Boeing Vice Chairman Ray Conner on Courage, Servant Leadership, Imagery

Ray Conner (0:00)

Well, I always used to like to say when I was the head of sales, you know, if we do our job really well, we're going to provide a better life for thousands of people here and around all the United States and around the world.

That's what you should think about. That's the way we should approach our job. I hope the millennials can get that. Let's see what they got.

Michael Gervais (0:24)

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Now, this conversation is with Ray Conner. Ray was responsible for running America's largest manufacturing export, the Boeing Company, and if you're not familiar with the name of the company, you've likely put your life in their hands if you've been on an airplane.

Boeing is the world's largest aerospace company and leading manufacturer of commercial jetliners, defense, space and security systems.

So Ray is the vice chairman of the Boeing Company and a member of the Boeing Executive Council. When Ray and I met, he served as the president and chief executive officer at Boeing Commercial Airplanes. And so Ray earned his stripes at Boeing. He went from being a mechanic on the factory floor to realizing his vision of becoming CEO. It's an incredible journey that he lays out. And like how does that happen? And I think that it's many people's dreams for their children is that do earnest good work, care about what you're doing and make great decisions and the future will work out for you. We say those types of things to people. If you can imagine anything will happen, it's not quite right. And I don't want to get in the way of people's dreams, but the idea behind Ray's journey is that he captures that work ethic does matter and great decisions do matter as well.