Gordon M. Bethune
Executive and former CEO of Continental AirlinesWikipedia
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Oct 16, 2026
Michael BerryHOST
It has made a world of difference.
Michael BerryHOST
Do you notice they don't talk about that? Are we not way better off? We are not good when, when our guy does something well at stopping for a moment and saying, "Look, we're gonna keep your feet to the fire 'cause you work for us, but I gotta give you job well done." Gordon Bethune said in his book and told me when I was running for mayor, "Tell them what you're gonna do, do it," and don't forget this third one, "Tell them what you did." A lot of people will forget.
Michael BerryHOST
I will post Ken Paxton fought and won this for Texas citizens.
Michael BerryHOST
Talarico opposed it as a, as a state rep, but Ken Paxton fought and won this for Texas residents, Texas citizens, Texans.
Michael BerryHOST
But I got to get a job well done.
Michael BerryHOST
Gordon Bethune said in his book and told me when I was running for mayor, tell him what you're going to do.
Michael BerryHOST
Do it.
Michael BerryHOST
And don't forget this third one.
Michael BerryHOST
If I were to say, who are the civic leaders today? When I came to Houston in 89, you had civic leaders.
Michael BerryHOST
Jack Blanton, Ben Love, Gordon Bethune, Dee Osborne.
Michael BerryHOST
There were people who were... heads of large organizations, but had a civic commitment.
Michael BerryHOST
John Cater would be one of those.
Charles DuncanHOST
And, you know, the Bain name got a lot of, uh, you know, a, a, a lot of credit, uh, and, and Greg and the team for, uh, for that turnaround.
Charles DuncanHOST
Anyway, and we've had, uh, of course, Gordon Bethune on and, and, uh, you know, many others kind of connected to that, uh, you know, to that turnaround story.
Charles DuncanHOST
I had heard, uh, maybe read that, uh, uh, that Greg, uh, Brenneman set up the, uh, the, the Dallas office for Bain, uh, or the Texas office in Dallas, I should say, expressly because he did not wanna fly on Continental.
Charles DuncanHOST
You know, the operation was just so terrible, [chuckles] you know, in those days that he preferred to stick with, uh, Southwest and American, maybe, I don't even know if Braniff was flying then, uh, for just more reliable service.
Michael BerryHOST
Or when I was running for city council before that, two years before that, how I was able to get to the most powerful men in Houston.
Michael BerryHOST
Ben Love, Jack Blanton, uh, Dee Osborne, Don Sanders, Gordon Bethune, the real titans of the city, and it was getting an introduction from another person.
Michael BerryHOST
But one thing I had the good sense to know, I know people, and I know human nature.
Michael BerryHOST
I don't have a lot of great skills.
Scott McCartneyHOST
Yeah.
Scott McCartneyHOST
Gordon Bethune, too.
Scott McCartneyHOST
It's an interesting way to warn the business.
Ben MinicucciGUEST
I think it's, you know, from there through operations, it's just a different lens.
Michael BerryHOST
There were some moments there.
Michael BerryHOST
Gordon Bethune endorsed me.
Michael BerryHOST
So there was just this very exciting time.
Michael BerryHOST
people don't understand whether it's private equity or entrepreneurs or plaintiffs attorneys or politicians that that when you decide to do something you have to personally believe that you're going to succeed and when you do that you convince yourself you have to or you're not going to and so it's it's hard for people who go away you weren't going to win that anyway No, that's not how successful people look at things, and it's not how they should look at things.