Alan Mulally Professions : Engineer Born : August 4, 1945 Browse All Authors Top 30 quotes by Alan Mulally An automobile has about 10,000 moving parts, right? An airplane has two million, and it has to stay up in the air. Alan Mulally up-in-the-air airplane moving We've incentivized people in the past to maybe turn their vehicles over, you know sooner rather than later. And in the United States with the squeeze on discretionary income and credit that even as the economy comes back there's probably more of a chance than not that it'll be a slower recovery on auto sales. Alan Mulally recovery people past Although the quality of the vehicles is tremendously improving year after year but the underlying reasons that people are buying cars have really gotten focused. It's for high quality vehicles, reliable, fuel-efficient, and safe of course. Alan Mulally car people years The success of SYNC is another proof point that we are doing just that. We will continue to innovate and expand the capability of SYNC by integrating even more new technologies that fit our customers’ lifestyles. Alan Mulally lifestyle fit technology Leadership is having a compelling vision, a comprehensive plan, relentless implementation, and talented people working together. Alan Mulally vision leadership together people What I found over the years is the most important thing is for a team to come together over a compelling vision, a comprehensive strategy for achieving that vision, and then a relentless implementation plan. Alan Mulally vision team important together When work is what you love to do, it's not work - it's serving. Alan Mulally you what-you-love work love I really do believe that working together works, and it's amazing to me. Alan Mulally me working-together together believe If you get honest feedback and do nothing about it, then the feedback will stop. Alan Mulally stop nothing will you No country is ever successful in the long term... without a really strong and vibrant manufacturing base. Alan Mulally without strong long country The purpose of life is to love and be loved... what could possibly be more energizing than that? Alan Mulally loved purpose love life If you're going to be world-class, you have to focus. Alan Mulally world-class going you focus Positive leadership - conveying the idea that there is always a way forward - is so important, because that is what you are here for - to figure out how to move the organization forward. Critical to doing that is reinforcing the idea that everyone is included. Alan Mulally you leadership positive way Don't manage your career. Follow your dream and contribute. Alan Mulally follow your career dream Think about just exceeding expectations of every job you're being asked to do. Continually ask for feedback on how it's going. Ask everybody involved what you can do to do an even better job, and the world will beat down your door trying to ask you to do more and more. Alan Mulally job think you world Whatever we do toward energy independence has to be done in the context of using less resources. Alan Mulally whatever independence energy done It is just more rewarding to do things in a supportive environment. Alan Mulally more just things environment An important part of leadership is being able to hold two things in your mind at once: Dealing with the reality, whatever it may be, and focus on hope for the future. Any leader helping an organization through challenges needs to be able to do both. Alan Mulally future focus leadership hope If you have a common purpose and an environment in which people want to help others succeed, the problems will be fixed quickly. Alan Mulally help-others problems you people The automobile has moved into the mainstream of our integrated digital world. Alan Mulally our automobile digital world Similar Authors Bruce White engineer Augustin-Jean Fresnel engineer Arthur Rudolph engineer Aron Ralston engineer Anousheh Ansari engineer Alex Dow engineer All Authors
