Great Leadership By Dan

DECEMBER 27, 2012

HR should also be involved with safety committees, training and employee development and company mentoring programs. At one point, their altitude separation dropped to 0, meaning they were headed straight for each other, traveling hundreds of miles an hour with about one and a half miles between them."

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Mentor Trends Committee Compliance 232

CEO Blog

MAY 3, 2011

The other day I sat in on a committee meeting of a charitable foundation. The committee was a revolving door of ideas and change without giving any one idea a chance to succeed. The committee was stagnant and making no measurable impact on the charity they were charged with improving.

Succession 171

Succession Brainstorming Committee Self-aware 171

Marshall Goldsmith

NOVEMBER 30, 2017

Offer to be chair of the fund-raising committee? It provides the discipline I sorely need in my busy working life as an executive coach, teacher, and speaker, which involves traveling 180 days out of the year to countries all over the globe. You may hang back, wondering “Who am I to…? Tell a teacher that there is too much homework?

Committee 70

Committee Executive Coaching Travel Politics 70

CO2

NOVEMBER 19, 2023

I knew I would benefit from a coach when I was hired, and the search committee agreed that it would be a valuable investment for the organization. My issue at this point is not about trying new things, it’s about being consistent—consistently applying what has been shown to work, with rest, travel, and scheduling, etc. If so, describe.

Executive Coaching 78

Executive Coaching Execution Power Maturity 78

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 7, 2017

Consider what’s happened with travel: With the explosion of internet travel sites in the 2000s, consumers took charge of their own travel, and travel agencies hemorrhaged business. According to the travel and leisure marketing firm MMGY, the use of travel agents increased by 50% from 2014 to 2015.

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B2B Travel CIO Benchmarking 9

Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

JUNE 17, 2013

Set up a futures research committee to study potential changes and developments in areas affecting your organization. Focusing on the Future Sets Leaders Apart. Jim Kouzes and Barry Posner. We’ve all had a glimpse of the future. Make it your business to study the future.

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Long-term Quality Trends Committee 219

Michael Lee Stallard

MARCH 20, 2020

And while our work has been focused on addressing and improving workplace cultures, the principles and frameworks are applicable to any group, be it a family, a committee for a civic group, a sports team, a governing body, even a nation. Pause to be grateful. .

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Stress Video Learning-by-Doing Analysis 195

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 11, 2015

Why do we travel? Evolution made us ever more curious, and so we traveled to learn more. Travel allows us to, a Montaigne put it, “rub and polish our brains” against people from different regions and cultures. The trick is to travel with purpose and planning. Is this still true today? First, some background.

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Travel Drucker Hotels Mintzberg 8

Terry Starbucker

MAY 21, 2017

They had no idea who I was, or why I was there (by then I had changed my travel wardrobe from jackets and collars to polo shirts and casual slacks, so I didn’t stick out in these places like a sore thumb). All of it was “back in committee”. I naturally love interaction, and was just there to talk. I had a goal in mind. “I

Succession 253

Succession Leadership Commitment Travel 253

leaderCommunicator

JANUARY 28, 2013

The effort and cost required to actually travel and meet people (you can do a lot by email and phone, but at some point a face to face visit is needed to cement the relationship). Better still, speak in them, volunteer to sit in their program committees, lead sessions or participate in panels. Attend professional conferences.

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Company Conference Cooper How To 137

Chris Brady

APRIL 2, 2010

WInner Announced After much deliberation, hair-pulling, name-calling, and the general good-natured slug-fest that is always required for such artistic pursuits, the exclusive selection committee has finally determined a winner for the latest Caption Contest, #2010.3. 

Meyer 50

Meyer Committee Letter Travel 50

CO2

APRIL 24, 2018

I knew I would benefit from a coach when I was hired, and the search committee agreed that it would be a valuable investment for the organization. My issue at this point is not about trying new things, it’s about being consistent—consistently applying what has been shown to work, with rest, travel, and scheduling, etc. If so, describe.

Maturity 78

Maturity Open-book Committee Industry 78

Chris Brady

FEBRUARY 1, 2010

There were so many great entries that our selection committee decided to honor the top 3. Thanks for providing the rest of us with so many good laughs! As you may have guessed, choosing a winner was very, very difficult!  Dean Clouse wins 3rd place, BJ Jones gets 2nd place, and John Halambeck wins the overall. See their entries below.

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Letter Travel Committee Blog 50

Chris Brady

NOVEMBER 9, 2010

" Almost always, that "doing something" involves the growth of government through the creation of new agencies, bureaus, boards, committees, programs, expenditures, and the passing of new laws. One such reaction is to allow people in power to utilize that power to "do something."

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Blog Leadership Crisis Travel 125

CO2

APRIL 24, 2018

I knew I would benefit from a coach when I was hired, and the search committee agreed that it would be a valuable investment for the organization. My issue at this point is not about trying new things, it’s about being consistent—consistently applying what has been shown to work, with rest, travel, and scheduling, etc. If so, describe.

Maturity 79

Maturity Open-book Committee Industry 79

Skip Prichard

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

As CEO of PQ Corporation, I experienced a minor OSHA recordable accident while traveling on business. Even though this is a human resource issue, whistleblower hotline complaints are reviewed by the audit committee of the board. Live your values. Living your values engenders trust.

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Silverman Career Succession Ethics 108

Chris Brady

AUGUST 16, 2010

I think the copy should be donated to the USA Soccer World Cup Organizing Committee. (Or Posted by: Jeff & Laura Mann | August 21, 2010 at 02:12 AM Speaking as one of those few who did actually pick Spain and The Netherlands to be in the top 3 (I just had them reversed!), Or US Olympic Soccer, if that fails!)

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Letter Sports Open-book Blog 50

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 28, 2014

Do nominating committees recognize how difficult it is for even the most seasoned and sophisticated executives to think outside of their “home culture”? Time zone differences and travel schedules complicate the process of communicating, via phone or in person, causing boards to either consciously or unconsciously shy away from globalizing.

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Globalization Committee Telecommunications Consensus 14

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 23, 2018

I was on a selection committee. One of the other members of the committee was one of my own mentors, a woman. Very quickly, the committee reached consensus on a selectee. As we went around the table to discuss her, I made the comment: “This job requires a lot of travel, and she just had a baby.

Mentor 12

Mentor Committee Self-aware Career 12

Women's Leadership Exchange

JANUARY 18, 2010

observance day committee for allowing a me, a woman whose roots run through the south and across the waters of the Caribbean to find her way in the company of such phenomenal, giving and committed professionals. And for that, the committee, this community and I am most grateful. Thank you to the Martin Luther King Jr.

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Blog Committee Learning-by-Doing Library 70

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 5, 2016

While the International Olympic Committee touts host cities’ economic legacy , the immense operational challenge of running a mega event creates intense logistical, security, and financial pressures. If you have them in one place year after year, that requires potentially many weeks of travel by boat for most people.

Business Model 8

Business Model Committee Franchising Cost 8

Building Personal Strength

DECEMBER 14, 2010

The man was famous, an influential member of the selection committee. If I could travel in time and advise my younger self, I would tell the poor schmuck to pursue statistics, and financial engineering. As a finalist, I thought my interviews were going well and I had an excellent chance of being selected. But I can't do that.

Video 92

Video Learning-by-Doing Blog Committee 92

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 31, 2014

Your once-nimble company becomes a lumbering behemoth that has to appoint a committee to determine how many committee meetings to hold. Netflix did something similar with their formal travel and expense rules. Each individual increase in process complexity may make sense, but in aggregate, they significantly affect performance.

Process 11

Process Committee Policies Engineering 11

Women on Business

JANUARY 24, 2011

If you have more time, contribute to an association committee. Metaphors from nature, sports, and travel are very useful to generate repurposed solutions. The only way to work networking in is to schedule attendance to an event and go. This leads to furthering your credentials and friendships. Ideas come from everywhere!

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Press Release Discount Sharpe Advertising 100

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 12, 2018

A number of Chinese acquisitions in the United States have recently been blocked by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS), an interagency committee led by the U.S. This kind of competition is not new, though the rise of China has brought it to the doorsteps of every country and major firm.

Company 8

Company Supply Chain Cooper Airlines 8

HR Digest

OCTOBER 29, 2023

It is also useful to encourage their involvement in all aspects of work , in order to establish work culture examples that cannot be refuted.

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Examples Company Diversity Team Building 97

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 18, 2011

We came up with a system that shared the travel burden but, most important, made "local" management a part of the global corporation. These meetings required a lot of travel time — and a lot of airfare — but they always provided a return on investment.

P&L 15

P&L Globalization CFO Operations 15

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

Of course, you can build your network to some degree without changing jobs: you can attend conferences or participate in committees at trade associations. But this sort of event-driven networking pales in comparison with the deep bonds you can develop with your colleagues by working, conversing, and traveling with them.

Career 17

Career Planning Bond Committee 17

Harvard Business Review

MAY 20, 2016

When you consider all of the retreats, travel, reading, meeting prep time, transactions, and committee meetings involved, it is a wonder anyone serves at all. When Warren Buffett retired from Coca-Cola’s board in 2006, he said he no longer had the time necessary. So why would a busy executive agree to sit on a board?

Execution 9

Execution P&L CEO COO 9

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 10, 2012

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) requires that the two budgets (Games and infrastructure) be separated, to assist with transparent analysis of expenditures.

Sports 14

Sports Construction Analysis Hotels 14

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 19, 2013

For example, the banking system allows hours spent mentoring students and participating on committees to be converted into support mechanisms such as grant writing assistance, meal deliveries, and housecleaning.

Planning 8

Planning Policies Attrition Banking 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 13, 2012

Tetrapak has two KAM champions who travel the world to 'sell' the message about KAM within the company. PwC has an internal committee that actively benchmarks its own and other KAM programs in a search for best practice. That way, KAM gets onto the top team agenda and the champion gets the support they need to make changes.

Supply Chain 14

Supply Chain Management How To Benchmarking 14

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 12, 2011

To quote one of the conservative members of my tenure committee, I wasn't "sufficiently committed" and had allowed childbearing to "dilute my focus.". I worked long but odd hours, traveled only rarely, and saw a great deal of my kids. The timing was bad (as it often is). But I knew what I had to do.

Career 13

Career Policies Commitment Committee 13

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 7, 2011

At a multi-national engineering and construction firm, for instance, nearly three-quarters of respondents (73%) said that their best idea failed to convince either an executive or a review committee that it deserved further resources or consideration. This finding was fairly typical across the firms we surveyed.

Innovation 15

Innovation Construction Engineering Self-aware 15

Great Leadership By Dan

DECEMBER 27, 2011

Although I can’t tell you how many people I’ve met that have never traveled more than 100 miles from where they were born, like Jim Carrey’s character in The Truman Show. Join a non-profit board, committee, organization, or just spend a day helping those less fortunate. And sorry, no, a vacation doesn’t count.

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Goal Development Mentor Short-term 230

Harvard Business Review

JULY 20, 2015

But you should include detailed estimates for travel costs, telephones and utilities, and office supplies. You may be per­fectly happy with it, but you’ll need to win over the budget committee. As you move up in the organization, the scope of your budget will broaden. Is your budget defensible?

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Budgeting Finance Cost Price 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 27, 2016

Thanks to increased demand for air travel, Rising Sun’s flights were now fuller and more frequent than ever before. But Ken knew he couldn’t just go to the executive committee asking for more money to staff up. The committee would insist that he first try making his crews more efficient.

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Case Study Airlines COO CFO 8