Live Blog: 2016 Leadership Summit – 38 Leadership Quotes From Alan Mulally

In an effort to add value to pastors and church leaders during the next three days, I will be bringing the top leadership quotes and lessons from the incredible faculty at the Willow Creek Global Leadership Summit.

The Global Leadership Summit is a two-day event telecast from Willow Creek Community Church’s campus to hundreds of locations across the globe.  An estimated 305,000 leaders are expected to participate.

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The next speaker was Alan Mulally.  Alan was the president and CEO of Ford Motor Company from 2006-2014.  Under his leadership, Ford became the #1 automotive brand in the United States and one of the top organizations globally.

The following are 38 Leadership Lessons And Quotes From Alan Mulally from the 2016 Global Leadership Summit:

Craig Groeschel

• My life and leadership has been significantly impacted because of the Global Leadership Summit.
• When you see things you’ve never seen before and our eyes are open to new ideas, it changes everything.

Alan Mulally

1. As an aeronautical engineer I found my first love working on airplanes for Boeing.
2. An average commercial airplane has around 4,000 parts.
3. Working Together Principles And Practices – People first, Everyone is included, Compelling vision, comprehensive strategy, and relentless implementation, Clear performance goals, One plan, Facts and Data, Everyone knows the plan, the status, and areas that need special attention, Propose a plan, positive, “find a way” attitude, and Respect, listen, help, and appreciate each other, Emotional resilience – trust the process, Have fun – enjoy the journey and each other.
4. We make a commitment on a new airplane five years in advance.
5. Humor can never be at anyone else’s expense because it has to be a safe environment.
6. If it is not at Boeing you shouldn’t be going.
7. Ford had become a house of brands.
8. The clarity of the brand was very diffused.
9. Ford had become very regionalized.
10. He wanted to become part of the economic fabric and provide jobs in every continent in the world.
11. The consumer tastes were changing and we were behind.
12. Ford was becoming a fast follower in the industry.
13. We had 300% over capacity in all our plants around the world.
14. We needed a new vision, a strategy to achieve it and a comprehensive implementation plan.
15. I was picked up in Detroit in Land Rover. Land Rover is not a Ford product.
16. I drive into the executive garage and there is not one Ford vehicle.
17. The automobile industry is like 15-20% of the GDP around the world.
18. The first thing I did is I selected leaders and skill team leaders. I selected the very best.
19. We found our vision in Henry Ford’s original vision, “To open the highways to all mankind.”
20. “He doesn’t look at the success Ford had but the opportunity to serve all mankind.”
21. We’re going to focus on Ford.
22. We’re going to have a complete family of vehicles. Not just large vehicles.
23. We decided every vehicle produced would be best in class.
24. We are going to serve all markets around the world.
25. We’re going to aggressively restructure the company.
26. We’re going to accelerate the production of vehicles while everyone else was slowing down.
27. You can’t manage a secret. You don’t know what’s going on.
28. When you stop production with airplanes and cars it’s messy.
29. We were going to be OK because we had reality but we had a plan and were dealing with.
30. Customers think Ford has the best product line of any company around the world.
31. We are the #1 brand in the United States.
32. We are #1 and #2 companies in Europe.
33. We are the fastest growing company in Asia and China.
34. The “love” word had never been used at Ford.
35. The store owners knew it was going to be different because we were going to work together.
36. We reinstated the dividend and increased it five times.
37. Only 42% of all employees worldwide have a positive impression about the company they work for. 58% come to work everyday for a salary but not to build a cathedral.
38. The percent positive at Ford is 89%.

Next up is Melinda Gates.  Check back throughout both days for live blogs and updates.  And if you have not already, don’t forget to click here or on the image below for your free resource from INJOY Stewardship Solutions.