Less Meetings – More Conversations

The crew of an aircraft begin their duty period with a routine that sets them up for the success of that flight.  They collect information about the weather conditions at their departure, destination and alternate airports, their assigned aircraft, and fuel and payload requirements.  They discuss how these may affect each other and start to…

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The Big Picture – Direction, Clarity, Energy

I had the pleasure and privilege a few weeks back of sitting in on a flight test in an Airbus 320 simulator and flying an approach to landing myself.  Because it was a flight test, and was conducted in a simulator, the crew had flown us through take-offs and approaches in every kind of bad…

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Step 1 – Communication

Last week we talked about whether each of us is REALLY open for business and I promised that we’d be having a look at each step of the 5-Step Process to Building a Powerhouse Team – the first step being Communication.  These 5 steps are the process that must be followed to take a band of individuals and knit…

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Friday thoughts – feed this in and let it percolate:

Many of the conversations we have these days would have had our grandparents shaking their heads.  Whether they were happy and fulfilled in their work wasn’t something they gave much weight to.  It seems a flighty consideration, and yet today, much hinges on it.  Do we bounce out of bed filled with passion and inspiration,…

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