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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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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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5 reasons to choose strategy consulting over financial advisory consulting

Management Consulted

While you can quickly become known as the expert in a specific area of financing for, say, airline companies, your role is defined narrowly and could quickly become monotonous. 4) Strategy consulting firms offer training that is modeled at top global business schools like HBS and Stanford.

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Consultant Ninja: Booz & Company consultant-ese: Management.

Consultant Ninja

All too often we receive renumeration from world renowned enterprises for our broad reaching exotic linguistic constructions, creating internal incentives for the production of voluminous manuals and reports. :-) You must have Black Belt Sensei training! Looking forward to reading your other posts. March 1, 2011 at 9:23 AM. Post a Comment.

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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.

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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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Consultant Ninja: When "hedging" is just speculation (part 2.

Consultant Ninja

In other words, they got off the avgas variation train at a specific time; that itself, to me, is a speculative move. 2010-Present: Off the road 2009 Stats: Airline Miles: 24,902 Nights away from home: 73 (of 216: 34% of nights) AMEX Charges: $21,220 2008 Stats: Airline miles: 87,589 Nights away from home: 159 (of 365: 43.6%