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Captain’s Orders: The Day that Deference Turned Deadly

Captain’s Orders: The Day that Deference Turned Deadly

by Paul Quinn | Mar 27, 2024 | Asking - Business, Asking - Leadership

Shortly after 5:00 p.m. on March 27, 1977, at Tenerife’s Los Rodeos Airport in the Canary Islands, Dutch KLM flight 4805 sped across a densely foggy runway moments from lifting off when it rammed into Pan Am flight 1736 taxiing toward it.  All 248 KLM passengers...
Asking for Shoes: Intel’s Brian Little

Asking for Shoes: Intel’s Brian Little

by Paul Quinn | Jul 26, 2023 | Asking - Business, Asking - Empowerment, Asking - Entrepreneurs, Asking - Leadership, Asking - Sales

Brian Little is vice president and global head of corporate human resources for Intel. He previously served in senior human resources roles at companies including Ameritech, Amoco, and Zurich Insurance, and was recognized in 2017 by the industry magazine HRO...
When Leaders Ask for Feedback

When Leaders Ask for Feedback

by Paul Quinn | Jan 24, 2023 | Asking - Business, Asking - Leadership, Asking - Professional Development, Asking - Workplace, Presentation Skills

After a morning coaching several McDonald’s presenters for a company-wide conference, I left the rehearsal room to grab some lunch. On my way back, an admin staffer informed me that Paul Schrage, then McDonald’s senior executive vice president and chief marketing...
Safe to Ask? A Chat with a Chief Nursing Officer

Safe to Ask? A Chat with a Chief Nursing Officer

by Paul Quinn | Sep 30, 2022 | Asking - Health, Asking - Leadership, Asking - Relationships, Asking - Workplace, Communication Skills, Healthcare, Work-Related Stress

Charity Cox-Hayden is chief nursing officer for Atlas Healthcare Partners, LLC, an ambulatory surgery center (ASC) development and management company headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona with surgery centers in Phoenix, Tucson, and Northern...
Ask the CEO: the Power of Asking at Burson-Marsteller UK

Ask the CEO: the Power of Asking at Burson-Marsteller UK

by Paul Quinn | Apr 11, 2022 | Asking - Business, Asking - Empowerment, Asking - Leadership, Asking - Professional Development

Allan Biggar, a former managing director (London) of the global public relations and communications PR firm Burson-Marsteller who became chairman of its global corporate and financial practice, is CEO of Allan Biggar & Company Limited, a business strategy and...
Why Today’s Great Leaders “Ask Don’t Tell”

Why Today’s Great Leaders “Ask Don’t Tell”

by Paul Quinn | Mar 17, 2022 | Asking - Business, Asking - Empowerment, Asking - Leadership, Asking - Professional Development

How does self-esteem determine our willingness to ask for what we want? And what is the impact in the workplace when leaders take an “ask don’t tell” approach? G. Dan Lumpkin recently tackled both of these questions in a conversation with me. Dan is...

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