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How to Engage Employees During Uncertain Times

Lead from Within

Leaders need to know how to positively re-engage and refocus their people. Recently the CEO of Southwest Airlines took a 10 percent pay cut to help their employees out. Very few understand why or how to prevent it. How to Succeed as A New Leader. How to Succeed as A New Leader. The Deception Trap of Leadership.

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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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How To Eliminate Guilt About Not Doing Everything.

Rich Gee Group

In the past, when I worked years ago in Marketing, we used to comment on how upper management would get their direction — we called it “Management by Airline Magazine” If a CEO or President saw an interesting article on one of their flights, they would always barge into my office and exclaim, “Why aren’t we doing this?

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May 2021 Leadership Development Carnival

Lead Change Blog

Dana Theus of InPower Coaching writes Feedback Coaching: How to Get Results with “Tough Love ”. Coaching feedback doesn’t tell someone how to do something, but creates a safe space within which they can try, fail and succeed to figure it out themselves. Jennifer Nash writes How to get your voice heard when others want to quiet it.

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10 Penalties That I Would Call if I Were a Management Referee

Great Leadership By Dan

Unfortunately, when it comes to the workplace, there are no management referees. Managers get away with all kinds of fouls, with little or no consequences. What if we created a new job called a “Management Referee”? Here’s 10 penalties that I’d look for if I were a Management Referee: 1.

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How to Keep Business Travel Costs Down

Strategy Driven

Businesses are pinched, but managing your supply chain and business relationships through online video chat and emails is hard. You’d be surprised at how many are occurring right now to help airlines manage their costs even though all their flights are grounded. How to Save Going to and From Airports.

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Love Them and Lead Them

The Practical Leader

That’s particularly true in the airline industry. Airline revenues collapsed while fixed costs stayed high. If you’re going to bet on an airline most likely to soar as travel resumes, put your money on Southwest Airlines. Managers aren’t comfortable with this powerful emotion in the workplace.