article thumbnail

Under-Whelming Advice from a former CEO of Southwest Airlines

Leadership Freak

I’m still grappling with Jim Parker’s advice. He was the CEO of Southwest Airlines during the terrorist attack on September 11, 2001. Jim said, “I don’t think I smiled for two years.” When… Continue reading →

Airlines 112
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. Leadership Lessons. Southwest Airlines Fall From Grace.

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. There are several leadership lessons from this sequence of bad decisions.

Airlines 130
article thumbnail

We Pause To Remember

General Leadership

GeneralLeadership.com and the General Leadership Foundation bring Leadership Advice from America's Most Trusted Leaders to You! We pause today to remember the events which occurred on 11 September 2001, and reflect upon how they completely changed our nation, our people and our world. Read more at [link].

Advice 150
article thumbnail

Rekindling the Inner Flame in Others, and in Ourselves

Michael Lee Stallard

Doug Conant’s Story: Being Honored and Honoring Others Doug Conant is the leader who turned around Campbell Soup Company when he served as President and CEO (2001-2011). It ultimately reframed his view of leadership and prepared him for bigger roles. He is now an author, speaker, teacher and executive coach at Conant Leadership.

article thumbnail

On Disrupting Yourself

QAspire

During 2001 dot com bubble, one of my friends, a competent software developer, was laid off because of lack of business in the technology he worked in. One of her key advices in the podcast is: “Play to your strengths, not just what you do well but what others don’t.”. Dr. Deming on Joy of Work, Innovation and Leadership.

Deming 141
article thumbnail

Why Every CEO Needs a Leadership Coach

Coaching Tip

When asked what was the best advice he ever received, Eric Schmidt, Chairman and CEO of Google, recognized it was from John Doerr, who in 2001 said, "My advice to you is to have a coach." Schmidt initially resented the advice, because after all, he was a CEO. Can't Get Enough Leadership. He was pretty experienced.

CEO 70