Leading Blog

JANUARY 14, 2019

In struggling to generate a sufficient number of creative ideas, we typically blame the number of creative individuals in our organization or hierarchy and bureaucracy. Many organizations fail to understand and embrace the discontinuous nature of the creative process.” In a world where we must adapt or die, we need creative solutions.

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Strategy Driven

JULY 20, 2023

Despite the looming threat of heart failure, he never allowed it to hinder his path to success. Choudhrie’s entrepreneurial spirit also led him to invest heavily in Air Deccan, which eventually became India’s major budget airline within five years. which aims to secure 62,500 new organ donors and save 500,000 lives.

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Great Leadership By Dan

OCTOBER 15, 2015

Guest post from William Goodspeed : To understand the challenges of humor in business organizations, it may help to look at the Ivy League. On the first point, people need look no further than restaurants and airlines. Southwest Airlines is a great example; flight attendants and pilots joke all the time. It was true.

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Lead on Purpose

NOVEMBER 10, 2012

Through education and the learning of new leadership strategies, people can understand what it takes to lead a group. Through strategic leadership, a leader can guide a group or company through transitions, suggest creative yet practical ideas, see the big picture, and build relationships with other teams and organizations.

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Great Leadership By Dan

APRIL 6, 2017

They’re on the ground, in the midst of the action, and are best at coming up with their own strategies for how to accomplish those goals.” Former Alaska Airlines CEO John Kelly was a master at knowing when to take charge through one of his conative capabilities – innovating solutions. Co-authors Gino Wickman and Mark C.

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HR Digest

DECEMBER 26, 2019

I would say [HR is] moving from processing paper to making sure individuals feel valued in the organization,” said an employment attorney to SHRM magazine. This HR leader's strategy has been to observe the business environment and culture at Tesla and see what enhancements needed to be brought in. Diane Gherson, CHRO of IBM.

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In the CEO Afterlife

APRIL 8, 2012

I’ve always held the opinion that big organizations move at a snail’s pace. But anyone who has worked with large NGOs (non-government, not for profit organizations), or giant corporations has tasted it. Even Procter & Gamble, a perennial success and a company I greatly admire, struggles to find nimbleness. Snails are slow.

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Curious Cat

MAY 30, 2017

This information can lead to new strategies for small companies and new insights for the big companies that presently dominate their industries. What is successful now is dependent on the larger system and the conditions that impact that system. This has happened numerous times for major airlines in the last few years.

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Coaching Tip

OCTOBER 28, 2015

Healthcare organizations seem to be particularly challenged in reinventing themselves when compared to other industries. . If you can't motivate people to change, you can't change the organization. And if the organization can't change, there is no long-term success. Source: Roadmap to Success. Why is that?

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Tanveer Naseer

FEBRUARY 21, 2012

These days, everyone is talking about the importance of innovation to an organization’s future, but what exactly does it take to be innovative and how do we start? Over the course of our conversation, Andrea and I discuss - What organizations really need to do to be innovative in today’s global market.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

JULY 5, 2012

Calculating Success: How the New Workplace Analytics Will Revitalize Your Organization Carl Hoffman, Eric Lesser, and Tim Ringo Harvard Business Review Press (2012) How and why “the connective tissue between vision and execution is workforce analytics” According to Carl Hoffmann, Eric Lesser, and Tim Ringo, “there is more measurable value (..)

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Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

DECEMBER 31, 2011

This post highlights some unconscious beliefs that can limit your success. 5 Easy Ways To Tell If An Organization Is REALLY Values-Driven What do Zappos, Ben and Jerry’s, and Southwest Airlines have in common? They are all financially successful, values-driven companies. I call the space in-between the “mid-space.”

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 7, 2011

Business Improv: Experiential Learning Exercises to Train Employees to Handle Every Situation with Success by Val and Sarah Gee The secret to business growth is right before your eyes – it’s the creativity and innovation percolating in each one of your employees every minute of every day. Business Improv ! Consider leaving a comment!

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Persuasive Powerhouse

AUGUST 29, 2010

Even in organizations that are supportive of the concept, it can be a challenge. As their organizations have become leaner, the work that is required to keep them afloat seems to have multiplied. If you see yourself in this dilemma, recognize that you doing everything yourself isn’t serving you or your organization.

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Sales Wolf Blog

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

Successories Motivational Products Talent Managment Magazine Testing and Assessments - An Employers Guide to Good Practices Testing and Assessments - DOL The Rainmaker Group - Possibility Maximization An amazing group of people commited to making a difference in the world they live - one soul, one organization, one Customer Experience at a time.

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Curious Cat

JANUARY 10, 2017

Singapore Airlines can cater to creating a great experience. Southwest Airlines can cater to providing a friendly and inexpensive experience while passing on providing certain amenities. Other airlines market as if they will provide what Singapore Airlines does and provides a miserable experience instead.

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In the CEO Afterlife

AUGUST 5, 2015

Complexity stifles organizations and confuses consumers. . Airlines, telecoms, and credit card companies promise customer satisfaction all the time; do they deliver it? Successful companies don’t stumble upon insight. The result is complexity. Promising service is easy.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 17, 2017

The airline industry is a cautionary tale of what happens when companies emulate new business models without bringing over the associated mental models. For over 40 years, Southwest Airlines has been a disruptive force in the airline industry, creating an entirely new category and a record 43 consecutive years of profitability.

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In the CEO Afterlife

SEPTEMBER 8, 2015

While some handle their “success” well, others fail to realize the happiness that money and celebrity status is expected to bring. Not everyone or every organization can, or should operate this way. None of us want to see pipelines, oil rigs, or airlines compromising safety for speed. The reason?

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The Practical Leader

OCTOBER 24, 2011

John Kotter and James Heskett’s classic book, Corporate Culture and Performance , is an organization development classic. As change tsunamis relentlessly sweep the globe, adaptive organizations are getting stronger and unadaptive ones are being washed out to sea. Organization Learning (e.g. Steps in The Culture Cycle.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 27, 2010

StrategyDriven effective executives, efficient employees Home About The StrategyDriven Organization Our Company Our Contributors Karen K. Improve productivity, Enhance the bottom line… StrategyDriven Premium Subscriber Login Align Your Organization and Become StrategyDriven! Juliano Howard T. Dickens Jr. Click here to cancel reply.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 19, 2018

Why is that some companies have great heads of strategy who make an outstanding contribution to their companies while others don’t? To answer this question, we evaluated a sample of 55 different heads of strategy and looked more closely at 11 who were particularly successful and 10 who were at the other end of the spectrum.

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The Practical Leader

DECEMBER 28, 2011

” - Robert Townsend, former Amex and Avis executive and author of Up the Organization. Cooper and Aymen Sawaf, Executive EQ: Emotional Intelligence in Leadership and Organizations. “Celebration is given high priority in both organizations (Wal-Mart and Southwest Airlines). ” - Robert K. .

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

” This and a slew of similar maxims reflect a common view of strategy execution: that it’s distinct from strategy, harder to pull off than defining a strategy, and therefore more critical to success — underpinned by seemingly indisputable virtues such as diligence, discipline, consistency, alignment, and focus.

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Strategy Driven

JANUARY 21, 2011

StrategyDriven effective executives, efficient employees Home About The StrategyDriven Organization Our Company Our Contributors Karen K. The one pervading message we’re hearing lately is that organizations are watching for the economic recovery to start soon and looking for ways to come out of this down cycle stronger than before.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 19, 2018

American Airlines said it would pay $1,000 to all 127,600 of its people, and Wells Fargo raised its base wage from $13.50 Why not embrace a more expansive logic of success in which nobody wins unless everybody wins? to $15 per hour. In fact, it’s all set out in writing, in The Constitution of the John Lewis Partnership.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 29, 2014

The late Julian Simon (better known, perhaps, for his optimistic views about population growth and resource abundance) thought up the idea for having airlines auction off overbooked seats and persuaded the Civil Aeronautics Board, which used to regulate airlines fares and entry, to permit the idea in the 1970s. Strategy'

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General Leadership

APRIL 12, 2014

Its 9:45am at Chicago’s O’Hare International Terminal as American Airlines Flight 1693 hums patiently at Gate K18 on the snow-covered ramp as passengers take their seats. Curator Posts airlines american communicating disney fritz Planning sharing strategy trajectory Vision' You’ll be seeing great sights!

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 27, 2013

Success in the workplace depends on your ability to relate effectively to people. Research shows that 60-80% of all difficulties in organizations stem from strained relationships between employees, not from deficits in an individual employee’s skill or motivation. All airlines are the same, except for their people. Reference.

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Strategy Driven

JUNE 19, 2014

To ensure you’re able to prove your success, send out a survey to employees about the current company culture. We decided to align with a non-profit organization that builds schools in impoverished communities in Latin America and also supports young Hispanics living in the United States. We worked with our partners to donate $1.00

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 29, 2018

Recently, a financial services organization found $5 million in opportunities to optimize its finance processes. In their race to become faster and smarter with automation, these organizations do little more than digitally enable the status quo. Take the subscriber-first strategy of The New York Times.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 28, 2016

From my research and work with companies around the world leading large-scale transformation initiatives, here are the four things I’ve found that virtually all successful change leaders do really well: Recognize embedded tensions and paradoxes. Innovation vs. Regulation. Optimization vs. Rationalization.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 24, 2011

Many even believe in the myth that just good work creates success!) What promotional vehicles are most successful in your industry? Evaluate organizations online: their mission, major products/markets, history, and biographies of key participants. Even the most successful empire-builders found shoulders to stand on!

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You're Not the Boss of Me

DECEMBER 12, 2010

So I looked it up in a number of dictionaries and found: Servant leaders are humble stewards of their organizations’ resources A Servant is one who serves another, providing help in some manner A servant is a person who performs duties for others. Announces Social Media, Branding & Diversity Strategies" by @ bizshrink.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 8, 2015

Eighteen years ago, five airline companies—Lufthansa, Air Canada, United Airlines, Thai Airways and Scandinavian Airlines—formed an alliance with a vision to offer better services to their customers. Even when dealing with any one airline, they could enjoy access to the resources of several airlines.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 26, 2011

This post is part of Creating a Customer-Centered Organization. And while these companies were the first to acknowledge the business benefits of delivering a great customer experience, business-to-business (B2B) organizations are increasingly getting in on the game.

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Lead Change Blog

MAY 18, 2016

The dearth of value-based decisions has left too many organizations with a “character deficit.”. Southwest Airlines President Emeritus Colleen Barrett says it this way: “We are not an airline with great customer service. We are a great customer service organization that happens to be in the airline business.”.

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