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Learning
to lead
In the classroom or on the job, Boeing prepares
the leaders of today—and tomorrow By Ann Beach
This is the first in a three-part series that focuses on graduates of Boeing’s leadership
development programs who are using what they’ve learned to help drive business
results. Whether the learning happens at the Boeing Leadership Center in St. Louis
or at their work sites, all the graduates have one thing in common—they are eager
to learn more and help others succeed.
Among Gail Meredith’s many leadership
challenges has been leading the Boeing
team of some 350 employees who rolled
out a major Windows operating system
upgrade across the enterprise, including
to Engineering.
“We had experts from the business
units and Information Technology with
different personalities and working styles
collaborating across the enterprise,” said
Meredith, director of Windows Desktop
Blockpoint for Information Technology.
“My leadership challenge became
building that trust, building that collaboration
and building the motivation to be
successful.”
What she had learned at the Boeing
Leadership Center, Meredith said, was
of tremendous help in undertaking
“True leadership development happens anywhere,
anytime—out in the workplace, at our sites—with our
people working together.”
– John Messman, director, Boeing Leadership Development
PHOTOS: (Above) Gail Meredith (standing), director, Windows Desktop Blockpoint for Information Technology, discusses the progress
of Windows 7 deployment with Catherine Lamas, project manager, IT business operations and governance. Paul Pinner/Boeing
(Right) Craig Trewet, site director for Boeing Fabrication in Salt Lake City, welcomes guests when the 787 Dreamliner visited the site
earlier this year. DAVE HUTSELL/boeing
30 BOEING FRONTIERS / SEPTEMBER 2012