About Gordon Bethune: Gordon M. Bethune is a retired US airline executive. He was the CEO of Continental Airlines from 1994 until his retirement at the end of 2004. He currently serves on the boards of Honeywell, Sprint, Prudential Financial.
If you say three things in a row that make sense, people will vote for you.
Most businesses fail because they want the right things but measure the wrong things, and they get the wrong results.
When you actually take the time to go over to somebody's office and personally thank them - whether their office is in a cockpit of an airplane, or in a break room - that's an actual manifestation of interest in them. You need to take the time to sho...
It really helps to know what success is before you get there, and if you know, then you can head right for it. For some people, it's the most money. For some, it's the most power. For some, it's the most girlfriends. Everybody's got a measure. For me...
No one is going to stick their head out of the trenches for someone they don't respect or trust. You can get shot doing that.
It's not about market share. If you have a successful company, you will get your market share. But to get a successful company, what do you have to have? The same metrics of success that your customer does.
Watches are the only jewelry men can wear, unless you're Mr. T.
