A CEO's primary role is facilitating specialized knowledge workers
Alan Mulally · Alan Mulally: The Power Of Working Together · Nov 1, 2022 · at 1:10:24
Former Ford and Boeing CEO Alan Mulally discusses why modern leadership requires acting as a coach and facilitator rather than an autocrat.
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“You have, well, all of this talent, all of which knows more than you do about their given subject. This is Peter Drucker's knowledge workers, and so we need the hearts and minds of all the knowledge workers in a safe and a healthy environment, and so the biggest contribution you're going to make, and the reason you should be compensated for it, is if you can create this culture of love and by design that is so, has a reliable process and behaviors to create value for the later good.”
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