Alan Mulally's Quotes

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.

Alan Mulally

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

Alan Mulally

Whatever we do toward energy independence has to be done in the context of using less resources.

Alan Mulally

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.

Alan Mulally

Leadership is having a compelling vision, a comprehensive plan, relentless implementation, and talented people working together.

Alan Mulally

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.

Alan Mulally

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.

Alan Mulally

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

Alan Mulally

The reason I loved working at Boeing was because I loved the idea of air travel as a way of bringing people and cultures together - because when we come together as people and cultures, we realize that we are not that different after all, and when we realize that we are not that different after all, the world becomes a better place.

Alan Mulally

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

Alan Mulally

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.

Alan Mulally

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.

Alan Mulally