Herb Kelleher
Herb Kelleher
Herbert "Herb" David Kelleheris the co-founder, Chairman Emeritus and former CEO of Southwest Airlines...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionEntrepreneur
Date of Birth12 March 1931
CountryUnited States of America
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If you're crazy enough to do what you love for a living, then you're bound to create a life that matters.
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Your employees come first. And if you treat your employees right, guess what? Your customers come back, and that makes your shareholders happy. Start with employees and the rest follows from that.
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If you create an environment where the people truly participate, you don't need control. They know what needs to be done and they do it. And the more that people will devote themselves to your cause on a voluntary basis, a willing basis, the fewer hierarchies and control mechanisms you need.
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We have a strategic plan. It's called 'doing things'.
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Think small and act small, and we'll get bigger. Think big and act big, and we'll get smaller.
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Inevitably, as we grow bigger across the rest of the country, and Dallas remains the same size, we might have to begin casting about for a place that's more efficient to operate.
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You'd have thought we threatened to release the four horsemen of the Apocalypse.