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Southwest Airlines’ Julie Weber on What It Means To Create a Purpose-Driven Culture

HR Digest

A desire to act with courage, persevere and innovate; the ability to put others first, and a fun-LUVing attitude – these are the values that Southwest Airlines, the World’s Most Loved Airline, looks for in its employees and fosters through its talent management. I believe that Human Resources is my calling.

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2019 HR Leaders of the Year

HR Digest

The Human Resource industry has seen some significant changes in the last two decades. As the workplace ethos changed with technological advances and a new generation of workers, the focus has shifted to employee management and performance and productivity. HR’s traditional role was payroll, benefits, and procedures.

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The Evolution of HR

LDRLB

I have been reading a lot about HR lately, and am a bit perturbed by the negative perception of HR in management writings. Just look at some of these essay titles: “Does Human Resources have a future?” “Human resources in the future: An obstacle or a champion of globalization? . I think it has.

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The Evolution of HR

LDRLB

I have been reading a lot about HR lately, and am a bit perturbed by the negative perception of HR in management writings. Just look at some of these essay titles: “Does Human Resources have a future?” “Human resources in the future: An obstacle or a champion of globalization? . I think it has.

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The Rainmaker Fab Five Blog Picks of the Week

Sales Wolf Blog

SHRM - Society for Human Resource Managment Indispensible for the HR Professional! Department of Labor Employment Standards Administration (ESA) - U.S. License.

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Why I cringe when people say “hire for fit”

Surviving Leadership

Whether or not you personally like Southwest Airlines (and I love them, so there), you can’t argue with their success in a tough industry. It’s your systems, your processes, your location, your parking habits, the industry, your policies, your leadership practices, the behaviors of managers, communication… get the point.

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Knowledge Is Power. Data Isn’t.

In the CEO Afterlife

None of us want to see pipelines, oil rigs, or airlines compromising safety for speed. Leaders and managers who work in these industries need all of the information. Not everyone or every organization can, or should operate this way. The crossing of every “t” and the dotting of every “i” is critical in hundreds of industries.

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