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	Herbert Kelleher - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Herbert D. Kelleher (born March 12, 1931) is the co-founder, Chairman and former CEO and president of the low-cost airline, Southwest Airlines (based in the United States).
		Kelleher was born and raised in Haddon Heights, New Jersey.
		Herb Kelleher and fellow Texas businessman Rollin King came together with the concept of an airline which offers low fares to airplane passengers but eliminates all unnecessary services.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Herbert_Kelleher (188 words)

	PBS - Chasing the Sun - Herb Kelleher
		Herb Kelleher Speech - A Culture of Commitment
		Kelleher won and Southwest finally took to the air in 1971.
		Kelleher lost the match, but the event generated so much good will and publicity that Stevens let Southwest continue use of the tagline.
	www.pbs.org /kcet/chasingthesun/innovators/hkelleher.html (490 words)

	University of Texas at Austin Development Office
		Kelleher, the founder and chairman of the board of Southwest Airlines and a man whose name is synonymous with entrepreneurial spirit, has given the McCombs School of Business $4 million to fund the Herb Kelleher Center for Entrepreneurship.
		Kelleher’s gift has been matched by grants of $1 million from the Houston-based Cullen Trust and $3 million from school namesake Red McCombs, creating an overall investment of $8 million in the center.
		Kelleher is a graduate of Wesleyan University in Connecticut and the New York University School of Law.
	www.utexas.edu /supportut/news_pub/FW01_kelleher.html (506 words)

	Entrepreneurs: Born or made? A conversation with Herb Kelleher of Southwest Airlines
		Herb's answers not only shed light on the skills needed by entrepreneurs, but also helped me to understand the personal tools he used to build and manage Southwest even after it had become large and successful.
		Herb believes that just as the attitude of the entrepreneur effects the early success of the venture, the same attitude needs to be present in the firms' employees to continue the entrepreneurial energy that creates competitive advantage in the operation of the business even after it has become a large successful company.
		The true mark of Herb Kelleher's success is that he not only built a company from the ground up, but he also instilled that entrepreneurial spirit into his people and company processes in a way that continues to generate competitive advantage even now that the company is a member of the Fortune 500.
	searchcio.techtarget.com /originalContent/0,289142,sid19_gci924412,00.html (1731 words)

	The Daily Texan
		Herb Kelleher, former Southwest Airlines chief executive officer and the current chairman of its board, will give the Red McCombs School of Business the gift to create an entrepreneurial center bearing his name.
		Kelleher is a true entrepreneur who strongly believes in the opportunities that higher education can provide," said William Cunningham, a marketing professor and a close friend of Kelleher.
		The Herb Kelleher Center for Entrepreneurship hopes Dell is one in a long tradition of students who take their ideas and create businesses that will help the economy around them.
	tspweb02.tsp.utexas.edu /webarchive/08-27-01/2001082701_s06_Former.html (584 words)

	Creating Customer Evangelists: Profile of Herb Kelleher of Southwest Airlines
		Kelleher relinquished his president and CEO titles in June 2001 and handed them over to two of his long-time lieutenants.
		Kelleher is always ready to play the fool, whether it's dressing up as Elvis for Halloween or driving a Harley to a company picnic.
		Kelleher once told the story of how a Southwest vice president complained several years ago that customers, gate agents, pilots and baggage handlers had more access to Kelleher than the vice president did.
	www.creatingcustomerevangelists.com /resources/evangelists/herb_kelleher.asp (1207 words)

	CW Resource (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Herb Kelleher is the Chairman of the Board and former CEO of Southwest Airlines.
		Kelleher is named Chairman of the Board and in 1982 he is crowned president and CEO.
		Kelleher's secretary and has been a member of the Southwest family since the beginning.
	myphlip.pearsoncmg.com /cw/mpviewce.cfm?vceid=2587&vbcid=1619 (647 words)

	The Essential Herb Kelleher, Chairman of Southwest Airlines by Raymond Yeh (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Kelleher's genuine concern for his people and quick action to help SWA survive are the twin pillars of his success.
		Kelleher is considered a legend in the worlds of aviation and business, and was voted by Fortune as one of the ten best CEOs in the U. His leadership skills, combined with his flamboyant and dynamic personality, have been envied by many but ably copied by few.
		Kelleher is a man deeply satisfied with himself because he knows that when his best was called upon, he delivered time and again.
	www.theartofbusinessbook.com /herbkelleher.html (755 words)

	BUSINESS : HERB KELLEHER: AN ENTREPRENEUR FOR ALL SEASONS
		When Herb Kelleher, the legendary chairman, co-founder and former CEO of Southwest Airlines, first agreed to sit down with us for an interview in 2001, he had just announced plans to scale back his duties.
		(Kelleher was diagnosed with prostrate cancer in 1999 and pursued a successful treatment at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.) I just kept working - I just kept working the whole time.
		Maybe investors wouldn't have given Kelleher a plug nickel, but if they had bought $1,000 worth of Southwest stock at the IPO in 1972, their investment would be worth $1.4 million today.
	utopia.utexas.edu /articles/texas/kelleher.html?... (2316 words)

	The Sky's The Limit: Herb Kelleher To Give 2003 SMU Commencement Address
		Kelleher will discuss unique life and business practices that have made him and his airline one of the most respected and successful in the world, such as putting employees first and stressing the basics.
		Kelleher, a lawyer by training, fought numerous court battles against bigger competitors, including one lawsuit that went all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court, before Southwest could fly its first route.
		Kelleher received his law degree, with honors, from New York University, where he was a Root-Tilden Scholar, and received his undergraduate degree from Wesleyan University in Middletown, Conn., where he was an Olin Scholar.
	www.smu.edu /newsinfo/releases/02200.html (496 words)

	Patterson Lecture: Herb Kelleher : Biography (1997)
		As chairman of the board, presidentand CEO of Southwest Airlines, Herb Kelleher is leader of the fifth-largest airline in the United States and the only airline to turn a profit for 24 consecutive years.
		Kelleher is known for his keen sense of humor and friendliness with employees.
		Kelleher co-founded Southwest in 1967, serving as both director and general counsel until 1978, when he became chairman of the board.
	transportation.northwestern.edu /programs/patterson/lecturers/97kelleher/kelleherBio.html (202 words)

	Thesis on Herb Kelleher
		The success of Southwest is a direct result of the leadership of Kelleher, and the great people he surrounds himself with.
		One of the main reasons why Kelleher is such a great leader is that he possesses great leadership characteristics, which include: motivating and leading employees and creating a common vision for his people.
		Kelleher was a great motivator and leader for his employees.
	www.emailessay.com /paper/Herb_Kelleher-116915.html (193 words)

	Flying High with Herb Kelleher: A Profile in Charismatic Leadership - Questia Online Library
		Herb Kelleher, co-founder, CEO, President and Chairman of Southwest Airlines is cited in this article as an ideal example of charismatic leadership at its best.
		Kelleher's vision and style are seen as the driving forces of this maverick airline which has consistently posted a profit for 26 consecutive years and does things differently than any other company in the industry.
		It posits that Kelleher is an ideal example of a charismatic leader who has avoided the controversial and ethical dilemmas of charisma (see Gibson, Hannon, & Blackwell, (1998) and focused his energy and enthusiasm instead on the growth of a highly successful airline.
	www.questia.com /PM.qst?a=o&d=5001896228 (484 words)

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	www.publicaccesskeweenaw.org /herb_kelleher.htm (179 words)

	Book Excerpt: The Art of Business - Herb Kelleher: Making A Difference While Having Fun
		Kelleher attributes his fundamental value of “doing good for others” to his mother, who taught him that a person’s essential worth comes from the contribution that he or she makes.
		You could look at a speech that Herb gave to the annual shareholders meeting of 2002 and compare it to his message to the field in 1992 and compare it to a letter to employees in 1982 and find tremendous consistency in terms of adherence to core values.
		Kelleher recalls a situation in which a manager’s demeanor strongly affected his people: “I got a call from a department that has always had superb performance and they said, ‘Herb, we don’t know what we’ve done wrong.
	www.businessknowhow.com /growth/artbus2.htm (3361 words)

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	Herb Kelleher and Southwest Airlines
		Kelleher, 68, says he's so low-tech he can't order a hamburger at a drive-through, but Southwest airline was one of the first airlines to offer ticket less travel and online reservations.
		Ask Southwest Airlines' Herb Kelleher why he's successful and he responds, "Perpetual childhood." One can understand that if one have ever flown his airline, where flight attendants dress in costume for the holidays and sing their safety instructions.
		Under Kelleher, Southwest has never had a strike; it leads the industry in on-time performance; and its stock has averaged 29% annual gains over the past 10 years, crushing its competitors.
	www.termpapergenie.com /herb.html (836 words)

	Chief Executive, The: Air Herb's secret weapon - Chief Executive of the Year - interview with Southwest Airlines Chief ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		In doing this, the company has forged a unique culture, one that is inseparable from its folkloric CEO, Herb Kelleher, and uses it as a clever competitive weapon to establish dominance in a new market.
		Kelleher, by now a partner in the venture, argued the case all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court and won.
		Kelleher himself tries to set an example: A Dallas teacher once wrote to him saying none of her students had ever flown on any airline.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m4070/is_146/ai_55427052 (1475 words)

	Sky king - Computerworld (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Kelleher, the Harley-Davidson-riding, Elvis-impersonating, chain-smoking chairman, president and CEO of Southwest Airlines Co. (SWA), greets employees with a signature bear hug -- and is as likely to be found tossing luggage with the baggage handlers or having a beer with an off-hours flight crew as he is to be in his office.
		Kelleher, described by leadership and management author Tom Peters as perhaps the best CEO in America, has been at Southwest from the beginning, first as an often unpaid corporate counsel, then as chairman in 1978 and, finally, CEO and president in 1981.
		Kelleher moved systems from finance into a new corporate services department and worked with Executive Vice President John Denison to develop an internal customer-service mentality to match SWA's famous external customer focus.
	www.computerworld.com /printthis/1998/0,4814,32751,00.html (2076 words)

	Herb Kelleher (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
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		Susan's Calendar Accenture partner Darryl Heath, Susan Butler, and Southwest Airlines CEO Herb Kelleher at the Board dinner for Junior Achievement in Philadelphia Susan Butler is a frequent and...
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	Herb Kelleher (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Ask outsiders, and they'll point to CEO and chairman Kelleher whose leadership has made Southwest one of the most dynamic, responsive--and zaniest-- companies in history.
		Ask Kelleher, on the other hand, and he'll tell you it's the employees who make Southwest great.
		For an organization to excel, it is necessary to build a culture of "mental ownership," Kelleher says.
	www.greylockassociates.com /kelleher.htm (597 words)

	Southwest Airlines Public Relations - Herb D. Kelleher
		Herb Kelleher is a Founder of Southwest Airlines Co. and currently serves as its Executive Chairman, a position he has held since March 1978.
		Kelleher himself has received numerous awards and honors, including the U. Chamber Business Leadership Hall of Fame; CEO of the Year and one of history’s top three CEOs, Chief Executive magazine; CEO of the Century, Texas Monthly magazine; National Sales and Marketing Hall of Fame; U. Master Entrepreneur, INC.
		Kelleher graduated with honors from Wesleyan University, where he was an Olin Scholar and where his major was English and his minor Philosophy, and from NYU Law School, where he was a Root-Tilden Scholar.
	www.southwest.com /swamedia/bios/herb_kelleher.html (250 words)

	USATODAY.com - Kelleher signs three-year deal with Southwest (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		DALLAS (AP) — Southwest Airlines co-founder Herb Kelleher will remain chairman of the discount airline for three more years, according to a regulatory filing.
		Kelleher and the airline signed a contract during the summer, but it was not revealed until the filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Thursday.
		Kelleher will continue to receive $450,000 annually in base salary under the employment agreement that began July 15.
	www.usatoday.com /money/biztravel/2004-10-15-swa-kelleher_x.htm (247 words)

	KLRU: Texas Monthly Talks > Herb Kelleher > Bio
		Kelleher lost the match, but it was attended by thousands of people in a sports arena and dubbed the "Malice in Dallas." The other CEO let Southwest continue to use the slogan anyway.
		Kelleher started out as the lawyer in the group of Southwest's original founders and eventually became its President, CEO and Chairman.
		Considered the leading image for the airlines, the smoking-drinking-Harley-riding-wisecracking-self-effacing Kelleher may not have invented the quirky spirit at Southwest but he incorporated it into a business strategy.
	www.klru.org /texasmonthlytalks/archives/herb_kelleher/bio.asp (388 words)

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		Herb Kelleher -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article
		Kelleher was born and raised in (additional info and facts about Haddon Heights, New Jersey) Haddon Heights, New Jersey.
		The Kellehers moved to (The second largest state; located in southwestern United States on the Gulf of Mexico) Texas intending to start a (A firm of lawyers) law firm or a (A commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it) business.
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