HENRY FORD

 Henry Ford (July 30, 1863 – April 7, 1947) was an American industrialist &

founder of the Ford Motor Company,
 chief developer of the assembly line technique of mass production.
 He Created the first automobile that middle-class Americans could afford, he
converted the automobile from an expensive curiosity into an accessible conveyance
that profoundly impacted the landscape of the 20th century.
 Ford demonstrated the qualities that defined his career through the years:
mechanical ability, a facility for leadership, and a preference for learning by trial-and-
error. The founder of the Ford Motor Company was always interested in the
mechanical aspect of everything surrounding him. 
 Ford taught himself how to fix watches just by opening them and studying
the mechanism

The company was a success from the beginning, but just five weeks after its
incorporation the Association of Licensed Automobile Manufacturers
threatened to put it out of business because Ford was not a licensed
manufacturer. He had been denied a license by this group. He was glad to
fight, even though the fight pitted the puny Ford Motor Company against
an industry worth millions of dollars. The gathering of evidence and actual
court hearings took six years. Ford lost the original case in 1909; he
appealed and won in 1911. His victory had wide implications for the
industry, and the fight made Ford a popular hero.

Leadership Qualities of Henry Ford

Leadership qualities identify which ways a leader followed to lead his fellow
members. Here’re some leadership qualities of Henry Ford.

He always wanted more: Henry Ford was kind of a person who was never satisfied
with what he had. He was always looking for more. And this thirst for more was
actually the main reason behind his success. He wanted to invent and explore
everything whenever he achieved something, the very next moment, he was found to
be engaged in another project.

A viewer of the large picture: Henry was a man full of vision. He always thought
about the future and how to get more benefit. When Henry decided to increase the
salary of his worker, his investors didn’t agree with him. But he did that so that best
engineers and mechanics get attracted to work with them. Also, more salary means
more purchasing power and workers started to buy the companies vehicle; thus, the
profit of Ford Motor’s increased.
He valued human capital: Although Ford was involved in the machine and machinery
invention, he never underestimated the importance of human capital. Back then,
employees and workers were not considered as an essential part of a company. But
Ford valued his workforce and tried to do everything possible no matter how many
times he had to go against investors and other members.

He believed in equality: Herd Ford never did any discrimination. At that time in

America, racism and bigotry were acute. But even in the middle of that chaos, Ford
created an example by maintaining equality in the workplace. There he appointed
African Americans, Women, disabled individual etc. In his companies, there were
people of almost 62 nationalities, and nearly 900 physically disabled workers worked
there.

Leadership Traits of Henry Ford: Self Believer , Accessor, High expectation,

persistent

HENRY FORD QUOTES

• Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your
goals.

• Don't find fault, find a remedy; anybody can complain

• When everything seem to be going against you, remember that the airplane
takes off against the wind, not with it ....

• Even a mistake may turn out to be the one thing necessary to a worthwhile
achievement

• It has been my observation that most people get ahead during the time that

others waste.

Ford’s abstract thinking, determination, and empathy make him a

grand and noble person. In his life He sparked a revolution in
transportation, made it clear he wasn’t going to take no for an
answer, and put aside nearly everything he had for people in need.
The obstacles he overcame made him a stronger and better human
being. As far as role models go, Henry Ford comes close to first place.
He lived by a set of standards that was based on the belief that, if
you believed in yourself and set your mind to something, anything is
possible.
Honors and recognition
 In December 1999, Ford was among 18 included in Gallup's List of Widely
Admired People of the 20th Century, from a poll conducted of the
American people.
 In 1928, Ford was awarded the Franklin Institute's Elliott Cresson Medal.
 In 1938, Ford was awarded Nazi Germany's Grand Cross of the German
Eagle, a medal given to foreigners sympathetic to Nazism.[126]
 The United States Postal Service honored Ford with a Prominent
Americans series (1965–1978) 12¢ postage stamp.
 He was inducted into the Automotive Hall of Fame in 1946.[127][128]
 In 1975, Ford was posthumously inducted into the Junior
Achievement U.S. Business Hall of Fame.[129]
 In 1985, he was inducted into the National Aviation Hall of Fame.[130]
 He was inducted into the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America in 1996.[131]