Howard Putnam's
Topics
Leadership
Successful Strategies
Through Turbulent Times
Leaders must have a clear
and concise vision if they
want their organizations to
survive and thrive through
turbulence. A clear
understanding of what
business you are really in
is critical. Cultures can
then be developed to support
the vision and business.
Bottom line improvement
comes through your people.
Howard shares his principles
of leadership and outlines
key strategies to navigate
turbulence successfully.
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Innovation
Creating a Culture and
Process for Ideas to Emerge
Innovation occurs in
organizations that embrace a
culture for risk taking and
idea implementation. Howard
Putnam proved this
philosophy works when he was
CEO of Southwest Airlines.
He positioned and organized
Southwest for growth and
profitability utilizing a
very flat management
structure with
decision-making and idea
development imbedded in
everyone's job scope and
responsibility. Individuals
and teams were rewarded for
risk taking and for
designing out of the box
processes and improvements
in productivity, customer
service, cost containment,
safety and profitability.
Brands develop when people
thrive in the vision and
experience.
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Change
Transforming Organizations
Successfully & Profitably
Many organizations are out
of alignment in the current
turbulent environment. Their
design is outdated with
bureaucracy and a hierarchy
that is expensive and
inefficient. Howard Putnam
will show you how to
transform your business into
a "flow state" organization
that is focused, nimble,
flexible, cost effective and
able to utilize the "stages
of turbulence" which he will
identify for you to take
advantage of being in a
change state.
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People
and Culture
Hiring Attitudes &
Developing Their Skills
Successful organizations
that are in business for the
long term, place their
people first if they want
sustained bottom line
improvement. Howard Putnam
led the visioning process at
Southwest Airlines in which
a key element was the
culture, putting their
people first and matching
attitudes with the culture.
Happy employees and superior
customer service resulted
from this concept. He will
share behind the scenes
looks on how this was
accomplished with great
stories, humor and concrete
ideas and suggestions.
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Ethics
The
Ultimate Challenge in
Ethics; Are You Really the
Person Your Dog Thinks You
Are?
Organizations cannot ignore
the need for proactive
efforts to ingrain honesty,
integrity and trust at every
level. Today's environment
requires ethical leaders, if
they want their businesses
to survive and grow. Howard
Putnam learned the values of
trust and honesty as he grew
up on an Iowa farm. He has
embodied those principles in
his successful business
career. He took on the
challenge of saving Braniff
International only to find
the "books had been cooked"
prior to his arrival. He
will share this character
building experience of
taking a major airline
through Chapter 11
successfully and offer a
flight plan for you to
implement in your
organization.
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