Bill Ford
Bill Ford
William Clay "Bill" Ford Jr.is an American businessman. The great-grandson of Henry Ford, he serves as the executive chairman of Ford Motor Company. Ford also served as the President, CEO, and COO until turning over those roles to former Boeing executive Alan Mulally in September 2006. Ford is also the Vice Chairman of the Detroit Lions NFL franchise...
thinking america people
All things being equal, I think people would still prefer to do business with their hometown companies. That's true in America, that's true in China, that's true in Germany.
inspiring world doe
A good company delivers excellent products and services, and a great company does all that and strives to make the world a better place.
inspiring impact people
Social obligation is much bigger than supporting worthy causes. It includes anything that impacts people and the quality of their lives .
growing-up believe top-management
One of the things I've had the advantage of, growing up and being close to the top management of this company and other companies for most of my life, is seeing how CEOs start to believe in their own infallibility. And that really scares me.
data information form
It's amazing how much data is out there. The question is how do we put it in a form that's usable?
confident deliver europe execute leadership plans progress team
while maintaining the progress we have made in Europe and Asia. ... With these new appointments, I am confident that we have the leadership team in place to execute our plans and deliver outstanding results.
actively customers engage expand fuel needed providers understand
In addition, we are working with fuel providers to expand the infrastructure needed to provide ethanol. And we're going to actively engage customers so they will understand that they have (flex-fuel vehicle) options.
delivered past progress several
We've delivered considerable progress over the past several months,
believe financial involves quick rewards risks
This transformation isn't going to be quick and it isn't going to be painless. It involves risks and the financial rewards won't be immediate. But in the end, I believe we'll get there.
quick
This transformation isn't going to be quick and it isn't going to be painless.
americas best cars challenge lead level next operations producing sustained trucks
(Fields') next challenge is to lead The Americas automotive operations back to a sustained level of profitability while producing the best cars and trucks in the industry,
ready until
We're not going to be ready until January,
again analyst beat estimates quarters second third
We beat analyst estimates in the first and second quarters and we will do it again in the third quarter,
focus forecast improve recognize results
We recognize that our fourth-quarter results forecast is unacceptable and we are working with a laser-like focus to improve our performance,