’d been under enormous pressure in recent months. Thanks to increased demand for air travel, Rising Sun’s flights were now fuller and more frequent than ever before.

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Chris Brady

JANUARY 18, 2011

Other leaders have established fun as a pervasive element in their very corporate culture (Southwest Airlines and Zappos come to mind). Tense moments were diffused, heaviness was lifted, and optimism was restored through simple gestures of fun.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 26, 2011

That's exactly what Portuguese airport operator ANA Aeroportos de Portugal did in its quest to attract more major airlines and connecting routes. The team kicked off by conducting in-airport interviews with travelers. Their findings quickly confirmed that ANA's focus on its customers' customers would benefit the airlines, as well.

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Steve Farber

AUGUST 23, 2016

The airline was having enough trouble negotiating their pilot contracts let alone getting cooperation from the supreme powers that be, so I bugged out to wander the concourse and pump a little blood into my travel weary brain cells. I had a lot to think about. The meeting had gone okay, I guess. However, “Burn Your Boss?”

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Chris Brady

MARCH 3, 2010

As I traveled the country and talked to others who were having similar experiences, I understood the reason MonaVie sold more than $1 Billion of the stuff in just over three years. To compare the iPhone to any other phone is like comparing an airliner to a tricycle. A fanatically loyal customer base develops.

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QAspire

DECEMBER 24, 2009

November 2009: What NOT to do in Customer Service 7 My ‘not-so-decent’ experience with an airline prompted this article, which enlists 7 things businesses should never do when dealing with customers. The idea is to think about what our work does to us. Busyness is certainly not equal to progress. It truly means a lot to me.

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Chris Brady

JANUARY 5, 2011

Posted by: Doug Hines | January 05, 2011 at 09:53 AM The airline's learned that charging for blankets and pillows were not popular with the traveller. Keep warm and work in comfort and privacy while avoiding the nasty germs from the other travellers around you! and a Winner Announced! showed the widest range of responses.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 28, 2014

Even many large corporations are easily forgotten — like those in the airline industry. Once the largest domestic airline, TWA introduced many ground-breaking developments and embodied the glamour of air travel. Or Singapore Airlines. Remember TWA? Or Virgin America.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 16, 2012

The bra is lined with precision sensors that measure changes in cell temperature, which can indicate a developing tumor. HEADS UP, AMERICAN AIRLINES. A Concept Airline Eases the Pain of Traveling With Toddlers (Fast Company). Smart Planet’s Sarah Korones reports that First Warning Systems, Inc., of the time.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 24, 2011

Develop those contacts as a ladder to reach higher, but more challenging, prospects. Test business development, starting with advice from your banker, accountant, and lawyer. Many career-enhancing activities can develop from carefully chosen volunteer-based projects. We can leverage each other’s expertise.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 29, 2014

Consider first the increasing use of auctions, which have a distinguished history in the development of economics. Walker’s innovation was to bind travelers to pay the prices they bid if the airlines and hoteliers on Priceline accepted the offers. Here a few notable examples.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 15, 2015

Companies have to develop guidelines for how to act when a particular event occurs. For example, if a customer tweets about an upcoming trip but hasn’t yet purchased a flight, the airline can turn to its social CRM program to find out that this person is a priority member, and say, frequently tweets about craft beers. decline).

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 1, 2011

In order to increase profitability, airlines now charge separately for many previously bundled services — such as checking baggage, providing seats with leg room, eating meals on-board, etc. And indeed these previously free services have generated substantial incremental revenue for the airlines. Test the waters.

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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.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 11, 2011

However many big projects become inflexible, travelling on rails to a fixed destination. Clean Magic Eraser, were breakthrough hits, but they probably cost a good deal to develop. The company created a fixed number of these passes, limiting the amount of risk it took in case people got a bit too enthusiastic with their travel.

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