Lead from Within

JUNE 9, 2018

He says, “Had I pursued my education long enough to learn all the conventional dos and don’ts of starting a business, I often wonder how different my life and career might have been.” But Branson has made a career of taking risks and daring to enter uncharted seas. THE LEADERSHIP GAP.

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Succession Learning-by-Doing Airlines Career 131

Modern Servant Leader

JUNE 15, 2018

Larry Spears was the CEO of the Greenleaf Center for Servant-Leadership for nearly two decades. He now runs the Spears Center for Servant-Leadership (Indianapolis), and serves as Servant-Leadership Scholar at Gonzaga University (Spokane). Discovering Servant-Leadership 2:13. Defining Servant-Leadership Defining 0:28 5:47.

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Modern Servant Leader

JUNE 15, 2018

Larry Spears was the CEO of the Greenleaf Center for Servant-Leadership for nearly two decades. He now runs the Spears Center for Servant-Leadership (Indianapolis), and serves as Servant-Leadership Scholar at Gonzaga University (Spokane). Discovering Servant-Leadership 2:13. Defining Servant-Leadership Defining 0:28 5:47.

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Frank Sonnenberg Online

JUNE 21, 2021

This post is an excerpt from his excellent, internationally bestselling book CHANGE-friendly LEADERSHIP. Change-friendly is also about leadership. Not leadership by title and certainly not leadership by command or control. Effective leadership is a challenge under the best of circumstances. Counterfeit Leadership.

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Hotels Stress Resistance Restructuring 125

My Own Coach

AUGUST 1, 2011

I was discussing leadership and the power of stories with a good friend and colleague last week. Over the time of my career, I have studied a number of successful organisations, known for customer service excellence. story telling stories story leadership leadership coaching'

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Storytelling Skills Gordon Godin 44

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.

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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. In contrast, the healthcare process is very difficult to implement because it changes the dynamics of power, especially between the nurses (who love it) and the physicians (who hate it).

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Health Care Management Airlines Long-term 70

QAspire

NOVEMBER 4, 2009

It is only customer service that enhances quality of experience and makes an airline preferable over other. These inadvertent delays are a part of airline travel - but the way airline handles it goes a long way in building comfort with customers. Aviation is a customer service business more than anything else. Don’t Kill It!

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Travel Airlines Learning-by-Doing Quality 82

The Recovering Engineer

MAY 31, 2010

Navy, got married, and began my civilian career. As we waited, I saw several people get really agitated with Delta Airlines. A lot has happened in those twenty-one years. I have moved from South Carolina to New Jersey to Michigan and to Indiana. But, was it really that big of a deal? days to spend 3 days at home never got angry.

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Emotional Intelligence Engineering Self-aware FAQ 102

Roundtable Talk

MARCH 18, 2010

→ WestJet’s CEO step down: The first sign of the leadership apocalypse? Durfy’s replacement, Gregg Sartesky, is a 50 something exec who’s grown up in the high grind airline industry. Skip to content Home Welcome! ← Don’t believe your own hype Are you still faking it AFTER you’ve made it? Happy leading!

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CEO Leadership Industry Blog 31

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. Mostly, however, I stayed close to home in the good old Flint area. Then it all changed. I spent some time in Texas as a student, then attended grad school in Pittsburgh, then went to finish my Master's degree in Toyohashi, Japan.

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Travel Education Open-book Letter 115

QAspire

DECEMBER 24, 2009

March 2009: Personal Leadership - It shines in difficult times We are all leaders - but our education, upbringing and organization structures suppresses our leadership traits. This post talks about how personal leadership comes to the fore in light of difficult situations. Quality is not just conformance to requirements.

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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. Janice and I were old friends, and I had recently helped her out of a sticky career jam.

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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.

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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. Posted by: Josh | January 05, 2011 at 09:06 PM Yet another michigan coach searching popular online career websites for that next job offer that can lead to yet another defeat.I

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CO2

JUNE 29, 2010

We believe the strength of any team is in the followers and there can be no leaders without followers, but the vast majority of research to date has focused on the leadership side of this equation. Leaders used to have all the power in these hierarchical relationships, but this is no longer the reality facing many organizations.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 12, 2013

Despite best efforts, the proposed American Airlines-US Airways merger will hit points of turbulence. Democracy will disappear as power shifts to developing countries with authoritarian regimes where no one cares about voice and participation. They assume that people are helpless victims of powerful forces beyond their control.

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Health Care Merchandising Incubator Airlines 15

Strategy Driven

MARCH 11, 2011

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. One must question why one company could wield such control over the investment community and what powers Wall Street had acquiesced in order for such power to grow.

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Strategic Planning Committee Golden Handcuff Media 57

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). This is a powerful concept.

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Deming Christensen System Innovation 28

Harvard Business Review

MAY 16, 2011

Thus, great leadership looks the same wherever you are. 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.

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Airlines Mentor Environment Case Study 15

You're Not the Boss of Me

MAY 11, 2009

→ May 12, 2009 · 12:55 am ↓ Jump to Comments Taking Charge: When Not to Delegate In leadership, one of the things we are always being reminded of is the importance of delegation, and with good reason. Let’s face it, everyone likes to be popular but leadership is not about popularity. What comes to mind for you?

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Delegation Crisis Blog McCarthy 40

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 19, 2015

For example, the power company Tenaga Nasional could send a leader with strong operating capabilities to work for several years at Malaysia Airlines, acquiring skills in turning around a troubled business. Historically, Shell’s top leaders spent their careers at the company.

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CFO Leadership Development Telecommunications Cost 8

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. Leadership development Managing people' Perhaps they prefer technical work.

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Development Report Leadership Development Budgeting 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 12, 2013

Despite best efforts, the proposed American Airlines-US Airways merger will hit points of turbulence. Democracy will disappear as power shifts to developing countries with authoritarian regimes where no one cares about voice and participation. They assume that people are helpless victims of powerful forces beyond their control.

Health Care 8

Health Care Merchandising Incubator Airlines 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 25, 2015

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. Take for example the airline industry. The third most sensitive element is the career ladder in an organization. You work because you enjoy it.

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Motivation Company Airlines Learning-by-Doing 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 12, 2015

Does your workplace reflect a relative balance of males and females in leadership positions? 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. Leadership & Managing People Book. What do you see?

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Leadership Pipeline Diversity Creativity Airlines 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 15, 2012

If you've spent any amount of time in executive retreats or leadership off-sites, you've probably been asked to participate in a familiar evaluation of your career and impact. BMW falls into this camp, maybe Ritz-Carlton and Emirates Airlines. Take twenty minutes," a facilitator will say, "and write your professional obituary.

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Company Brand Banking Long-term 10

Tanveer Naseer

MAY 31, 2016

Fortunately, companies can build the capacity for strategic leadership. Systems and Structures The first three principles of strategic leadership involve nontraditional but highly effective approaches to decision making, transparency, and innovation. Take the time to think: Why did I make that decision? What are the implications?

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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). Instead, they focus only on their small piece of it.

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Bureaucracy Short-term Budgeting Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

Operations : Approaches problems practically; stands firm on issues, perseveres; maintains a standard of consistency and quality; provides stable leadership and supervision; develops detailed plans and procedures; implements projects in a timely manner; keeps financial records straight. Ive seen this in the organizations where Ive consulted.

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Process CEO Insurance Banking 15

Harvard Business Review

MAY 19, 2015

” He would later call this the most important insight of his career. Whereas recent views of leadership tend to emphasize the instrumental meaning of performance, the extent to which a leader meets contracted goals, there is also a cultural meaning of performance. Learning, striving people are happy people and good workers.

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