Posts Tagged ‘Red Cross’
Aisle. Up. Out. How Crisis Lessons Drive Career Success
The water doesn’t care how you feel about it. On January 15, 2009, I stood in the aisle of US Airways Flight 1549 as the Hudson River poured in through the back of the plane. I was the last passenger out. In the minutes after both engines failed, an old phrase took on a meaning…
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Seek the Mission First: The Miracle on the Hudson Survivor’s Case for Purpose Over Profit
I did not choose my mission. It chose me, on a river, on a Thursday afternoon in January, when I was the last passenger off US Airways Flight 1549. I had spent years building a career in enterprise sales leadership, and none of it prepared me for what I learned standing in that aisle. Five…
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