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Preview Thursday: The 9 Dimensions of Conscious Success

Lead Change Blog

My father worked for United Airlines in a variety of executive positions, rising up to becoming the assistant to the president. The point is that I was fortunate to have a great influence from my parents about basic behaviors (how to “show up” in life), work, and a work ethic. Nothing of me is original.

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Knowledge Is Power. Data Isn’t.

In the CEO Afterlife

To be fair, the ‘act early’ ethic prevails in corporate cultures that worship entrepreneurial thinking. None of us want to see pipelines, oil rigs, or airlines compromising safety for speed. That meant making the call without all of the information, and not fretting about it, but being glad of it.

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Navigate Your Path to Success

Women on Business

Often this meant trying to read Mapquest directions while driving on a highway or in the dark.

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Real-world examples of customer service

Lead on Purpose

I then called Delta Airlines to cancel our flights. When I explained the situation to the customer service agent, she immediately called another person who, without any questions beyond what was necessary to understand our situation, immediately approved the full refund of our points with no obligation to rebook with them.

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Cast the Net Wide – Make the Most of Your Promotional Time and.

Women on Business

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.

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Two Words to Help You Gut Check Your Career

Harvard Business Review

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. Then they grow up.

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Let Your Customers Segment Themselves by What They’re Willing to Pay

Harvard Business Review

But charging different customers different prices for the same or a similar product or service is tricky for reasons having nothing to do with ethics. A fabulous example of this strategy is couponing. What the airlines want to do is fill underutilized planes with cheap tickets that are unattractive to high-paying customers.).

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