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Leadership – I Do Not Think it Means What You Think it Means

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…being the CEO, COO, CMO, CxO or any person with a title indicating an executive role (chief, vice president, director, manager, supervisor…). Real leaders are humble enough they are often not seen as the one in charge, but the one making things happen, “behind the scenes” …when a person calls them self a leader.

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Leadership Lessons in Southwest Airline’s Fall From Grace

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Company COO, Andrew Watterson, explained their scheduling software could not match available crews with planes quickly enough. In contrast, Southwest still had 2,500 flights cancelled on a day when the next largest airline cancellations were from SkyWest at 77. The reason for this vast difference in recovery? Failing technology.

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Leadership Lessons in Southwest Airline’s Fall From Grace

Modern Servant Leader

Company COO, Andrew Watterson, explained their scheduling software could not match available crews with planes quickly enough. In contrast, Southwest still had 2,500 flights cancelled on a day when the next largest airline cancellations were from SkyWest at 77. The reason for this vast difference in recovery? Failing technology.

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Top Leadership Experts to Follow in 2015

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14,158 269,000 19 1,132,765 David Peck Leadership Senior Executive Coach and Global Coaching Firm Principal | Author | Former SVP/COO | Huffington Poster on 1 1,381 1,310 92 Richard Branson Business, Leadership Tie-loathing adventurer, philanthropist & troublemaker, who believes in turning ideas into reality.

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Jim Hunter – Servant Leadership Interview Series

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A couple of weeks ago, there was this operations officer and I said to the COO, “You gotta fire this guy. Man, I’ve been witnessing it for 3 ½ decades, people that I’ve totally written off. This just happened. The good Lord has to remind me regularly. He’s never gonna get it.

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Jim Hunter – Servant Leadership Interview Series

Modern Servant Leader

A couple of weeks ago, there was this operations officer and I said to the COO, “You gotta fire this guy. Man, I’ve been witnessing it for 3 ½ decades, people that I’ve totally written off. This just happened. The good Lord has to remind me regularly. He’s never gonna get it.