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The 9 (or 99?) Ps of Leadership

Great Leadership By Dan

Guest post from Sander Flaum: Back in 2001, when I was asked to lead a forum in leadership at what is now the Fordham Gabelli Graduate School of Business, the concept was to bring noted leaders (business and otherwise) into a classroom where they could share their experiences and insights with MBA students.

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Leadership Lessons in Southwest Airline’s Fall From Grace

Modern Servant Leader

The company has been a servant-leadership darling since it’s inception and co-founder Herb Kelleher applied the principles for decades before stepping down as CEO in 2001. Company COO, Andrew Watterson, explained their scheduling software could not match available crews with planes quickly enough. Failing technology.

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Leadership Lessons in Southwest Airline’s Fall From Grace

Modern Servant Leader

The company has been a servant-leadership darling since it’s inception and co-founder Herb Kelleher applied the principles for decades before stepping down as CEO in 2001. Company COO, Andrew Watterson, explained their scheduling software could not match available crews with planes quickly enough. Failing technology.

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Revealing Leadership Insights From Thinkers50

Tanveer Naseer

Think of Peter Drucker who topped the first Thinkers50 ranking in 2001. Among the other women in the top 50 was Sheryl Sandberg, COO of Facebook and author of the 2013 book Lean In: Women, Work and the Will to Lead ; and former Oracle executive Liz Wiseman. Drucker was writing about knowledge workers in the late 1960s.

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The Future Economy Project: Q&A with Marne Levine

Harvard Business Review

Marne Levine is the COO of Instagram (Facebook, Inc.). Several years later, in 2001, I was working as chief of staff to then-Harvard University President Larry Summers when we unveiled Harvard’s Sustainability Principles. Future Economy. Mission-Driven Sustainability. This interview has been edited and condensed.

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Case Study: Time for a Unified Campaign?

Harvard Business Review

Beatriz Soto greeted Fernando Ruiz, the COO of Alegre Hotels, as he stepped out of his taxi into the Cozumel sunshine. Since 2001, when she'd arrived at the company, she'd turned around two hotels. Welcome, welcome." He smiled, extended a hand, and kissed both her cheeks. Palma Cay's first month," he said. How is it going?".