Alan Mulally

TV Series Review: Empire “Empire’s are not built in a day but this one was created in one season. Writer and Producer Lee Daniels has once again out done himself with his creativity and adaption of his new hit series Empire which first aired on FOX news last spring. Daniels directed and produced many other hit movies such as Precious and The Butler which won several awards for its outstanding production and outstanding performance by the cast. Empire, a new television series created by…

On January 7, 2015 Empire premiered on Fox. The show quickly gained a strong fan base. Not far into the first season Empire was ranked one of Fox’s number hit television shows. Empire is about the hip hop and entertainment company, Empire Entertainment, and the drama among the members of the founders’ family. It is about their fight for control of the company. It stars Terrence Howard as Lucious Lyon, who was a former drug dealer turned hip hop mogul and CEO of Empire. After Lucious learns that…

The Little Prince, by Antione de Saint Exupéry, isn't an ordinary story. In fact, it was tailored for the child inside of us, but even as grow-ups we can't seem to understand it fully. However, Saint Exupéry's use of Archetypal theory, the hero's journey in specific, assists the reader throughout the story and eventually reveals the meaning of it. There are conflicting opinions on who exactly goes on this heroic journey. In my opinion, it's only the the little prince: the pilot on the other…

Knowledge is what makes one thrive and grow, this is best done through the interaction of others. When the Little Prince and the pilot meet, the pilot had just crashed his plane in the Desert of Sahara. The Little Prince asks the pilot to draw him a sheep. Since the pilot had only drawn two drawings in his entire life (a boa constrictor from the outside and a boa constrictor from the inside), he was really confused. When the pilot drew the first sheep, the Little Prince rejected it saying the…

When Mulally took over in late September of 2006, Ford Motor had lost an astounding 25% market share dating back to 1990, labor cost was $76/hr. in the unionized workforce, additionally 2006 was officially Ford’s worst year in the history of the company losing $12.4 billons dollars in the recession. (Kraemer, 2015). Alan Mulally who was a Boeing engineer had no previous experience in the automotive industry was considering…

culture that Henry Ford created had drastically changed and the company was facing potential bankruptcy. To recreate the once powerful culture of Ford, Alan Mulally was brought in as CEO to overcome the dysfunctional culture and was able to prevent the company’s downfall (Brady & Haley). The following will outline the changing culture that Mulally…

relationships and empowering people to lead. Her credibility as an authentic leader inspired and motivated employees to go the extra mile for her (George, Sims, McLean & Mayer, 2007). Authentic leadership has also been the key to success for Alan Mulally, the CEO of Ford. He believes leadership is about inspiring and empowering followers. He attended strategic meetings and strived…

During these hard times, Ford stayed smart and creative by creating new vehicles that meet the customer needs. Mulally assumed that everyone in the company knows the plan. He assured that relationships between business, dealer, and consumers were significantly improved. His management was excellent for this change. He also made a substantial positive difference in…

2008 crisis that had spared no industry. The crisis reach the point that the largest companies including the ones in the automotive sector have to turn to the financial aid from the government to be able to exist and continue to function. It 's like Mulally had a vision and knew what was expected and would have happened. He had already prepared his company and his employees to face the crisis with as much cash that Ford had in its possession. In his philosophy of "do not manages your career.…

staff members? Can you remember when you last listened to someone without interruptions or distractions from either telephone calls or drop-in visitors, when you just focused intently on the person speaking with you, ignoring all else? When CEO Alan Mulally arrived at Ford, he used a technique he had refined at Boeing. He found a way to instantly shift the senior executives on his team from talkers to listeners by changing the way he evaluated his team?s…