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The Aerospace Executive Podcast
How Top Aerospace Executives Set the Vision, Grow Their Business & Develop Talent
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Anyone Can Have a Million Dollar Career...If They Have These Attributes w/Robert Houghton (REPLAY)
Everyone has the potential to have a million dollar career - whether you’re starting your own business or climbing the corporate ladder, the recipe is really…
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We’re in a Bifurcated Market: Everyone’s Thriving Except Boeing
During the pandemic, aviation was in a world of hurt and it took a long time to recover. Now that we’re out of that, everyone is making money…except Boeing and…
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It’s Not Just Pilots: The Aviation Talent Shortage & How to Solve It w/Jenny Showalter
There’s an acute talent shortage in aviation, and it’s not just being felt in flight departments. From pilots to maintenance and leaders, the industry is…
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See the Asset Differently: How to Build a Healthy Business On One Simple Engine w/Sam Hammoud
With the supply chain still recovering from covid, turn time, parts availability and cost sensitivity are the paramount concerns for airlines and leasing…
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Delta, Wheels Up & A Huge Shot in the Arm: The State of Business Aviation
The frothiness of the covid market in business aviation may be in the rearview mirror, but that doesn’t mean the space has slowed down. We’ve certainly come…
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Build a Stronger, More Successful Organization that Stands the Test of Time with These 4 Things w/Dr Steve Merrill - REPLAY
With even award-winning organizations coming up short in terms of employee happiness, is it possible that everything we think we know about leadership is way…
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Million Dollar Careers: Finding Success in a Post-Career World
The traditional career is dead. Instead of climbing the resume ladder, many people are waking up to possibilities outside the cubicle or corner office. We…
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How to Gain the Love, Respect & Loyalty of The People You Lead w/Brett Crozier
Leading an aircraft carrier with a 5,000 person crew is like running an entire city. The flight deck is dangerous, the number of moving parts is countless, the…
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How to Collect and Leverage Data So It Actually Makes Your Business Better w/Michael Schader
Data, data, and more data. The issue isn’t a lack of data but the inability to use it effectively. It could be a challenge of interoperability, formatting or…
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Million Dollar Careers: Draft Day is a Microcosm of the Business World
The NFL draft is the greatest talent-hunting mission on display, and it’s a master class in excellence, business, recruiting, and people development. Millions…
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This Will Be the Greatest Leap in Aviation Since Analog to Digital w/John Uczekaj
It’s an exciting time to be in the business of aviation. The industry finds itself at the confluence of exciting and game-changing technologies and…
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High-Trust, High-Pressure: The Secrets of Running a Successful Charter Business
The charter space is a high-touch, high-trust business with a lot of moving parts, especially when you’re dealing with the political elite. They aren’t just…
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Want the Best Talent in Your Organization? You’ve Got to Thread the Needle
When it comes to finding and bringing on superstar talent, some companies just can’t get out of their own way. They don’t do enough to make themselves a…
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Culture of Safety: Why We’ve Enjoyed a Mishap-Free Decade w/Bob Waltz
Commercial Airlines in the United States have achieved an amazing accomplishment– 10 years without a major mishap. This is an enviable safety record that is a…
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The Pilot Shortage: A Crisis 25 Years in the Making & How to Solve It w/Chris Broyhill
The pilot shortage might feel like a relatively recent thing, but it has been decades in the making. The foundation had been buckling for a long time and now…
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SVB’s Collapse and M&A: Why Aerospace and Defense Are In a Goldilocks Position
Stories about the collapse of banks rightfully spook investors in a variety of industries, but things aren’t quite as dire as they are made out to be…
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How to Reinvent a Company & Become An Attractive Workplace in Your Industry
Reinventing your career is something just about everyone will have to do at some point, but what about companies? Can a company that was headed in one…
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Stop Trying to Carbon Copy the Past: How to Effectively Lead for Today w/Miriam Meima
With interest rates, inflation and the running businesses in the post-covid era, leaders are being hit by challenges from all directions. The problem is: if…
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Post & Pray Isn’t Good Enough: How to Attract & Retain Top Talent
Most organizations don’t put enough time into the culture and mindset that makes them a great place to work and they miss out on talent because of it. It’s one…
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Employers, Stop Working Off Old Data and Know the Market We’re in Now
We’ve all heard about the massive lay-offs at Google and Facebook, but what you probably haven’t heard is how quickly those employees were able to find new…
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I’m Either Winning or I’m Learning, But I Prefer Winning
After the Eagles’ Super Bowl defeat, Jalen Hurts said, ‘you either win or you learn’, and it’s true. Losses and setbacks are the biggest teachers in life, but…
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Does the Little Guy Hold All the Cards Now?
Once upon a time in aviation and defense, tier 1 operators held all the cards and led all the innovation. Now the days of “you need us more than we need you”…
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Great Salespeople Don’t Need a Large Base Salary to Make a Lot of Money
Entrepreneurial individuals and salary-focused people aren’t built the same. This is a lesson smaller organizations learn the hard way when they bring on a…
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Aviation Today Is Like a Rubber Band That Stretched Too Far, What Happens Next? w/Brian Proctor
Over the last few years, the business of aviation has been impacted by so many powerful forces, it feels a lot like a rubber band that stretched too far. The…
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The Mediocre Live in the Moment, The Great Start With the End in Mind
In my recent conversation with Mike ‘Nasty’ Manazir, he talked about starting with the end goal in mind and setting the intention to fly F-14s before it was…
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Are Electric Planes The Near Future? Why It’s More Complicated Than You Think w/Craig Boswell
In many facets, the idea of a fully electric future becomes more attainable by the day, and the question is if aeronautics and aviation are headed in that…
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Mike “Nasty” Manazir IS Top Gun! And his formula for success is both proven and simple
Whether you’re leading a business organization or a ready room, excellence in leadership leaves clues. There’s an unmistakable formula to becoming the kind of…
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The Recipe for Turnaround: How to Bring a Business Back From the Brink w/Troy Wilson
Whether it’s a huge corporation, a small company or a news station, taking a struggling business from dead last to dominant is a unique, yet thrilling…
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Seven Nation Army & The Power of Simplicity Executed Really Well
If you ask most people what it takes to succeed, they’ll come up with an elaborate, overly complicated, multi-step formula, but that’s wholly unnecessary and…
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Opportunities for Growth: How to Eliminate Friction Between Millennials & Boomers
In many organizations, the gap between the generations is a point of conflict and friction but it doesn’t have to be. Sure, millennials/Gen-Z see work…
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Do Companies Effectively Communicate What’s in it for the Employee?
Elon Musk’s takeover of Twitter has ignited much debate, discussion and in some cases, ire over how he’s gone about things. There’s no denying that he is the…
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Fixing That Which is Broken: The Mindset of Turnaround Specialists
Turning around an ailing company is a challenge most people would run away from, but some executives are actually built for patching up the Titanic. The…
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M&As Matter: What They Tell Us About the Landscape of Our Industry w/Bill Alderman
If you run a small business, M&As may not be something you pay attention to because they are happening at the big picture level, but they affect the entire…
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6 Reasons Why People Leave An Organization & How to Stop the Bleeding
When people think of what motivates a person to quit their job, money is the first thing that comes to mind, but very often it’s not even at the top of the…
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Want to Be a Better Leader? Just Pick Up the Phone
For how much time we spend on our phones, it’s astonishing how afraid people are of picking up the phone and just having a conversation. Progress is made and…
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Reverting to the Mean: How to Win in an Irrational Labor Market
In nature, the rule of balance reigns supreme - things will always return to an equilibrium, no matter what. In finance, reverting to the mean is a certainty…
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Million Dollar Careers: When Is the Right Time to Quit?
Resilience and determination are highly sought after traits, and sometimes that’s what it takes to stay in a challenging job or career. But when the…
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Million Dollar Careers: 5 Questions You Need to Ask Before You Make a Move
It’s really easy to wreck a great career when you make decisions based on emotions and take action with no real vision, and unfortunately, we’re seeing a lot…
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Quiet Firing: The Other Side of Quiet Quitting & Why It’s Just As Bad
There’s a lot of passive aggressive behavior in the working world right now, and doing the bare minimum isn’t just something employees do - companies do it…
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Why Curiosity & Questions Take You Further Than Confidence & Answers
Even the most talented and driven people can find themselves feeling stuck in their careers, dealing with job circumstances that suck the life out of them…
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Becoming THE Guy or Gal: The True Million Dollar Career Advantage
The foundation of a million dollar career is your ability to be so valuable and knowledgeable that people need you more than you need them. You don’t have to…
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Mergers & Acquisitions Q3 2022: What Buyers & Sellers Are Focused On Post-Covid w/Chuck Adams
As the aerospace industry emerges from the last kicks of covid, mergers and acquisitions are a great barometer of the new developments, the big market needs…
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Sentient Jet is On a Mission to Evangelize Private Aviation: Why It Matters Right Now w/Andrew Collins
The pandemic created a unique set of circumstances for private aviation; an alignment between the forced adoption of technology and the emergence of a new type…
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Million Dollar Careers: Why Quiet Quitting is More Trouble Than It’s Worth
In a post-pandemic world of work, the frustrations and concerns that led to The Great Resignation have morphed into a more passive aggressive trend. Quiet…
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The Tugboat Theory: Are You in the Right Vehicle for Success?
Big ships and tugboats are entirely different machines, and the captains who steer them serve very different roles. This rule shows up in our careers - it’s…
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Million Dollar Careers: Throwing the Red Flag Makes Your Business Better
In football, throwing a red flag allows a coach to contest the ref’s decision. It installs an extra layer of accountability and fairness. In military…
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Million Dollar Careers: The Best Resumes Tell Stories
Most resumes, even the ones with the most impressive accomplishments, are nothing more than a list of boring bullet points. If you’re trying to get a great job…
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Attracting the Next Generation to Aviation w/Andy Priester
Recruiting the next generation of professionals is a big concern for the aviation industry. It is now mandatory that aviation companies, large and small, to…
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Are You The Office Naysayer? Why Whining & Gossiping Is Ruining Your Career w/Robert Houghton
One of the fastest ways to tank a career with a lot of potential is to be the guy or gal known for gossiping, whining and loudly airing discontent. It drags…
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What Does a Great Employer-Employee Relationship Look Like?
Over the last few years, what people expect from an employer-employee relationship has shifted significantly, and leaders have to keep up. The days of the…
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How Can We Help Veterans Transition Back to Civilian Life? w/General Odie Slocum
Over the last 2 decades, the needs of veterans have come into the spotlight more than ever before, and there’s still a huge need to understand the challenges…
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Million Dollar Careers: The Measure of a Great Organization
The mark of a great organization is a leader who empowers their people to make decisions at a tactical level; and employees who can advocate for change within…
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Million Dollar Career Series: If It’s Not a Hell Yes!! It’s a No
Too many people find themselves stressed and burnt out - not because their lives are too busy, but because they’re piling on way more BS on their plates than…
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Million Dollar Careers: Why Keeping it Simple is a Great Strategy
In today’s fast-paced world of algorithms and shiny objects, people overcomplicate career and business success, but just like in fitness, committing to a few…
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How Turmoil in the Economy is Affecting Aerospace M&A w/ Bill Alderman
As of May 2022, inflation remains the biggest concern for businesses. It’s not only raising production costs and eroding earnings, it’s also slowing down…
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150th Episode Special: Do This to Break Open New Opportunities in Life & Business
Once in a lifetime opportunities and massive breakthroughs don’t happen by accident - they are a direct byproduct of how we position ourselves. The next great…
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Recruiting 101: This is What Your Company Should be Doing to Become the Employer of Choice in Your Industry
When it comes to investing in recruiting A+ talent, most companies talk a big game, but just don’t do enough to really appeal to those heavy hitters in the job…
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3 Ways Guaranteed To Get You The Big Promotion w/Robert Houghton
Everyone wants to land that big promotion, but when it comes down to snagging the role, many of us find ourselves stuck. So, how can we get unstuck? What would…
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If You Want A Million Dollar Career, Start With The End in Mind! w/Robert Houghton
Everyone wants to have a million dollar career, but when it comes down to thinking of how we’ll get there, things tend to get foggy. The only way to reach our…
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How to Build the Kind of Team that Takes Your Business to the Next Level w/Carl Gould
In order to build a successful, scalable business that sets us free, we have to first build a really great team. Our teams and the way they operate dictate the…