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Leadership Lessons in Southwest Airline’s Fall From Grace

Modern Servant Leader

Underinvestment in Technology. Because Southwest Airlines seems to have the worst, most outdated operating technology in the industry. Failing technology. 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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Leadership Lessons in Southwest Airline’s Fall From Grace

Modern Servant Leader

Underinvestment in Technology This was the main root of their problem. Because Southwest Airlines seems to have the worst, most outdated operating technology in the industry. Failing technology. In servant-leadership terms, this is a failure of the principle, THOROUGHNESS. The reason for this vast difference in recovery?

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December Leadership Development Carnival

Michael Lee Stallard

I am honored to host the December installment of the Leadership Development Carnival, a collection of helpful leadership advice from top bloggers. Take a moment to click through each of the great submissions, and be sure to share this collection of posts with someone you believe would benefit from the advice. . Character of a Leader.

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LeadershipNow 140: March 2016 Compilation

Leading Blog

The Dilemma Of The Servant Leader by @LollyDaskal. How technology is creating a new world of work via @McKinsey. 7 Things A Leader Must Do To Build The Perfect Team by @Terry.Starbucker. From @JohnBaldoni Nancy Reagan: The Steely Protector Every Leader Needs. Why Great Leaders are Uncommon by @dbonleadership.

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LeadershipNow 140: December 2013 Compilation

Leading Blog

How leaders seek the best in others? Two Things All Good Leaders Do by @RonEdmondson. 10 New Year’s Resolutions for the Servant Leader by Mark Miller. The Dark Side of Technology by John Hagel. From @Forbes > Why Leaders Should Still Pay Attention To Charles Handy''s Quiet Wisdom. link] by @tshnall.

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Updates from the CMI Sri Lanka Board

Chartered Management Institute

Being servant leaders as Chartered Managers In an opinion piece in the Daily FT , Ajantha Dharmasiri CMgr FCMI, president of CMI Sri Lanka , reflects on a successful year and assures that CMI Sri Lanka will continue to facilitate the processes of up-skilling, multi-skilling, and re-skilling managers.

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Life Cycle of Social Media Development

Modern Servant Leader

A good friend and leader in her own field, asked advice on starting her social media engagement. Technology "Life Cycle" Adolescent Adulthood Childhood Development Infant Leader Social Media' I quickly found myself overwhelming her with new ideas. Here are the stages I proposed for her: Infancy. Trial and failure.

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