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Leadership Lessons in Southwest Airline’s Fall From Grace

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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. Leadership Lessons. Southwest Airlines Fall From Grace. Invest in Technology.

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Servant-Leadership and The Great Game of Business (GGOB)

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The principles of SERVANT-Leadership and The Great Game of Business (GGOB)* share many traits. GGOB (also known simply as, “The Great Game”) is an approach to business management where you ensure all stakeholders understand the core business operations, high level financial statements, and key numbers. Simplify Concepts.

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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. 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. In servant-leadership terms, this is a failure of the principle, THOROUGHNESS.

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Bad Boss Leadership Horror Stories (Updated)

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Which leadership horror most closely aligns to your bad boss experience? For fear of becoming their next victim, team members cower until that issue has passed. The Evil Clown Boss operates in a similar manner. ” An Alien boss if often completely disconnected from reality with their team. Welcome to the horror show.

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Jon Acuff Resignation from Dave Ramsey Team Raises Questions

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Today, Jon Acuff resigned from the Dave Ramsey team. In response to the resignation, Dave Ramsey’s team has apparently shut down all digital assets associated with Acuff. However, in amicable transitions websites can (and typically do) remain up and operating as normal throughout such a transition. My opinion is no.

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Ken Melrose Completes His Service on Earth

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The servant-leadership community lost another great example and shepherd this week. Ken was a passionate advocate for servant-leadership at Toro and beyond. In particular, when teaching the Acronym Model of SERVANT-Leadership I always use one of his stories to represent Empathy in practice. That is servant-leadership.

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USA Gymnastics Demonstrates Failure at Leadership Selection in the Digital Media Age

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In selecting Bono, USA Gymnastics joins an unfortunate list of companies failing to conduct a basic analysis of digital media , before making critical leadership decisions. As a politician for 15 years, and someone who is expected to lead at the highest levels of gymnastics and Olympic operations, Ms. Attacking Nike. Digital Shadows.

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