Learning to Engineering.Among Gail Meredith’s many leadership“We had experts from the businesschallenges has been leading the Boeingteam of some 350 employees who rolledout a major Windows operating systemupgrade across the enterprise, including to lead collaborating across the enterprise,” saidunits and Information Technology withdifferent personalities and working styles In the classroom or on the job, Boeing prepares Blockpoint for Information Technology.Meredith, director of Windows Desktop the leaders of today—and tomorrow By Ann Beach “My leadership challenge became building that trust, building that collabora- This is the first in a three-part series that focuses on graduates of Boeing’s leadership tion and building the motivation to be development programs who are using what they’ve learned to help drive business successful.” results. Whether the learning happens at the Boeing Leadership Center in St. Louis What she had learned at the Boeing or at their work sites, all the graduates have one thing in common—they are eager Leadership Center, Meredith said, was to learn more and help others succeed. of tremendous help in undertaking “True leadership development happens anywhere, anytime—out in the workplace, at our sites—with our people working together.” – John Messman, director, Boeing Leadership Development PhOTOS: (Above) Gail Meredith (standing), director, Windows Desktop Blockpoint for Information Technology, discusses the progress of Windows 7 deployment with Catherine Lamas, project manager, IT business operations and governance. PAul PINNER/BOEING (Right) Craig Trewet, site director for Boeing Fabrication in Salt Lake City, welcomes guests when the 787 Dreamliner visited the site earlier this year. dAVE huTSEll/BOEING 30 BOEING FRONTIERS / SEPTEMBER 2012
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