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Southwest Airlines 2011 Results Reflect Benefits of Servant Leadership

Modern Servant Leader

During the financial earnings call, CEO Gary Kelly , CFO Laura Wright and Executive VP Robert (Bob) E. Question: What other businesses exemplified servant leadership in 2011? Southwest Airlines ( LUV ) announced the 39th consecutive year of profitability yesterday. Improved Results by Acquired AirTran.

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IT Doesn't Matter (to CEOs)

Harvard Business Review

They resist getting their hands dirty alongside the CIO, even though many of them will readily get down into the mud of a balance sheet with the CFO or strategize the details of global brand issues with the CMO. Data breaches are on the rise, with a 44% increase in the number of records exposed from 2011 to 2012. million records).

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Does Your CEO Really Get Data Security?

Harvard Business Review

How about this, the boardroom version of Sophie''s Choice: "Who would you rather fire, the CFO or the CSO?". When Sony ''s customer database of 77 million customers was exposed in 2011, the immediate repair cost was estimated at 14 Billion Yen ($171 million), and the brand tarnish lingers.

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