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Learn from Laurette Koellner, President of Shared Services Group at Boeing, about her inclusive leadership style and impactful strategies for managing change, ethical issues, and shaping organizational culture.
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Effective Enterprises Executive Interview Laurette Koellner Vice President of The Boeing Company President, Shared Services Group January 31, 2002
Laurette KoellnerPresidentShared Services Group • Joined Boeing in 1978, in current position since November 2000 • Shared Services Group provides infrastructure support to The Boeing Company operating organizations • Computing, Voice, Security and Fire, Facilities Management • Travel Management, Recruiting and Relocation • Serves on the board of Seattle’s Intiman Theatre and on the board of directors of Exostar – an aerospace e-business trading exchange
Laurette KoellnerPresident, Shared Services Group • Koellner held a variety of management positions during her 19 years with McDonald Douglas Corporation including division Human Resources Director and Director of Overhead Management • Bachelor’s degree in business management from University of Central Florida, and a Master’s degree in business administration from Stetson University in Florida.
Leadership Style / Philosophy • Definitely inclusive • Values everyone’s ideas • Delegates but feels accountable • Has 1-to-1 relationships with people in many organizational levels • Organization levels do not matter if you’re sincere • Answers her own electronic mail
Impact of style • Put the right people in place and trust them • You earn people’s trust, you are not entitled because of your position on an org chart • Encourages employees to go into new areas to stretch their ideas and careers • Employee survey results show statistically significant improvement
Ability to Manage Change • Involved in change at all levels – from career moves to corporate merger • Inclusiveness is very important • If new to an area • trust the leaders you have in place • overtime you will get the right people in and have the guts to make changes • don’t act like you know it all don’t make drastic changes immediately
Ethical Issues • You must treat all employees with dignity and respect • Let them know their opinion counts • Committed to safety all the time • Emphasis on providing a safe work environment
Shapes the Culture of the Organization • Get buy-in from all employees on direction and guiding principles • Build and maintain effective teams • Provide easy-to-access services to customers • Manage e-business as an asset • Key leadership skills are not technical – it is knowing how to lead cultural change
Our Findings • Build trust in all organization levels • Don’t be afraid to change and stretch your ideas and skills • Build effective teams to lead change • Use processes that provide structure for growth • Don’t focus on what’s wrong – focus on where we’re going and how to change • The future is here – we need to be strong leaders to help change the business culture