I don’t know if everyone read the Sunday New York Times’ “Corner Office” interview? Well, Richard Anderson the CEO of Delta Airlines talks about, among other things, the interview process and what he deems important  when he is looking to fill an executive position.

It is right up the “Communication Walkway” (my title), as he talks about communication as a number one element needed in today’s work world. He also talks about people’s personal lives as a key factor to integrating them into the organizational culture. Sound Familiar..?

Here is an extract and the link:

‘He wants subjects, verbs and objects”

“You spend more of your waking time with your colleagues at the office than you do with your family and when you bring someone into that family — we have 50 senior leaders at our company and 70,000 employees — you need to make sure that they’re a fit to the culture. And that they’re going to be part of that group of people in a healthy functioning way.”

There are a lot more juicy statements about the spoken and written word as fundamental in today’s professional world.