'Tougher, Not Meaner': GM's Mary Barra On First Year as CEO
Posted in: Uncategorized
General Motors CEO Mary Barra said she was surprised by the wave of media attention that followed her appointment as the first female CEO of a major global automaker about a year ago, saying that it reflects a backward view of the automotive industry.
In an on-stage conversation with Automotive News Editor-in-Chief Keith Crain, Ms. Barra reflected on everything from where she finds peace and quiet — at the grocery store — to her approach to firing employees and her whirlwind first year as CEO, which began exactly one year ago and included a deluge of safety recalls.
“The biggest surprise was what the rest of the world and other industries thought of the [automotive] industry, that it was so stunning,” Ms. Barra said during an appearance at the Automotive News World Congress Wednesday. “I think they don’t know us very well. I think they had us back 20, 30 years.”
Post a Comment