Meet Carla Bailo, former President and CEO at the Center for Automotive Research

Download the 21 traits of authentic leadership e book In this podcast, you’ll meet Carla Bailo, President and CEO of the Center for Automotive Research. Carla shares with us her love of cars and deep roots in the automotive industry. Her long career has been full of opportunities to start from a blank slate, she loves doing things no one has done before. She also enjoys breaking molds and challenging people to think differently.02:27 – Carla’s deep roots in automotive05:30 – GMC ride and handling performance on big rigs, driving cross-country09:30 – Moving to Nissan’s newly opened R&D center, the “blank sheet of paper” job11:36 – Joint venture with Ford, negotiating differences in culture and customer expectations19:00 – Request from President to start three new departments for R&D23:50 – Moving to Japan for 5 yrs to be program director for trucks and SUVs globally27:37 – Moving back to be head of R&D for North and South America28:00 – Retiring from Nissan, working for Ohio State to do mobility research29:48 – Asked to go to the Center for Automotive Research32:00 – Modernizing the CAR – MBS conference  37:24 – Gen Z has a totally new way of thinking about things, employers have to change too38:45 – What authentic leadership is to Carla48:29 – The joys of getting back to in-person human interaction54:20 – Carla’s definition of Gravitas56:23 – Advice for her 25-year-old self1:02:23 – Carla’s morning routinePlease share your thoughts on this episode, email me at Jan@gravitasdetroit.com,  I'd love to hear from you.