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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. Southwest Airlines Fall From Grace. Overscheduling.

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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. Overscheduling All airlines overbook their flights.

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May 2021 Leadership Development Carnival

Lead Change Blog

Welcome to the May 2021 Leadership Development Carnival! We’re excited to share posts from leadership experts from around the globe on the topics of communication, development, engagement, motivation, productivity, team building, and more. Marcia Reynolds of Covisioning Transformational Leadership provided Stop Saying Stupid Things.

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I Am the Warranty

Lead Change Blog

The exterminating company was being totally run by a telephone operator with no power over calendar, computer, or field operators. What could the owner/manager of these two enterprises have done to cause their key ambassador to assume an “I am the warranty” attitude and practice? We just happen to be an airline.”

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This is What TRUSTworthy Leadership Looks Like in Turbulent Times

Lead Change Blog

In respect to leadership, the core element upon which everything else is built is TRUST. Here’s a picture of what TRUSTworthy leadership looks like in turbulent times—and, as it turns out, it looks like this in “normal” (whatever that ends up being) times, too. What does your team’s attitude reflect about your leadership?

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Is Your Leadership Creating an Energy Crisis?

The Practical Leader

One morning, I asked a group of very quiet participants a series of questions about their organization’s climate and leadership effectiveness. His observation points to a big leadership problem, “The opposite of love is not hate, it’s indifference. Some managers will complain about a declining work ethic.

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Love Them and Lead Them

The Practical Leader

That’s particularly true in the airline industry. Airline revenues collapsed while fixed costs stayed high. If you’re going to bet on an airline most likely to soar as travel resumes, put your money on Southwest Airlines. ” Love is an extraordinarily powerful emotion driving behavior, if not life itself.