Aviation Director, Leadership Development, Productivity, Resources

posted by Sheryl Barden on December 10, 2024

10 Ways to Prepare for your Annual Performance Review

The end of the year is here, and that means it’s time for your annual performance review. Maybe HR has an online template ready for you. Or perhaps your Director

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Job Seekers, Productivity

posted by cgadmin on December 15, 2020

How to Manage Stress & Job Insecurity

Training aviation pros how to manage stress on the job? That’s a piece of cake. But how about facing personal threats—like a threat to job security? Or worse, when the

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Productivity

posted by Sheryl Barden on September 25, 2019

How to Make Meetings Fun AND Fruitful

Here at API, we recognize how important it is to our company culture—and our values—that we find new ways to stay connected to one another.Part of that “connecting” gets handled

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API Recruiting Tips, Aviation Director, Aviation Industry, Leadership Development, NBAA Events, Pilot Shortage, Productivity, Sheryl Barden

posted by Sheryl Barden on February 18, 2019

Striking a Work/Life Balance for Schedulers & Dispatchers

In the fast-moving world of business aviation, “duty calls” at all hours of the day and night. Especially for Schedulers and Dispatchers.When does a global 24/7 operation stop? When does

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Job Seekers, Leadership Development, Productivity

posted by Sheryl Barden on January 22, 2019

Why “Bucket List” is Out and “Life List” is In

As we begin a new year and make our annual resolutions, many of us talk about updating our personal and professional goals. In fact, last year around this time we

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Aviation Director, Aviation Industry, Hiring Employers, Mentoring, Productivity, Retention

posted by Jennifer Pickerel on July 16, 2018

Success Penalty: Myth or Realty?

At a recent Florida Aviation Business Association (FABA) conference, a retention-related topic called the “success penalty" arose. Admittedly, I’d never heard that phrase, but once one of the panelists began

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API Recruiting Tips, Aviation Director, Hiring Employers, Job Seekers, Onboarding, Productivity

posted by Jennifer Pickerel on September 6, 2017

How Efficient is Your Aviation Recruiting Process?

At a recent aviation industry golf tournament in Minnesota, someone asked me a great question.“Jennifer, how long should it really take us to complete the aviation recruiting process?” he asked.

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Productivity, Resources, Technology

posted by Sheryl Barden on April 4, 2016

Must-Have Productivity Apps For On-The-Go Aviation Pros

Similar to my last blog on must-have travel apps, I’d like to zero in on a handful of productivity apps that can really help organize work and personal tasks—especially for

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Productivity, Technology

posted by Sheryl Barden on March 14, 2016

Best Travel Apps for Aviation Personnel

Like my colleagues at Aviation Personnel International, I love to travel. I love it even more so when I'm relaxed. And, I’m probably not alone in saying that I'm most

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