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Management Tools For Leaders: Red Ocean/Blue Ocean Strategy

Rich Gee Group

Great examples of Red Ocean companies are McDonald’s and Southwest Airlines. Southwest is the only large, low-cost airline that hires friendly and approachable employees who have a passion for helping customers. In addition to their pricing, cancellation, and service structure, no other airline comes close.

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Risk management vs crisis management – are you in the right mode?

Chartered Management Institute

Article: Risk management vs crisis management – are you in the right mode? Additional reporting by CMI Insights Monday 26 February 2024 Share Share to Twitter Share to Facebook Share to LinkedIn Share via email Managers have to manage risk and uncertainty every day. Written by Annie Makoff-Clark.

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Moving Beyond Company Organization Silos: Lessons from the Aviation Industry

Leading Blog

Between surging demand, labor shortages, outdated air traffic management, and travel reservation I.T. airline companies have pointed fingers at the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) as the biggest cause of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. In the U.S., This issue can become a major performance barrier.

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The rise of Crew Resource Management (CRM): Why CRM should be re-adapted as a framework for non-technical skills development in management teams

CQ Net - Management skills for everyone!

A considerable body of evidence indicates that one reason for this strong safety track record in aviation is due to airlines conducting Crew Resource Management trainings as means to improve team performance. Is it time for management to re-adapt what the aviation industry has developed to the next level?

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Can Small Business learn from the American Airlines Merger?

Women on Business

The American Airlines merger gives us a great example of what do look for in a partnership and what we should avoid. This merger will give American Airways access to new markets, expanded human capital resources and more flight capacity. The post Can Small Business learn from the American Airlines Merger?

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Southwest Airlines’ Julie Weber on What It Means To Create a Purpose-Driven Culture

HR Digest

A desire to act with courage, persevere and innovate; the ability to put others first, and a fun-LUVing attitude – these are the values that Southwest Airlines, the World’s Most Loved Airline, looks for in its employees and fosters through its talent management. I believe that Human Resources is my calling. Keller, 2019.

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First Look: Leadership Books for October 2023

Leading Blog

He offers clear-headed lessons for the entire life cycle of an enterprise, from bootstrapping a startup to going public to managing large companies to selling a business. On August 20, 1991, Hollis Harris, the CEO of struggling Continental Airlines told his 42,000 employees to pray for the future of the company.

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