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Moving Beyond Company Organization Silos: Lessons from the Aviation Industry

Leading Blog

airline companies have pointed fingers at the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) as the biggest cause of outages, even as the FAA has fired back at airlines. Even worse, functional processes — finance, human resources, sales, etc. systems, air travel feels a bit more like a chore than like a treat. In the U.S.,

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Celebrating 10 Powerful HR Leaders

HR Digest

It’s no coincidence that CEOs know they depend on their company’s human resources to achieve success. Their success is the result of an unwavering leadership acumen in the face of a hyper-competitive market. Julie Weber, Vice President and Chief People Officer, Southwest Airlines. Michael Fraccaro, CHRO, Mastercard.

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Make Work Fun Again

Lead Change Blog

One of the best examples of this is the world-famous Pike Place Fish Market in Seattle. They started to throw fish around the market, perform improv acts with customers, and be comedic in an effort to enjoy what they do and prevent the job from being drudgery again.

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Snails and Big Companies

In the CEO Afterlife

I’d suggest hearing aids for the executives of BP, AT&T, Bank of America, American Airlines, and Charter Communications (cable TV provider). The power of their market share (much of it gained through acquisition of independent seed companies) has left farmers with fewer and fewer seed choices. Snails can’t hear.

Company 212
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Stop Trying to Do More and More

In the CEO Afterlife

In Theodore Levitt’s The Marketing Imagination , the renowned marketing professor said there was no such thing as a commodity, only people who think like commodities. Differentiation is still the name of the marketing game. Several big brand marketers have fallen on their own swords in their effort to drive growth.

Brand 100
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Knowledge Is Power. Data Isn’t.

In the CEO Afterlife

One of the best sources of understanding is experience, such as in-market know-how, familiarity with competitors and customers, or expertise in leading during turbulent times. None of us want to see pipelines, oil rigs, or airlines compromising safety for speed. Information doesn’t necessarily mean understanding.

Power 100
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Navigate Your Path to Success

Women on Business

Often this meant trying to read Mapquest directions while driving on a highway or in the dark.