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Leadership Lessons in Southwest Airline’s Fall From Grace

Modern Servant Leader

There are leadership lessons in Southwest Airline’s fall from grace. Southwest Airlines Fall From Grace. Until the COVID pandemic, Southwest Airlines was the only major, global airline to post a profit every year. All airlines overbook their flights. Southwest’s Response to the COVID Pandemic.

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Leadership Lessons in Southwest Airline’s Fall From Grace

Modern Servant Leader

There are leadership lessons in Southwest Airline’s fall from grace. Southwest Airlines Fall From Grace The holiday winter weather of 2022 caused problems for every major US carrier. In their attempt to remain the most profitable airline, the company substantially reduced spending on major investments. Failing technology.

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How Innovation Is Completely Different in Established Organizations than in Startups

Leading Blog

Established organizations of a certain size and age, sometimes called “legacy organizations,” are stressed by the entrepreneurial successes. The bad news for established organizations is that innovation for them is much more difficult than it is for startups. The Three Tracks of Innovation.

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Management Tools For Leaders: Red Ocean/Blue Ocean Strategy

Rich Gee Group

They present analytical frameworks and tools to foster an organization's ability to systematically create and capture "blue oceans"—unexplored new market areas. Great examples of Red Ocean companies are McDonald’s and Southwest Airlines. In addition to their pricing, cancellation, and service structure, no other airline comes close.

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Succession Planning: A Critical Priority

Lead Change Blog

When you have one, you must do your best to keep that person, because he/she will grow leaders in your organization and increase your organization’s overall capabilities. Great leaders are like fuel that keeps things going and sustains a level of performance that makes the company successful in achieving its goal. A True Leader.

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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. What does it take to maintain a sense of purpose at Southwest Airlines?

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First Look: Leadership Books for October 2023

Leading Blog

Are there mental structures for failure and success? In Mind Shift , McManus brings together twelve mental frameworks that have helped some of the most accomplished people on earth create internal structures of success. How do others achieve the unthinkable, only to watch their lives slip away? We almost pursue our dreams.

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