Helping your people get 15 percent better

You may not have heard of Jim McNerney, Boeging's CEO, and that's partially because he does not seek the media spotlight. In this article, the author will focus on why he chose McNerney and how he improves organizations -- one employee at a time. McNerney is a very smart leader: He's smart about motivating people, crafting business strategies that spark profitable growth, making operations more efficient and effective, and creating harmony within communities. McNerney focuses on people's growth because he believes that if the company's people grow, then the company will grow. McNerney starts by engaging people throughout the organization in a conversation about what leadership means. By defining explicit leadership attributes in collaboration with the people in the organization, McNerney not only makes sure that people really understand what each of the attributes means, he also gets them emotionally engaged in supporting them. McNerney has a knack for getting people below him in an organization to share information.