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I am honored to be able to serve GM at this critical juncture and take part in its reinvention.

~Edward Whitacre, Jr.

Topics: Able Am Critical Honored Part Reinvention Serve Take I Am Gm

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If someone wants to transmit a high-quality service with no interruptions and 'guaranteed this, guaranteed that,' they should be willing to pay for that.

~Edward Whitacre, Jr.

Topics: Guaranteed High-Quality Interruptions Pay Service Should Someone Transmit Wants Willing

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TARP is funded by taxpayers, so there are many rules about how that money can and can't be used. The result: GM spends an awful lot of time checking in with the people who administer TARP over everything from hiring to executive compensation and management. For a global company, that adds up to a lot of distraction.

~Edward Whitacre, Jr.

Topics: About Adds Administer Awful Awful Lot Checking Company Compensation Distraction Everything Executive Global Hiring How Lot Management Many Money Over People Result Rules Taxpayers Time Up Used Who Gm

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So long as TARP money is wrapped up in GM, the company will never shake its 'Government Motors' image. That label, as competitors and GM employees are keenly aware, is code for one thing: 'GM is a failure.'

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Topics: Aware Code Company Competitors Employees Failure Government Image Label Long Money Motors Never One Thing Shake Thing Up Will Wrapped Gm

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I find people to be people everywhere. Everyone wants the same thing - be successful.

~Edward Whitacre, Jr.

Topics: Everyone Everywhere Find People Same Same Thing Successful Thing Wants

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None of us has control over the economy, the job market, or anything else in the global sense. But we are 100% in charge of how we respond to challenges that come our way, be it the loss of a job, a career derailment, or some other disappointment.

~Edward Whitacre, Jr.

Topics: Anything Anything Else Career Challenges Charge Come Control Disappointment Economy Else Global How Job Loss Market None Other Our Over Respond Sense Some Us Way

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I started at GM knowing very little about that particular business. Not being an expert means you have to learn everything, starting from the basics.

~Edward Whitacre, Jr.

Topics: About Basics Being Business Everything Expert Knowing Learn Little Means Particular Started Starting Very You Gm

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When I got to GM they were using a matrix method of management which means everybody has more than one boss. I first heard about that system many years ago. It's supposed to help with collaboration, but my assessment is that it's pretty hard to get geared for action that way.

~Edward Whitacre, Jr.

Topics: About Action Assessment Boss Collaboration Everybody First Geared Get Got Hard Heard Help Management Many Matrix Means Method More Pretty Supposed System Than Using Way Were Which Years Years Ago Gm

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When I went into GM there was a lack of morale. The company had gone bankrupt and the people who worked there were embarrassed. Underneath all of, though, there was a will to show what they were capable of, but nobody knew exactly what to do.

~Edward Whitacre, Jr.

Topics: Bankrupt Capable Company Embarrassed Exactly Exactly What Gone Had Knew Lack Morale Nobody People Show Though Underneath Were Who Will Worked Gm

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Businessman

Born: November 4th, 1941

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