JetBlue founder credits Southwest boss for best leadership advice

  • 3 months ago
David Neeleman, founder of both JetBlue and Breeze Airways, shared the best leadership advice he's ever received at Fortune's Brainstorm Tech conference.
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00:00I think the best leadership advice I've ever received is from Herb Kalahar, who was my mentor,
00:04who was the founder of Southwest Airlines, and it was basically all about people. He said,
00:09surround yourself with great people. He said, I don't think about my shareholders. I only think
00:15about my crew members, the people that work for me, because I know if they are excited and they
00:21take care of my customers, my customers will take care of the shareholders.

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