Chapter 15Principle 9: Grow Leaders Who Thoroughly Understand the Work, Live the Philosophy, and Teach It to Others

Until senior management gets their egos out of the way and goes to the whole team and leads them all together … senior management will continue to miss out on the brain power and extraordinary capabilities of all their employees. At Toyota, we simply place the highest value on our team members and do the best we can to listen to them and incorporate their ideas into our planning process.

—Alex Warren, former Senior VPToyota Motor Manufacturing, Kentucky

 

The Automotive News wraps up each year by recognizing the biggest news-makers in the industry. The Newsmakers of 2002 (December 20, 2002) included Bill Ford (CEO of Ford), Robert ...

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