Alan Mulally Quotes
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The more senior your management position is, the more important it is to connect the organization or the project to the outside world. You know, how does this fit in with what we're doing? What is the real goal, the real mission?
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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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It's just really important that we have boundaries and guidelines to operate. Our homes, the cars, everything is going to be on the Internet. And so what are the guidelines? What do we want?
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Ford is committed to building a sustainable future for the benefit of all Americans, and we believe Ford is on the right path to achieve this vision.
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The most important thing that most countries around the world believe in is letting the markets determine the currency.
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If you get honest feedback and do nothing about it, then the feedback will stop.
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You can't manage a secret.
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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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If you have to improve your fuel efficiency every year, it leads to innovation.
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My career has been spent developing airplanes.
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No country is ever successful in the long term... without a really strong and vibrant manufacturing base.
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Don't manage your career. Follow your dream and contribute.
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My favorite expression is a tag line or an advertising and marketing campaign that Ford ran a number of years ago. They ran it for almost 12 years, and it was, 'Have you driven a Ford lately?'
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It's all about producing products people want.
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Never make a joke or try for humor at someone else's expense. In a high-stakes environment, everyone needs to feel safe.
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I found a new love in Google. I'm a Googler now.
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It was an honor to serve at Boeing on the 777.
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I drive a different car every night.
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It's really important that we have an improvement curve on fuel mileage and CO2 reduction.
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Where you really get in trouble is if the market is dropping and the economy's slowing down and you don't take action.
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There is no reason that America can't compete in a global economy, and I love being one small proof point in that.
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With Sync technology, we're seamlessly connected to the Internet, hands-free, and able to focus on the road but also able to handle guidance and navigation and play your music.
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I love hanging out with skilled and motivated people.
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The reason I loved working at Boeing was because I loved the idea of air travel as a way of bringing people and cultures together - because when we come together as people and cultures, we realize that we are not that different after all, and when we realize that we are not that different after all, the world becomes a better place.