leadership Message Taking the lead Developing tomorrow’s leaders is essential to Boeing’s success T globe could come together to stimulate one another’s think- “don’t always happen inLessons in leadershiphe Boeing Leadership Center has always been considereda crossroads, a place where employees from around theing, to share ideas and best practices, and to build relationships. By the end of this year, more than 100,000 employees will a classroom.” have attended classes at the center in St. Louis since it opened in 1999. (See story, Page 30.) But we all know that lessons in – Norm Bartlett leadership don’t always happen in a classroom. As a result, Leadership Development is continuously upgrading Vice president, Leadership Talent Management and revising its curricula to support our business requirements Organization Effectiveness and objectives. By the end of this year, we will have offered nearly PhOTO: PETER GEORGE/BOEING 300,000 leadership development hours in 2012 alone through our foundational, executive and functional excellence programs. Our leadership development programs have come together We want to accelerate the readiness of our future leaders in as part of a Community of Practice to collaborate, share best support of the company’s seventh strategic imperative—empower- practices and align around common practices, processes and ing and deploying a new generation of leaders. For example, when tools. Ultimately, the Community will give employees greater Boeing had an influx of new managers, as Commercial Airplanes visibility into numerous opportunities and experiences that may started to increase program production rates, Leadership Develop- enable them to accelerate their leadership development. These ment partnered not only with Commercial Airplanes to deliver New development and rotation programs provide another avenue for Leaders Training at work sites in Puget Sound and Boeing South those aspiring to leadership positions. Carolina but also with Defense, Space & Security on curriculum As Boeing prepares to celebrate its first 100 years as an changes that support them. As a result, improved new leader aviation and aerospace company, we are evaluating how we training will be offered throughout the enterprise in 2013. deliver Leadership Development experience to help our people Boeing Leadership Center programs reinforce the company’s successfully navigate and grow the business over the next expectations of leadership by employees at every level. So does 100 years. our Leaders Teaching Leaders program, where Boeing leaders Our Leadership Development team and others from throughout serve as coaches and mentors. The contribution of our Leaders the company are engaged in these discussions. They are focused Teaching Leaders program has been significant: Hundreds of on improving the Boeing employee experience—from the moment Boeing leaders have spent thousands of hours as teachers at we have that hiring conversation with a job candidate, throughout the Leadership Center. Through the Leaders Teaching Leaders that person’s Boeing career and even beyond. We want to continue program, they have shared their wisdom, and their own personal to provide a work experience that will attract the most talented men stories of success and failure and the lessons learned from both. and women, whose knowledge and skills will help us grow and Those are lessons that new and seasoned managers take back strengthen our business. n to their work sites to share with others. BOEING FRONTIERS / SEPTEMBER 2012 7
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