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Celebrating a Legacy of “Leading with Heart” with Southwest Airlines’ New Leadership Book!

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Southwest Airlines® is celebrating more than 50 years of putting People first this week by releasing a one-of-a-kind Leadership book, “Leading with Heart: Living & Working the Southwest Way.” This book represents Southwest Airlines’ guide to Leadership, business, and life, based on insights from Founder Herb Kelleher, as well as President Emeritus Colleen Barrett, Executive Chairman of the Board and former Chief Executive Officer Gary Kelly, Chief Executive Officer Bob Jordan, President & Chief Operating Officer Mike Van de Ven, and other impactful Southwest Leaders past and present.

 

Southwest’s new Leadership Book: "Leading with Heart: Living & Working the Southwest Way." Available at Southwest® The Store.Southwest’s new Leadership Book: "Leading with Heart: Living & Working the Southwest Way." Available at Southwest® The Store.This book also highlights Living & Working the Southwest Way as a set of fun and engaging Leadership tenets, giving readers a “behind-the-curtain” view into the beginnings of Southwest’s Culture and how it’s maintained by our People, so others can find useful learnings for their workplaces and daily lives. It features a special foreword by Gary Kelly and is endorsed by authors Patrick Lencioni, Dave Ramsey, and Ken Blanchard, as well as by Coach Lou Holtz and Brian Brim, Ed.D.

 

Join us in celebrating Southwest’s legacy of Leadership by diving into this Fun-LUVing book, full of meaningful lessons and interesting anecdotes from Leaders throughout Southwest’s history. As we release “Leading with Heart,” our hope is that all readers are inspired by Herb Kelleher’s belief that we can each lead by example and positively influence others, regardless of our title, job, or role in life.

 

“As far as Leadership is concerned, everybody needs to be a Leader in order to have a successful Company. We think everybody is a Leader no matter what their job is. They’re setting an example by their conduct, and they should be inspirational.” – Herb Kelleher, Southwest Founder

 

“Leading with Heart” is now available exclusively through Southwest® The Store for $20 (plus tax and shipping).

 

“Leading with Heart” is the second of two special books Southwest has published to commemorate and celebrate the Company’s rich history and impactful legacy (the first is “50 Years. One Heart.”—a coffee-table book beautifully showcasing 50 important objects and artifacts accompanied by short stories from Southwest history—that was released late last year and is still available to purchase at this link through Southwest® The Store).

 

 

Chief Executive Officer Bob Jordan and Executive Chairman of the Board and former Chief Executive Officer Gary Kelly proudly display “Leading with Heart” at Southwest’s Corporate Campus.Chief Executive Officer Bob Jordan and Executive Chairman of the Board and former Chief Executive Officer Gary Kelly proudly display “Leading with Heart” at Southwest’s Corporate Campus.About “Leading with Heart: Living & Working the Southwest Way”

  • Hardcover chapter book
  • 6 x 9 inches
  • 208 pages
  • Available exclusively through Southwest® The Store for $20 (plus tax and shipping)
  • Represents Southwest Airlines’ guide to Leadership, business, and life, based on insights from Founder Herb Kelleher, as well as President Emeritus Colleen Barrett, Executive Chairman of the Board and former Chief Executive Officer Gary Kelly, Chief Executive Officer Bob Jordan, President & Chief Operating Officer Mike Van de Ven, and other impactful Southwest Leaders past and present
  • Features a special foreword by Executive Chairman of the Board and former Chief Executive Officer Gary Kelly
  • Endorsed by authors Patrick Lencioni, Dave Ramsey, and Ken Blanchard, as well as by Coach Lou Holtz, and Brian Brim, Ed.D.
  • Great for Southwest fans, leaders, business people, and higher-education students