Southwest Airlines Company: Leadership Profile Paper
Southwest Airlines Company: Leadership Profile
Jim Darling, Amie Rainbolt, Melissa Blouin, and Meleanie Cabrera
University of Phoenix
LDR/300
June 18, 2013
Sharon Patterson
Southwest Airlines Company: Leadership Profile
Team A will discuss how Southwest Airlines president can recruit and develop the airlines future leaders. Even though there is a proposal to avoid managerial derailment and failure for Southwest Airlines. They can compare-and-contrast of common leadership traits in the airline industry because there are methods for developing leaders in the airline industry, and there are strategies for how airline industry leaders balance competing values and priorities. The main objective will be to identify and discuss common leadership traits in the airline industry. Next the team A of this paper will include what makes a leader, leadership style, developing a leader, and how loyalty plays a major role in an organizations culture. Third, the team will discuss strategies for how airline industry leaders balance competing values, priorities, and discussions, including a …show more content…
At Southwest managers take full advantage of this. They know their employees can do a good job within the company if they are given the tools to succeed. Managers are shown methods that will express their belief in their subordinate and capable talents. Southwest has employees who want to advance into management positions in which they can direct the work to other individuals. There are only a few people who have the skills, drive, and talent to be a leader of other people, Southwest is looking for those people within his or her ranks. The company is constantly looking for people who can demonstrate these skills. Southwest has leadership classes every two years for management employees. The managers learn to stop directing people and to start encouraging people and to promote from
Jim Darling, Amie Rainbolt, Melissa Blouin, and Meleanie Cabrera
University of Phoenix
LDR/300
June 18, 2013
Sharon Patterson
Southwest Airlines Company: Leadership Profile
Team A will discuss how Southwest Airlines president can recruit and develop the airlines future leaders. Even though there is a proposal to avoid managerial derailment and failure for Southwest Airlines. They can compare-and-contrast of common leadership traits in the airline industry because there are methods for developing leaders in the airline industry, and there are strategies for how airline industry leaders balance competing values and priorities. The main objective will be to identify and discuss common leadership traits in the airline industry. Next the team A of this paper will include what makes a leader, leadership style, developing a leader, and how loyalty plays a major role in an organizations culture. Third, the team will discuss strategies for how airline industry leaders balance competing values, priorities, and discussions, including a …show more content…
At Southwest managers take full advantage of this. They know their employees can do a good job within the company if they are given the tools to succeed. Managers are shown methods that will express their belief in their subordinate and capable talents. Southwest has employees who want to advance into management positions in which they can direct the work to other individuals. There are only a few people who have the skills, drive, and talent to be a leader of other people, Southwest is looking for those people within his or her ranks. The company is constantly looking for people who can demonstrate these skills. Southwest has leadership classes every two years for management employees. The managers learn to stop directing people and to start encouraging people and to promote from