“While you are reading a book, it is also reading you,” purportedly words once spoken by Hans Christian Anderson have come to mind.
Take the case of Richard Elieson, who has served as President of American Airlines Cargo for the past three and a half years.
We have spoken often about things, usually at a trade show, or even as we did recently during a short interview/meeting inside American Cargo’s new Penthouse Suite of offices at the gleaming new Skyview 8 headquarters building in Fort Worth, Texas.
Usually it’s a battery of questions and answers as the interview goes on.
But in this case what you are about to hear addresses only one question.
I asked Rick “What are the most important attributes of a leader?”
His answer was direct, to the point and voluminous enough to serve as a course outline for advanced air cargo management.
Rarely, as a reporter, do we experience this sort of volume and depth and fervor emerge from a business interview.
We are moved, and at the same time inspired by these words and thoughts, to continue our pursuit of the leadership series on these broadcasts.