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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. Underinvestment in Technology. Failing technology.

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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. Underinvestment in Technology This was the main root of their problem.

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Reconciling Workplace Values and Practices: Seeing people at work with awe and reverence

Mike Cardus

“When we see a world of objects rather than animated presences and conceive of an earth without agency and intelligence, we generate technologies that are apt to manipulate and exploit. The Impact of Worldview on Technology and Culture The worldview we adopt fundamentally shapes the technologies we develop and the cultures we foster.

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Will Lukang: The Character-Based Leader Co-Author Interview

Lead Change Blog

Posted in Character Based Leader Book Check out this great interview with Author, Will Lukang: Chapter Title: “Assessing Authentic Leadership Through Your Community” Will Lukang, PMP, CSM, CLDC Will Lukang seeks every opportunity to learn and grow so that he is able to pass his knowledge to younger generations.

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On Disrupting Yourself

QAspire

During 2001 dot com bubble, one of my friends, a competent software developer, was laid off because of lack of business in the technology he worked in. He was smart enough to understand that the company needed people in a new project that was to be developed on a totally different technology. Related Posts at QAspire.

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The Business Value Of Joy (And Just Getting Things Done)

Terry Starbucker

He then started Menlo Innovations in 2001, with the express purpose of ” bringing joy to the world through software “ Menlo has gone on to win the Alfred P. The use of “ High Speed Voice Technology ” and other decidedly lo-tech (but very effective) tools. Leadership More Human Podcast'

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Using Underdog Narratives To Motivate Teams

The Horizons Tracker

The use of underdog narratives is a popular leadership tactic that has been proven effective in motivating teams and organizations. ” Fighting spirit For instance, consider Apple’s situation in 2001 just before launching the iPod, when the company was facing difficult times.