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Ford executives presented 300 green status charts despite losing $17 billion
“We have about 300 charts with the entire team. And we've also shared with them now for the first time that we lose seventeen billion dollars. And all 300 charts, Shane, were colored green.”
Ford's executive reporting transparency drastically improved within two months
“Within two months, When I arrived at Ford, we were on our way. The colors were all showing up. The behaviors were getting just fantastic. The stress was going down. The issues we're dealing with were considered gems, and we're going to solve them together, and…”
Ford secured a $23.5 billion loan for restructuring and product development
“Taking out a small home improvement loan of 23 and a half billion dollars to finance The restructuring, but also we financed the product development plan to support other customers and our growth.”
When confronted, 80% of resistant executives chose to commit to new standards
“80% of the time that it happened, they moved in the direction of staying and making a commitment and making great progress on working together, because it goes back to just basic fundamental human values that are powerful.”
Ford faced a projected $17 billion loss due to brand over-expansion
“They'd become a house of brands, and purchased Aston Martin, and Jaguar, and Land Rover, and Volvo, and still 70, 80% of the business was Ford, and which, as you know, you can't be world-class too many things at the same time, and so they were going to lose se…”
Mulally led weekly business reviews for 45 years, missing only ten
“I've gone through my introduction of the vision, strategy, and plan for 45 years, every week. I think I maybe missed 10 meetings, because wherever you are you phone in, or you link in, and the kids used to link in with me before somewhere.”