Leadership Summit | Terri Kelly

Here are some of the highlights from an interview with Terri Kelly, the President and CEO of W.L. Gore & Associates.

• “To be innovative, you have to create an environment of collaboration.”
• “Gore is a peer-based organization.”
• “You want to encourage everyone to connect to everyone in their network.”
• “We don’t tell people what to do, and we don’t tell people what projects to work on.” …instead leaders use influence
• “We believe everyone can make a significant contribution.”
• “Not all ideas bubble up to be great ideas.”
• “We use a peer review process to make sure great ideas bubble up.”
• “The notion that the leader is responsible for coaching and mentoring the whole organization is very limiting.”
• “One of the important roles of leaders is to figure out how to divide in order to multiply.”
• “Who doesn’t want to be believed in?”
• “The leadership sets the tone for the values. The organization is watching to make sure their actions truly align.”
• “They are only a leader if there are people who want to follow them.”