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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. In times of crisis, great leaders are prominent in their apologies and prolific in the media.

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What Matters When Hiring External CEOs

The Horizons Tracker

The researchers analyzed 1,275 CEO appointments between 2001 and 2014, and found that neither the length nor breadth of the new CEOs’ experience had any bearing on the performance in their new firm. Research from the University of Zurich suggests that a major reason for this could be a misalignment between the firm and the new hire.

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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. In times of crisis, great leaders are prominent in their apologies and prolific in the media.

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Generational Differences in the Workplace: Understanding and Embracing Generational Diversity

HR Digest

They grew up during a time of rapid technological change and are comfortable with digital communication and social media. They prefer to communicate through digital channels, including email, text messages, and social media. They prefer to communicate through digital channels and social media.

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Leading With Character: Gratitude

Michael Lee Stallard

Gratitude is necessary to offset the negative bias in news reporting and media that has a 21-to-1, negative-to-positive ratio. Receiving appreciation from others meets our human need for recognition, which has the effect of encouraging and energizing us. Examples of Gratitude in Action. The great British writer G.K.

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Two Thirds Of Corporate Fraud Is Undetected

The Horizons Tracker

However, this changed after the spotlight was directed toward these companies following the commencement of Enron’s bankruptcy filings on November 30, 2001, until the end of 2003 when the researchers conducted their analysis.

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Be Bold In Life.

Rich Gee Group

home about rich our team news our fans services executive coach business coach speaking inspire media knowledge books affiliates contact Rich Gee Group 203.500.2421 Be Bold In Life. I was going through some papers that take me back to 2001-2002 and I saw this phrase, “Be Bold In Life&#. Well I did.

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