Ford CEO Jim Hackett chats with University of Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh on how football roots influence his management style
Hackett, in a 2015 photo, did a brief stint as Michigan's interim athletic director. Photo credit: UM Athletic Department Imagine GM CEO Mary Barra plays on Ohio State's offensive line. That's basically how Jim Hackett pictures her. The Ford Motor Co. CEO says he got the idea from his football coach at the University of Michigan, the late Bo Schembechler. Hackett, a backup center on Schembechler's powerhouse teams in the mid-1970s, was a guest on this week's episode of "Attack Each Day," a weekly podcast hosted by Michigan's current coach, Jim Harbaugh, and his father, Jack. Hackett explained one of Schembechler's motivational strategies: "He would have your position and your name, 'Jim Hackett,' and he'd have the center from Ohio State, and he'd say, 'Are you going to outplay him today?'?So I do this thing where I go, 'Is Jim Hackett going to outplay Mary Barra today?'?" He continued: "Is Clare Bra...