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7 Practices of Alan Mulally that Helped Ford Pass Competitors

Michael Lee Stallard

One process to do this is the weekly “Business Plan Review” (or “BPR”) meeting attended by the global leadership team, and all business and functional leaders. At BPR meetings, leaders present updates on progress to achieve their goals. Mulally talks about the importance of developing a collective point of view.

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

Great Leadership By Dan

He instituted weekly business performance review (BPR) meetings that required a new level of rigor, scrutiny, and detailed analysis from the company’s leaders. But one angle that hasn't yet been covered is the brand-inspired cultural revolution he led inside the organization.

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Why Companies Should Listen to Occupy Wall Street

Harvard Business Review

Over the next two decades, business witnessed several additional megatrends: business process re-engineering (BPR), globalization, the dot-com era, and the sustainability movement. Before we knew it, the quality movement was changing the rules of business.

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