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In The News

Ann Rhoades and the People Ink team have appeared in Time, Fortune, Money, Business Week, Harvard Business Review, Fast Company, and numerous trade publications including HR Executive and Jobing.com. People Ink team members are frequently interviewed about creating corporate cultures with the Off-the-Wall Leadership model.

World at Work, on-line article, March 2010

Phased Retirement: A Work-Life Initiative (by Linde Harned)

Corporate Board Magazine article, Sept 2009:

Memo to Comp Committees (Ann Rhoades)

Cambridge Who's Who 8/29/09:

Ann Rhoades Recognized for Excellence in Business Management

Dartmouth 5/11/09:

JetBlue Exec Stresses Airline Customer Relations

(Ann Rhoades)

Fast Company article 12/18/07:

Hire for Attitude, Train for Skill (Ann Rhoades)

Fast Company article 12/18/07:

Gene Pool, Talent Pool: Hiring Is All in the Family (Ann Rhoades)

Fast Company article 12/19/07:

All The Right Moves: Don't Lose Hope (Ann Rhoades)

Fast Company article 12/18/07:

The ABCs of Interviewing (Ann Rhoades)

Fast Company article 12/19/07:

And Now the Hard Part (Ann Rhoades)

Caring Magazine Feb 2007:

Values Make the Performance Difference (Ann Rhoades)

Aviation for Women article May-June 2005:

Interview: Ann Rhoades People Person

HR Innovator article Nov-Dec 2003:

Interview: Ann Rhoades' Star HR

Time Magazine article 5/2/03:

Blue Skies (Ann Rhoades)

CNNMoney.com 5/1/03:

The Amazing JetBlue (Ann Rhoades)

People.com 5/2/94:

Cleared for Takeoff (Ann Rhoades)

Media Appearances and Podcasts

WorkspanTV Special Edition on Organizational Culture

Ann Rhoades shares her wisdom on building organizational cultures that bring out the talent of employees and motivate them to be productive. Ann also shares advice for HR professionals on how to be viewed as strategic partners, and how to help ensure the success of their organizations.

Podcast: The Leader in You - Off-the-Wall Leadership

Gayle Watson, Vice President, People Ink and expert at leadership development, joins Kathy Garland on The Leader in You radio talk show to discuss Off-the-Wall Leadership. In this podcast, Gayle discusses the five principles for creating a values-based culture and why this is important for all leaders.

Related Blog Posts

See what bloggers are saying about Ann Rhoades

and People Ink

HR Heroes, Resources for Humans Blog posted on 12/2/09

Gayle Watson: How the Mighty Fall

New York Times Dealbook Blog posted on 4/21/09:

Generosity from the Top at JetBlue Airways (Ann Rhoades)

Market7 posted on 5/22/08 by Seth Kenvin:

Servant Leadership (Ann Rhoades)

TP Human Capital post:

Four Rules for Hiring Smart (Ann Rhoades)

Books

Ann Rhoades has been interviewed, referenced, and quoted

in 33 published books on the subject of creating values- and people-centric corporate cultures. Just a few of the books that include Ann Rhoades as an expert or endorser include:

Blue Streak: Inside JetBlue, the Upstart that Rocked an Industry, by Barbara Peterson, Penguin Books, 2006

Flying High: How JetBlue and Founder David Neeleman Beats the Competition, Even in the World's Most Turbulent Industry, by Max Messmer, John Wiley & Sons, 2004

Nuts! Southwest Airlines' Crazy Recipe for Business and Personal Success, by Kevin Freiberg and Jackie Freiberg, Broadway Books, 1998

Positively Outrageous Service: How to Delight and Astound Your Customers and Win them for Life, by T. Scott Gross, Kaplan Publishing

The No Asshole Rule: Building a Civilized Workplace and Surviving One That Isn't, by Robert I. Sutton, Ph.D., Grand Central Publishing, 2007

The Southwest Airlines Way: Using the Power of Relationships to Achieve High Performance, by Jody Hoffer Gittell, McGraw-Hill, 2005.

The Speed of Trust: The One Thing That Changes Everything, by Stephen M.R. Covey, Simon & Schuster, 2006

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