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Ten Years After Ford’s Spectacular Turnaround, What Alan Mulally Reveals About Brand-Inspired Cultural Revolution

Great Leadership By Dan

With One Ford, he put the purpose and values of the Ford brand at the center of the organization and unified the company’s people, plans, operations, and products to restore the brand to automotive leadership. In 2010, Motor Trend named one of Ford’s newest cars, the Ford Fusion, “Car of the Year.”

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The Rise of the COO

Harvard Business Review

Of the 97 largest listed companies in the UK and the Eurozone in 2010, only 37 had a COO in their executive ranks. Part of the problem may be in the backgrounds that companies desired: 85% of COOs had experience in operations, strategy, or finance. Few European companies have COOs, although their numbers appear to be growing.

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New Ways to Collaborate for Process Improvement

Harvard Business Review

Suggestions ranged from streamlining operational processes, saving thousands of hours annually, to simplifying financial and sales processes across business units. Power ranks Ford the highest in initial quality among non-luxury automotive brands. In early 2010, Avery Dennison, a $6.5

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Grassroots Leadership through Social Power

Coaching Tip

A Brewing Situation for Grassroots Leadership through Social Power. A brewing example of the opportunity for grassroots leadership through social power is the proposed building of a publicly-owned bridge between the busiest U.S.-Canada Canada border crossing. One-quarter of the truck freight between the U.S.

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