Leadership Lessons from the Cockpit

Explore our perspective on leadership and how CEOs and CHROs can maximize the full potential of their organizations and leadership. 

Cleared for Takeoff

“Well, that isn’t the best soft-field landing I’ve ever seen, but it is within standards”… said the FAA Designated Pilot Examiner (DPE), who was giving me my checkride to become a licensed private pilot. It was the final maneuver he wanted to evaluate. [...]

Sticky notes on board

Feedback Makes Us Better

“That hold you attempted was a disaster…you need to set up and try the entire procedure again.” Ouch. When my Certified Flight Instructor – Instrument (CFII) gave me that feedback, it certainly stung. [...]

When the Tingle Becomes a Chill

In 1976, Loretta Lynn, the Queen of Country Music, released a single from an album of the same title. Though Loretta passed away in 2022, she is widely regarded as a pioneer in music – a singer-songwriter who never pulled a punch and wrote it/sang it just the way she thought it was or should be. [...]