The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) is known as the person responsible for making decisions and manage strategies that will lead the company to achieve its goals.
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Generally speaking, the role of the chief executive officer, also known as the chief executive officer, is crucial because the direction the company will take depends on his leadership. Either towards success or towards failure.
Over the years, its role began to gain importance in the business world because in some cases where its image gives the organization a face.
This was exactly one of the topics that Hernán Pasman, Vice President of Operations, Maintenance and Fleet of LATAM Airlines, addressed during the interview in the podcast Not tradable, a space where executives and business owners talk about their careers.
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For five years, Pasman served as CEO of LAN Colombia (the name by which the airline was previously known) until he was promoted to his current position in 2015.
Among the aspects he emphasized during the episode, he emphasized that there is a special phenomenon in the country, and that is the Top managers were treated like celebrities.
“Colombia has one peculiarity, and that is that CEOs of companies treat them like ‘celebrities'”he explained.
As the executive describes, it was related to the position he held and was represented in the treatment he received in some of the places he frequented, such as restaurants.
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Other issues he mentioned are related to the challenges involved in filling a position of this type and that there are certain red lines that cannot be crossed in order not to affect the development of the company’s goals.
In your case, He points out that the “non-negotiable” aspect has to do with saving when it comes to security, because it represents a crucial factor when it comes to the air market.
“Safety is the foundation of the airline. So I will not skimp on maintenance to reduce costs.”
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On the other hand, he also mentions that it is a pressure position, because problems that can change the direction of the company are constantly being solved.
“The same way you see high-performance athletes, these high-level positions, I see them as high-performance managers. If you meet the targets they ask of you, that’s fantastic, but the moment you don’t meet them, you’re in the air.” “he hinted.
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