Lead Change Blog

JUNE 16, 2016

In June, I found out that Captain Denny Flanagan, of United Airlines (UAL) retired after 30 years with UAL and 20 years Navy before that. He told me that he liked letting customers know that they mattered and he’d do his part, with whatever was in his sphere of influence, to give us a good experience. That was two or three weeks ago.

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Lead Change Blog

NOVEMBER 12, 2014

We were all taught in Supervision 101 that managers are directors of stuff—policies, materials, numbers, and systems; while leaders are influencers of people. He used every opportunity to buttonhole people of influence to clear away the obstacles for the realization of his space dream. And what if. When you awoke. Ah, what then?

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Lead Change Blog

JULY 17, 2015

But, leaders can influence how employees chose to feel exactly in the fashion outline by the junior philosopher. When Southwest Airlines employees tell of CEO Gary Kelly’s dressing as KISS for their annual Halloween party, they are really saying, “We are supposed to have fun.” When Marriott managers tell stories of founder J.

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Decker Communication

JULY 10, 2019

In the majority of the organizations we work with, the focus is at the top: C-level, leaders of business units, or management. This is where communications training and coaching, and particularly our consulting , has a huge impact on influence, culture, and execution of strategy. What about the mechanics?”

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Great Leadership By Dan

JUNE 16, 2012

New emotional and social intelligence research from Hay Group has shown that Empathy , Conflict Management, Self-Awareness and Influence are all key skills required for effective leadership in the matrix environment. Less than one third (31 percent) of individuals were found to hold strong conflict-management skills.

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Lead Change Blog

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

Squeezing another penny out of costs, getting product to market a few weeks earlier, responding to customers’ inquiries a little bit faster, ratcheting quality up one more notch, capturing another point of market share–those are the obsessions of managers today. ” Welcome to the era of growth through innovation.

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Modern Servant Leader

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

Also consider how a company in an industry notoriously difficult to make money in, has managed to be wildly successful, where others have failed. America’s largest airline and the most profitable – the airline that love built. Southwest Airlines, has been touted as a servant leadership company as well.

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Modern Servant Leader

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

Also consider how a company in an industry notoriously difficult to make money in, has managed to be wildly successful, where others have failed. America’s largest airline and the most profitable – the airline that love built. Southwest Airlines, has been touted as a servant leadership company as well.

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Change Starts Here

MARCH 5, 2015

While the general approach to influencing change is similar across projects, the specific details of how you implement each project will depend on what you’re trying to change. The first step towards customizing your change management approach is defining your change. Implementing a Change Management Approach. Shifting Culture.

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Tanveer Naseer

DECEMBER 19, 2017

Fast forward to June 2015, legacy and newer brands alike, such as American Airlines, BuzzFeed, Honey Maid, Ketel One, MasterCard, Spotify, Target, and Uber, flew the rainbow flag for marriage equality.

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Sales Wolf Blog

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

SHRM - Society for Human Resource Managment Indispensible for the HR Professional!  Michael recently attended the Business Growth Expo where Jack Santiago of Disney shed some light on their approach to people management and shares the key points he took away from Jack's presentation.   Enjoy!

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Eric Jacobson

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

How has this crisis influenced your thinking about the future of work? Think of the restaurant industry or the airline industry. Question: You started work on, Hire Purpose , long before the COVID-19 pandemic and its fallout. The effort to help people impacted by these changes is obviously bigger than companies alone can shoulder.

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Eric Jacobson

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

How has this crisis influenced your thinking about the future of work? Think of the restaurant industry or the airline industry. Question: You started work on, Hire Purpose , long before the COVID-19 pandemic and its fallout. The effort to help people impacted by these changes is obviously bigger than companies alone can shoulder.

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Tanveer Naseer

MAY 31, 2016

That is one of the principles behind “ open-book management “, the systematic sharing of information about the nature of the enterprise. This approach clearly differs from that of traditional cultures, in which the common channel for new ideas is limited to an individual’s direct manager.

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Strategy Driven

JANUARY 17, 2014

Our inability to influence the outcome of an event is deeply unsettling. Mark Ingwer PhD is a consumer psychologist and the managing partner of Insight Consulting Group , a global marketing and strategy consultancy specializing in market research and consumer insights. All airlines are the same, except for their people.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 23, 2014

An airline industry executive has been promoted regularly for more than two decades because he’s good in a crisis. How can you wield influence while being empathic? When I began working with that airline executive, I noted that his tendency was to walk into a room as invisibly as possible. That’s how you build influence.

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Strategy Driven

AUGUST 14, 2013

And the Internet, with its social media reach, has empowered customers with strong influence over other customers and the reputation of companies. “We have a strategic plan,” said Southwest Airlines founder and retired CEO, Herb Kelleher. The answer lies not in the traditional value-added but in a new focus on value-unique.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 27, 2013

Here are 4 ways you can set boundaries: Manage Your Time. Bottom line, every relationship you have influences you. All airlines are the same, except for their people. Practices for Professionals business leadership business management corporate culture employee engagement management and leadership strategydriven Van Moody'

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Coaching Tip

JANUARY 27, 2011

When a giant like Google changes management styles, we ought to take notice. With legislation allowing stockholder voting on executive compensation, top-level management might be wondering if the shift toward consolidating responsibility might be the coming trend. By Guest Author Art Gould. Now, Mr. Page is assuming the CEO position.

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Kevin Eikenberry

JANUARY 22, 2011

Five Reasons to Make Discomfort Your Friend How to Get Lazy People to Work Ten Decisions Leaders Make Everyday Ten Ways to Make a Great First Impression Five Minutes - a Key to Successful Time Management Kevin Eikenberry: Thanks Dave!Kevin

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Next Level Blog

JULY 14, 2010

Doing so abdicates all control of the trip to the airlines. LEADERSHIP AND INFLUENCE SUMMIT 30+ Leading Experts Sharing How to Maximize Leadership and Influence Effectiveness A FREE Online Event Sign up here About As an executive coach, speaker and author of The Next Level , Scott Eblin advises hundreds of executive leaders every year.

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Skip Prichard

OCTOBER 21, 2019

All that power and influence should be used to serve people. The leader is a source of specific energy which influences and drives people. Leadership assumes certain capacities depending on the size and complexity of the managed organization. Otherwise, you will get nothing next time if you don’t value what you have.

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Modern Servant Leader

JUNE 15, 2018

Management vs. Leadership Difference 8:20 30:42. I think the work that Duane Trammell and Ann McGee-Cooper and their associates have been doing with companies like Southwest Airlines and TDIndustries are stellar examples of what can be done within organizations once they make a commitment to servant-leadership. Ben : I love it.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 13, 2017

Uber has been using similar insights to influence drivers’ behavior. ” One such approach, according to Scheiber, compels drivers toward collecting more fares based on the insight from behavioral sciences that people are highly influenced by goals. The implication? An estimated cost savings of $5.37

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 7, 2011

In providing research and developing training programs for various large corporations about managing change, we find that the biggest stumbling block for employees from top-down is lack of buy-in. Top executives have the vision, but often fail to get buy-in from managers who have to carry out the change initiative.

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Modern Servant Leader

JUNE 15, 2018

Management vs. Leadership Difference 8:20 30:42. I think the work that Duane Trammell and Ann McGee-Cooper and their associates have been doing with companies like Southwest Airlines and TDIndustries are stellar examples of what can be done within organizations once they make a commitment to servant-leadership. Ben : I love it.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 22, 2012

Strange to say, the story was about an airline, and it wasn't a travel nightmare. Instead, it involved the recently bankrupt American Airlines doing something extraordinary — by putting kindness to work. Most airline personnel would have stopped there and offered to book the next available flight — for a fee.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 7, 2017

Many managers are missing digital signals that could help them better compete. Perhaps not surprisingly, American Airlines leads in magnitude for U.S. airlines — but not by as much as you would think. Managing against this measure is essential for all businesses that want to survive and grow. Digital share.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 23, 2014

Their influence extended beyond their numbers, since many nonunion employers observed union standards in hopes of avoiding an organizing drive. unions in the past defined themselves in opposition to management — us vs. them , in the famous labor-movement phrase — rather than as partners in building a successful company.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 26, 2011

These customer experience management initiatives can be complex. B2B companies serve a more complicated set of customer roles — including influencers, purchasers, and implementers — whose needs vary significantly. The team kicked off by conducting in-airport interviews with travelers.

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Deming Institute

JANUARY 19, 2017

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). We need to pay attention to how our customers use our product and not see that as something outside our sphere of influence. I strongly recommend it.

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You're Not the Boss of Me

DECEMBER 12, 2010

For instance, Southwest airlines’ over-arching purpose is stated as: “To provide the best service and lowest fares to the short haul, frequent-flying, point-to-point, non-interlining traveler.&# This simple statement lets everyone know why Southwest Airlines is in business and whom it is there, ultimately, to serve.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 16, 2018

How Bad is Airline Service, Really? Youngme and Mihir welcome their colleague Ryan Buell to discuss whether airlines deserve their reputation for terrible customer service. Why Management Practice Matters. The #NeverAgain movement, Facebook and the Russian Influence Campaign, Should Pornography Be Banned, and Oscar Picks.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 19, 2015

His letter announced a compensation restructuring, which accompanied a dismantling of hierarchy and the introduction of self-managed, self-organizing teams throughout the company. Two years in, Stayer fired three top managers because they kept deferring to him. ” Stayer soon became the darling of management gurus.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 3, 2015

But a recent experience made me question some of my assumptions about consumers, “influencers,” and the companies who can make a difference. I’m no road warrior, but I do clock an average of 100,000 miles a year, meaning I have some elite status on various airlines. Did the airlines just not see the story?

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 13, 2016

Basically, a handful of asset management firms have become the most powerful shareholders of the nation’s largest banks. This collective flood of individual investment has turned asset management companies into ginormous shareholders. BlackRock alone manages about $4.7 Take a look at this table. trillion in assets.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 10, 2015

Aggressive moves by airlines to migrate frequent flyer metrics from miles flown to dollars spent have caused bargain-hunting road warriors worldwide to whine about “disloyalty programs.” Airlines have clearly calculated that customers who spend more are more valuable to them than customers who fly more.

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