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Catalyst Leadership - Read My First Chapter

Rich Gee Group

Chapter One: Lead Like Bezos In 2001, Amazon faced what should have been a death sentence. Bezos overhauled operations, aggressively slashing costs and renegotiating supplier contracts to ensure the strategy was sustainable. I want you to dive in, rip it apart, love it, hate it—whatever. So don’t hold back. Have at it!

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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. Because Southwest Airlines seems to have the worst, most outdated operating technology in the industry. This was the main root of their problem.

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Researchers Are Encouraged To Produce Quantity Rather Than Quality Research

The Horizons Tracker

The study shows that ahead of each REF deadline in the analyzed period (1996, 2001, 2008, and 2014), UK researchers produced a significantly higher number of papers. However, these tended to be published in lower-impact journals, which resulted in fewer citations and a higher likelihood of retraction. .

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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. Because Southwest Airlines seems to have the worst, most outdated operating technology in the industry.

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Change is a Double-Edged Sword

Lead Change Blog

One of my favorite change quotes comes from a book by Michael Fullan, a Canadian expert on educational change, who wrote in Leading in a Culture of Change [2001]: “Change is a double-edged sword. Fullan describes these as ‘arational’ factors and provides several examples, such as: Strategy and operations are not always fully integrated.

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Determining Your Top 5 Priorities for 2014

Michael Lee Stallard

One extremely successful leader who understands the importance of this best practice is Admiral Vern Clark, the Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) from 2000 until his retirement in 2005. As head of the U.S. Command and control of the Navy was quickly reestablished at the Pentagon in Washington, D.C.