| Rick Popp, VP Human Resources, Ford of Mexico
There is no doubt in my mind that our commitment to the Pathways to Leadership experience has played a key role in Ford of Mexico being recognized by Expansión Magazine as the best place to work in Mexico, out of 382 companies across all industries.
Given the leadership team's commitment and goal to develop a best in class culture, with Pathways to Leadership as one of the key strategies, I am also proud to report that Ford of Mexico has the highest employee satisfaction in the Company, as measured by our annual global internal survey.
(see "The Best Company to Work in Mexico in 2007 Award by EXPANSION Magazine"
article)
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Other Ford Motor Company Success Stories
Ford of Mexico
Using the tools in a meeting with a large industrial company
(sole source supplier) that owed us a significant amount of
money, we were able to recover over $500,000. Two months
have passed and our agreements have stuck and the problem
has been resolved for the long term. It was not until immediately
after the meeting, however, that my manager told me the person
I was negotiating with was known for being a VERY tough negotiator.
I saw a very different person, AND I was able to get what
I wanted. I have found a more productive way to negotiate.
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Ford Motor Company, Dearborn
The Engineering Budget Process could have been extremely
negative. Instead, the whole Outfitters group was focused
on success and the positive aspect of having a budget
that people can be held accountable for - because everyone
wants to be great and contribute to the company's success.
We used the 3 Conditions of Change, and
kept our focus firmly on the positive side of the Energy
Map (What's working?), which helped deliver the
$80M and 200 heads.
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I used the tools to come up with a creative budget solution
using the Recipe for Partnership and the Personal
Development Framework. We came up with hiring 10 TBO heads
to do legacy data conversion work. Our team and finance were
very happy. Net savings = $500K. We hit two birds with
one stone. The value of this is we can do other things with
that money.
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A required procedure change was going to be very expensive.
Knowing the program could not afford the expense, I
used the Recipe for Partnership tool to implement
the change at no development costs and stay within budget.
It avoided a $20K expense, it has built unity
within the team to "do the right thing," and the team
is now more than ever determined to make the P221 program
an outstanding success.
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