Alan Mulally Quotes
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I felt very comfortable moving from aerospace to automobiles.
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I have a lot of respect for Microsoft.
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I've been very fortunate to be part of projects that are really big and broad.
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The A-PAC region is so important, mainly because it is growing much faster than the global average.
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I sleep very well, although sometimes it's hard to go to sleep 'cos I'm so excited about the business performance review the following day.
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The most important thing is to simultaneously deal with reality - really the way it is, not the way you wished it could be or you hoped it could be - but also have a vision about where you want to go.
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We don't worry over macro-economic factors when investing, as we are always thinking about the long-term.
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More and more people realize the importance of economic growth, near-term and long-term in the U.S., and the competitiveness with other countries around the world.
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If you have to improve your fuel efficiency every year, it leads to innovation.
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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.
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When I arrived in Ford, a decision was made to sell many marquee brands. This was because 85 per cent of the sales were from Ford and Lincoln brands. We were clear that for the company's strong future, we needed to focus on the Ford brands.
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Some people believe the U.S. can't compete in the design and manufacture of sophisticated products. I think we absolutely can if we pull together. We have shown that we can do that in commercial airplanes, and we can absolutely prove that we can do that in automobiles.
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Ford had a number of different strategies over the years that they thought obviously made sense at the time, just like all the different brands, and also the regional operations.
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If you get honest feedback and do nothing about it, then the feedback will stop.
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Both Boeing and Ford are absolutely committed to safe and efficient transportation.
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I can remember the first time I tried to drive into the garage of the world headquarters of Ford in a Camry. It was almost like they wouldn't let me in. They said, 'Why do you want to do that?' I said, 'Because we are going to make the best cars in the world, and we need to know everything about the competitor's car.'
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I'm more convinced than when I accepted this job that we can create a viable Ford Motor Co. that makes cars and trucks that people really do prefer. And we can make them using minimum resources and minimum time and be competitive with our competition.
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Because of the Internet of Things, we're all going to be connected.
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I drive a different car every night.
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This working together is just so important: you're either working together, or you're not working together.
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I found a new love in Google. I'm a Googler now.
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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.
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The Chinese love Ford's product line: they love the quality, the fuel-efficiency, the safety, the brand.
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As we develop our energy policies in the United States to generate our energy clean, then I think we're going to really move to a world that all of us want, and that is a sustainable future.