article thumbnail

The Cost of Ignoring Employees? 120% Of Annual Income or $0.35 / Share, Southwest Airlines Discovers

Modern Servant Leader

Southwest Airlines just agreed to a $140 Million settlement with the Department of Transportation over the meltdown of Southwest’s systems during December 2022 travel. Leadership’s failure to heed their employees. Servant Leadership Lessons Southwest has been the poster child for servant leadership advocacy from its founding.

Airlines 130
article thumbnail

Leadership Lessons in Southwest Airline’s Fall From Grace

Modern Servant Leader

There are leadership lessons in Southwest Airline’s fall from grace. 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. Southwest Airlines Fall From Grace. Overscheduling.

Airlines 188
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Leadership Lessons in Southwest Airline’s Fall From Grace

Modern Servant Leader

There are leadership lessons in Southwest Airline’s fall from grace. 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. Overscheduling All airlines overbook their flights.

Airlines 130
article thumbnail

First Look: Leadership Books for October 2023

Leading Blog

H ERE'S A LOOK at some of the best leadership books to be released in October 2023 curated just for you. Leadership experts Frances Frei and Anne Morriss argue that this belief is deeply flawed—and that it keeps you from building a great company. What Hollis did was vulnerable, but it was not leadership.

Books 276
article thumbnail

Quotes And Leadership Lessons From Plane

Joseph Lalonde

My latest book, Reel Leadership, is now available on Amazon. If you love movies and leadership, you will love this book. But don’t forget; there are leadership lessons in Plane. We will look at those leadership lessons in this article. Quotes And Leadership Lessons From Plane 1. They begin to ask questions.

article thumbnail

May 2021 Leadership Development Carnival

Lead Change Blog

Welcome to the May 2021 Leadership Development Carnival! We’re excited to share posts from leadership experts from around the globe on the topics of communication, development, engagement, motivation, productivity, team building, and more. Marcia Reynolds of Covisioning Transformational Leadership provided Stop Saying Stupid Things.

article thumbnail

Leadership—Unwrapped and Unadorned

Lead Change Blog

The true story is a part of the Southwest Airlines folklore—stories you would retell around the corporate campfire. It was raw leadership unadorned by dressed-up diplomacy or gift-wrapped candor. “Be courageous” is one of Southwest Airlines’ Warrior Spirit core values.