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Leadership Lessons in Southwest Airline’s Fall From Grace

Modern Servant Leader

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. A company of Southwest’s scale does not get this far behind in technology without repeatedly ignoring the advice of their IT department.

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Independent Board Members Aren’t The Silver Bullet For Corporate Governance

The Horizons Tracker

” Well managed. Corporate governance entered the spotlight in 2001 with the Enron scandal and the introduction of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act in 2002, which fundamentally changed the makeup and responsibility of boards. . . “We looked at what they said and then looked for common themes,” the researchers explain.

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Leadership Lessons in Southwest Airline’s Fall From Grace

Modern Servant Leader

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. A company of Southwest’s scale does not get this far behind in technology without repeatedly ignoring the advice of their IT department.

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How to Explain That Gap in Your Resume

HR Digest

The same question was put to some hiring managers and their opinion was to tackle the question head-on. Example: May 2001- February 2002—Looking for suitable employment as my company faced closure due to sales and revenue issues. Addressing the gap in a cover letter is recommended by some hiring managers.

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What I Wish I Knew as a CEO That I Learned Later in HR

Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

You’ll find much practical advice, whether you are a CEO or desire to be a better leader at any level. In 2001, when I had actually decided to retire from “corporate life”, my company asked me to consider a change in direction, rather than a departure, by taking the role of Global Head of HR. Guest Post by Les Hayman.

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Creating Satisfaction at Work: No Instant Pudding

LDRLB

The trick is that even if you know you have a problem with satisfaction, most managers struggle with how to improve it. job improvement, team building, and better supervision) is the advice I give managers. I would never hire or promote a manager that did not have a positive CSE. Simmons, Ph.D.

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4 Failure Points that Can Undermine Your Business – Failure Point 4: Don’t Close Your Ears to Experts

Strategy Driven

I did not heed the advice of industry experts with superlative track records. In 2001, Ed earned Entrepreneur of the Year honors from Ernst & Young. Previously, she was Managing Director of Business Plans International in New York and Co-Director of the Small Business Resource Center at Norwalk Community College.