Beyond experience, expertise and qualifications, there are many other important things to consider when choosing the right employees for your company. Getting the right personality fit that complements your business style will greatly enhance the quality of your service, as well as cutting down on time-wasting and associated expenses. Here are a few important factors to consider when choosing your staff:
Their values match yours
Whether they have a great reputation as a salesperson or a specialist, it is vital that their value system matches yours if they are to serve your company in the best possible way. Your style of conducting business defines you within the industry, it’s important that this integrity is carried on through all of your employees.
They are passionate about your industry
To excel at anything, it’s crucial to have passion. Passion is what keeps us going through the tough times, and what sustains us through the uncertainty that is inevitable in every business. Make sure your employees are not just passionate about their role, but as passionate about the industry as you are.
They are multi-taskers
Flexibility is vital in business, whether this means being willing and able to adapt to change quickly, or being able to step in and out of different roles depending on the need. Having well-rounded and enthusiastic employees leads to better team-work and smoother operations.
They bring new ideas
Stagnation is the enemy of success. Therefore, employees who do not constantly challenge themselves and their colleagues quickly become lazy and complacent. Choosing staff with creativity and lots of new ideas will ensure that this doesn’t occur, whether or not those ideas are implemented.
They are happy to take on more work
Competition in all industries is constantly rising making survival and growth more difficult. Therefore, it is necessary for employees to be willing to take on a higher workload, more responsibility and more pressure. The right employee will understand and respond positively to this scenario.
They think outside the box
Making your offering as unique and responsive as possible is what distinguishes you in business. This is why it’s so important to employ people who think outside the box. This diversity also results in the most productive brain-storming opportunities.
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Mitch Launius
Instructor Pilot for 30 West IP
Mitch is the CEO of 30 West IP where he is also an instructor providing pilot training on international procedures. With an illustrious career of over 34 years in the cockpit, Mitch has acquired over 13,000 hours of flight time flying worldwide, with over 9,000 hours of this in Challenger and Gulfstream aircraft. He is an experienced safety officer and was also an IS-BAO project manager for a fortune 500 flight department. He has presented on Safety and Operations topics at the NBAA International Operators Conference and the Canadian Business Aviation Association Convention and is currently on the NBAA International Operators Committee and serves as the North Atlantic Regional Lead. Mitch is also a member of an FAA working group on General Aviation International Authorizations and Tabletop Exercises (GIATE). He was recently selected to represent IBAC as a member of the ICAO Personal Training and Licensing Panel (PTLP) and was also recently named as a 2020 recipient of the NBAA Tony Kern Professionalism in Aviation Award for his contribution to the business aviation community.
Henry ‘Duke’ LeDuc
Director Of Operations, Americas, UAS International Trip Support
Duke has been a dearly respected member of UAS Americas team and the UAS global family for more than five years. A safety-oriented, FAA-licensed aircraft dispatcher, he oversees all of the operations of the elite UAS Operations Team. With twenty-five years of experience in aviation overall with more than fifteen years of experience in international flight planning and VVIP trip coordination, he is responsible for the development of the dispatch training program and involved in the strategic development of UAS Americas. With a myriad of rich aviation experience behind him, he has extensive experience in worldwide operations with both corporate and charter environments, including seven years as Operations/Dispatch Manager in an industry-leading, Fortune 500, IS-BAO Stage III Certified corporate flight department. Duke is frequently asked shares his knowledge at major industry events and is currently serving on the NBAA’s International Operators Conference (IOC) Planning Committee.
Dudley King
President and Founder, FlightBridge
Dudley is the Founder and President of FlightBridge, which he established in 2011 and has been focused on technology solutions for the private aviation industry since 2006. Since he graduated from Dartmouth in 1988, he has worked with an array of companies listed anywhere from VentureWire to the Fortune 100. A rare blend of executive, entrepreneur, and consultant, Dudley’s executive roles have included acting CIO positions for several companies and tech advisory services to CEOs trying to rebuild their technology organizations or looking for an external, professional point of view. Highly skilled at deeply understanding his customer’s business challenges and drawing from a long and varied experience in information technology services, Dudley excels at designing technology solutions to solve their problems.
Dr. Paulo Alves
Global Medical Director, Aviation Health, Medaire
Paulo has extensive experience in medical advisory in the aviation industry. As a cardiologist, he provides technical guidance and analysis for MedAire’s MedLink medical advisory service and is MedAire’s liaison with civil aviation regulators and industry associations. Paulo worked with Varig Brazilian Airlines for 23 years, 10 of which were spent as General Medical Manager. A member of the MedAire Medical Advisory Board, Paulo is also President of the Ibero-American Aerospace Medical Association, a member of the International Academy of Aerospace Medicine, a member of the National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) Safety Committee, a Fellow of the Aerospace Medical Association (AsMA), and a Fellow of the Civil Aviation Medical Association. Throughout his illustrious career, Paulo has held industry leadership roles including Chairperson of the AsMA’s Air Transport Medicine Committee, President of the Airlines Medical Directors Association, President of the Brazilian Society of Aerospace Medicine and was a member of the IATA Medical Advisory Group from 2002 to 2006.
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