"The Birkman [Method]®… helped Red Poling and me surprise a lot of people inside and outside the [Ford Motor] company, who fully expected us not to get along as president and chairman, respectively. I suggested that Red and I share our [Birkman] test results with each other. I read about him, he read about me, and then we had a professional explain what kinds of things we'd have to watch out for - how we might misunderstand each other. We saw pretty clearly how different we were and that we'd better not forget it. I'm convinced it helped us work together extremely well, despite what people expected".

From the book, A Better Idea: Redefining the Way Americans Work By Donald E. Petersen (Former CEO, Ford Motor Company) Published by Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston

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