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TCIP #016 – Malaysia Airlines Crisis Management with Jonathan Hemus

Melissa Agnes

Malaysia Airlines has suffered through two devastating and traumatic crises this year. These are two major crises, ultimate nightmares for any airline, and Malaysia Airlines faced both within months from one another. How culture, both organizational and national, impacted Malaysia Airlines’s crisis communication.

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Servant Leadership: Principles, Popularity, and Payoff

Rick Conlow

Southwest Airlines: Southwest Airlines is known for its strong commitment to servant leadership. As a result, the airline has consistently ranked high in customer satisfaction and employee engagement. The Container Store offers its employees competitive pay and benefits, as well as a strong focus on training and development.

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Of Course People Aren’t Going to Do What They’re Told

Markovitz Consulting

According to the Wall Street Journal , passengers on Southwest Airlines flight 1380, which suffered an engine failure and broken window, didn’t use their oxygen masks properly. With no kinesthetic training to support the flight attendant’s instruction, it’s highly unlikely that people will do it properly. That sounds about right to me.

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3 Ways American Airlines Can Win Customers

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After nearly two years since their initial merger, American Airlines and US Airways officially became one airline on Saturday. And after a million hours of training and more than 9,000 tests of kiosks, the airline is facing the last remaining hurdle where mergers are concerned: going live with their combined reservations system.

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Cars, Trains, Planes Hacked… A Transportation Risk That Leaves Us All Vulnerable

Melissa Agnes

If you work for an organization that manufactures transport vehicles or if you work in the transportation / travel industry (whether you’re a car company, a plane manufacturer, an airline, a train builder, etc.) you absolutely need to be assessing, preventing and planning for the risk of a hack. Think about it.

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The Secret Sauce to a Superior Customer Experience

Rick Conlow

Delta Airlines employees never seem to be happy. And training, coaching, recognizing, and supporting your employee teams so they become superstars. See this: 21 Servant Leadership Training Lessons. For example, Target consistently is out of stock on items, and has website problems. They are like robots doing their jobs.

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WTF US Airways??!!!

Melissa Agnes

Although some may say this is good publicity, I can bet that senior management over at the airline is in entire disagreement – as are TONS of their customers. Why is it so often that we find airlines at the heart of published gaffes and thoughtless (with major repercussions) posts to social media? Vet, test and train.