Top 66 Alan Mulally Quotes

We’re so interdependent, and what one country does is such an important part of what happens in the global economy.

I taught my executive team how to argue.

Data can set you free.

There is a great market for cars in the United States – as Honda and Toyota have proven.

I grew up with Microsoft. I know the leadership of Microsoft.

We don’t worry over macro-economic factors when investing, as we are always thinking about the long-term.

When people feel accountable and included, it is more fun.

My career has been spent developing airplanes.

I sleep very well, although sometimes it’s hard to go to sleep ‘cos I’m so excited about the business performance review the following day.

Nothing will ever have the impact that 9/11 had on Boeing and on the world. It just changed things overnight.

What I’ve learned is the power of a compelling vision.

The automobile has moved into the mainstream of our integrated digital world.

I love hanging out with skilled and motivated people.

Because of the Internet of Things, we’re all going to be connected.

You need to have a can-do attitude. There is always a way.

Positive leadership – conveying the idea that there is always a way forward – is so important, because that is what you are here for – to figure out how to move the organization forward. Critical to doing that is reinforcing the idea that everyone is included.

I don’t see anything changing about our desire for quality and fuel efficiency and safety and smart design, no matter what the vehicle size.

The most important thing that most countries around the world believe in is letting the markets determine the currency.

We want people to still have choices – Ford cars and trucks, whatever works for their lifestyle.

It’s all about producing products people want.

There is no reason that America can’t compete in a global economy, and I love being one small proof point in that.

More and more people realize the importance of economic growth, near-term and long-term in the U.S., and the competitiveness with other countries around the world.

As we develop our energy policies in the United States to generate our energy clean, then I think we’re going to really move to a world that all of us want, and that is a sustainable future.

Ford is committed to building a sustainable future for the benefit of all Americans, and we believe Ford is on the right path to achieve this vision.

Ford had a number of different strategies over the years that they thought obviously made sense at the time, just like all the different brands, and also the regional operations.

I can remember the first time I tried to drive into the garage of the world headquarters of Ford in a Camry. It was almost like they wouldn’t let me in. They said, ‘Why do you want to do that?’ I said, ‘Because we are going to make the best cars in the world, and we need to know everything about the competitor’s car.’

A lot of people don’t want to get bad news.

The most important thing is the fact we have created this successful and sustainable Ford Motor Co. worldwide. I have no regrets.

At Ford, one of the behaviors is you listen, and you don’t have side conversations during the meeting. It’s just so important everybody stays focused.

Never make a joke or try for humor at someone else’s expense. In a high-stakes environment, everyone needs to feel safe.

At the most fundamental level, it is an honor to serve – at whatever type or size of organization you are privileged to lead, whether it is a for-profit or nonprofit. It is an honor to serve. Starting from that foundation, it is important to have a compelling vision and a comprehensive plan.

You create value, and you create jobs.

Everybody cares about not only quality and functionality, but they also want the power of choice, whether it’s a small vehicle or a large vehicle.

I believe America should make things.

Man, have I become a car guy!

I really like working with talented people to do something for a lot of people around our world.

The similarities between commercial airplanes and automobiles are striking. It’s all about safe and efficient transportation using the latest technology and the best fuel efficiency.

I’ve been through geopolitical and economic cycles.

An important part of leadership is being able to hold two things in your mind at once: Dealing with the reality, whatever it may be, and focus on hope for the future. Any leader helping an organization through challenges needs to be able to do both.

If you have to improve your fuel efficiency every year, it leads to innovation.

Transparency is so important in business.

We’ve always loved the automobile, and we all love Henry Ford’s original vision to open the highways to all mankind, the freedom and movement.

It’s all about competitiveness: are you making the products that people really do want and value, and are you making it more efficiently and using less resources and less time than the competition?

I found a new love in Google. I’m a Googler now.

The purpose of life is to love and be loved… what could possibly be more energizing than that?

With Sync technology, we’re seamlessly connected to the Internet, hands-free, and able to focus on the road but also able to handle guidance and navigation and play your music.

If you get honest feedback and do nothing about it, then the feedback will stop.

I know how inter-dependent the world is.

It is just more rewarding to do things in a supportive environment.

I’m a creative guy, a designer, a customer.

If you have a common purpose and an environment in which people want to help others succeed, the problems will be fixed quickly.

I’m more convinced than when I accepted this job that we can create a viable Ford Motor Co. that makes cars and trucks that people really do prefer. And we can make them using minimum resources and minimum time and be competitive with our competition.

The One Ford plan drives the business to get PGA, Profitable Growth for All, meaning that every year we increase the profits and cash flow. So how do we do that? We serve all the markets around the world with a complete family of vehicles and use the One Ford Plan.

I felt very comfortable moving from aerospace to automobiles.

Boeing is a United States icon.

Be true to yourself and your values.

The A-PAC region is so important, mainly because it is growing much faster than the global average.

I’ve just seen it all – I’ve seen the bird flu, I’ve seen the Asian economic meltdown, SARS, 9/11, economic cycles.

It’s really important that we have an improvement curve on fuel mileage and CO2 reduction.

Consumers want safe and really efficient automobiles.

This working together is just so important: you’re either working together, or you’re not working together.

Some people believe the U.S. can’t compete in the design and manufacture of sophisticated products. I think we absolutely can if we pull together. We have shown that we can do that in commercial airplanes, and we can absolutely prove that we can do that in automobiles.

Where you really get in trouble is if the market is dropping and the economy’s slowing down and you don’t take action.

Both Boeing and Ford are absolutely committed to safe and efficient transportation.

All of us want to know that we are doing great things, that we are touching a lot of people, and that what we are doing is something bigger than ourselves.

You can’t improve if you don’t know what the real situation is.