The presentation emphasizes the critical role of executive leadership in navigating the challenges and opportunities in the air cargo industry amidst market shifts and talent shortages. Key strategies include fostering a diverse and skilled workforce, redefining leadership pipelines, and enhancing collaboration with customers to ensure competitiveness. The document highlights the need for strategic adaptations in human resources and talent acquisition to address emerging market demands and workforce dynamics.

1. PEOPLE
MATTER
The Importance of Executive Leadership in Air Cargo
Why People Matter. Creating Results.!
A Presentation by:
Darryl Judd l Global Chief Operating Officer

2. Dynamic Shift changing
business landscapes forever
• Structural Market Changes - Air to Ocean
• Increased Security Requirements
• Changing Inventory Strategies
• Impact of Dynamic Manufacturing & FTA’s
• Changes in wealth distribution increasing the
importance of Emerging Markets
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3. Future Prospects but Differing
Business Model
• Global Trade to rise threefold by 2030
• By 2030, 23% of the World’s Population will be in the USA,
Australia and Europe
• Middle-class to reach 5bn people by 2030; 3.5bn of them living in
the Asia-Pacific boosting private consumption
• Industrial production in emerging markets has tripled in the last 20
years and triple again in the next 20 years
• In India alone, Logistics Industry growth will means 17mio new
employees needed in the next 10 years to meet demand
Source: PWC, Transport & Logistics 2030 Report / Airbus Global Market Forecast
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4. Growth in a Changing
Environment is Fragile
• Depends on our ability to remain globally competitive
• Innovate ahead of customer demand
• Increasing Business Productivity e.g.
- Up-skilling labour force
- Improving Leadership
- Creating a larger pool of talent through Education & Training
• Sustainability of all elements within business
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5. Think Smarter and Act With
Purpose
• Globalized Leadership in a supply chain world without
borders
• Closer collaboration with customers – better visibility /
forecasting
• Ahead of the curve in aligning capacity with demand
• Dynamic Pricing Models, re-thinking traditional
allotment models – shared risk
• Market Creators not Market Followers – opening
opportunities with innovation and solutions leadership
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6. 36%
”
of employers
Globally report talent
shortages in 2014 –
The highest percentage
in 7 years.
”
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7. Our purpose may be moving cargo
However People Are The
Enablers
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
Reduced
Ability
To
Serve
Client
Reduced
Compe??veness/
Produc?vity
Increased
Employee
Turnover
Reduced
Innova?on
and
Crea?vity
Higher
Compensa?on
Costs
Lower
Employee
Engagement/
Morale
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The issue of most
concern for employers
is how talent shortages
undermine their ability
to serve clients, and
reduce productivity &
competitiveness
”
Impact of talent shortages on organisations

8. Today’s Air Cargo Leadership
Challenge is simple
With markets shifting, organisations
need new ways to manage their
customers value proposition,
strategies, costs and their people –
or risk being left behind in a world
that is changing
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9. Time to act. Excuses were
yesterday
Not a sexy Industry, so we can’t get anyone
It’s a culture of us and them
No time to invest in internships
Our industry is too unstable to hire extra people
We struggle to retain the best people
Gen Y don’t want to work for us, they’re different
Other sectors offers better salaries for local talent
Lumpy Profitable limits investment decisions to core activities, particularly people
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10. • Define Company Culture,
Employer Brand & Identity
• Keep Training & Development
Fluid
• Build An Agile Human Resources
Architecture
• Increase Workplace Diversity and
Talent Pipelines
• Develop Leadership
25%! of
respondents
with
talent
shortages
are
preparing
to
adopt
new,
alterna?ve
work
models
47%!
of
companies
are
addressing
talent
shortages
by
adop?ng
new
HR
&
people
prac?ces
23%!
of
respondents
are
searching
for
new
talent
sources,
typically
by
recrui?ng
from
untapped
or
under-­‐tapped
talent
pools
No Silver Bullet
can fix the challenge
Faced
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11. Prioritize and develop a
Leadership Pipeline with a
focus on results and employ
nurturers who will share
knowledge
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12. Actively encourage future leaders
Building global champions
extending their functional
responsibilities to gain broader
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13. Knowledge can empower a
workforce
Invest in global training programs,
higher education and manage
careers carefully
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14. Attracting, recruiting and retaining
individual leadership talent is
imperative for success, so make
this a key agenda item
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15. Get smart with your
compensation and benefits
offering
• Be market competitive
• Reward for professional growth and
performance
• Creative approach to compete with the
so called ‘more appealing’ sectors
• Introduce non-financial incentives
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16. Attracting a diversity of talent and
managing their future skills
development is critical to right
shaping your leadership team
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17. Engage early and Engage
often for tomorrows future
leaders
• Understand the generation target – what
ticks…
• Early and consistent engagement is critical
• Adopt humanized technology – get savvy
• Creative brand energy
• Inspire – promote the potential advancement
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18. Commitment and Vision will
win the talent battle
• Lead in diversity
• Attract younger talent
• Encourage elders to stay
• Invest in your future stars
• Educate for the future
• Blend with international talent
• Energize the graduates
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19. The Leadership Roadmap
• Diversity Management
• Employer Branding
• Career Path Management
• Education & Training
• Recruitment Practices & Retention
• Compensation & Incentives
• Workforce Planning
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20. Logistics Executive Group
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#25-00 Samsung Hub
Singapore 049483
Darryl Judd l Global Chief Operating Officer
DarrylJ@LogisticsExecutive.com
www.LogisticsExecutive.com
Logistics Executive has studied workplace behavior and team dynamics
in the Supply Chain and Logistics industry cross-culturally. For 15 years
we have assisted multinational companies to develop people strategies,
led talent attraction programs, defined and implemented business
processes and provided expert consulting that has impacted
organizations with positive business outcomes.
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