General Motors

Hired great college graduates and experienced engineers.

Given more freedom to design in your area of responsibility.

Recognize individual contributions.

Not focused on mentoring young and inexperienced engineers. There is a lack of supervision and involvement by management. Instead, it relies on senior engineers for their training and learnings. However, at the same time, management wants competition, which creates conflicts.

Doesn't focus on teamwork but on individual accomplishments.

Management allows a culture of pride, trash talk, and unproductive competition among engineers.

Management allowed non-business behaviors. For example, open dating among young coworkers creates people issues (it almost feels like high school; this should be after work and personal).

Management allows childish behavior among young people.

Does not embrace innovation; there are 'not invented here' attitudes and a lack of openness to criticism (improvements) from engineers outside their area.

Practice teamwork rather than 'alliances', even within each organization.

Allow open communication between employees and upper management.

Promote the right people and social values, integrity, and teamwork.