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Variety at the helm
Boeing CEO Jim McNerney shared the lessons he learned from a career that’s covered spaceships and office supplies
Paul Dailing
In his career, Boeing Chairman and CEO Jim McNerney has led companies that make everything from spaceships to Post-It Notes.McNerney shared lessons from that wide and varied career with Dean Sally Blount ’92 and a packed hall of Kellogg students during the Brave Leader Series, a discussion that ranged from managing stakeholders to focusing a corporate vision.
Watch clips from McNerney’s Nov. 18 talk below below or watch the entire playlist on Kellogg's YouTube channel.
McNerney on putting in the work
McNerney on corporate values
McNerney on personal growth
McNerney on earning your title
Learn more from past Brave Leaders:
- Loop Capital co-founder, President and CEO Jim Reynolds ‘82
- McDonald’s President and CEO Don Thompson
- Maggie Wilderotter of Frontier Communications and Denise Morrison of Campbell Soup Company
- Equity Group Investments founder and Chairman Sam Zell
- Mondelēz International, Inc., Chairman and CEO Irene Rosenfeld