世界强企业--宝洁年度报告.pdf

Ongoing Transformation: Leading Change to Sustain Growth and Leadership A.G. Lafley Chairman and Chief Executive 5 August 2007 Speech Transcript: Presented to the Academy of Management, a leading professional association for scholars dedicated to creating and disseminating knowledge about management and organizations. A.G. also received the Executive of the Year award. P&G Academy of Management A.G. Lafley - Page 2 of 18 At P&G, delighting consumers and building brands is a team sport, and it’s a pleasure to accept this recognition on behalf of 135,000 P&G’ers around the world. Their capability, creativity and commitment are the true source of our success at P&G. This recognition means a lot to me because it comes from scholars who are advancing the practice of management worldwide. Sustaining growth… creating value … transforming organizations and cultures… is hard work. Practitioners benefit enormously from those of you who study this work and advance thinking about what it takes to do the work well. Given the breadth, depth and quality of your scholarship, it’s enormously gratifying to earn your recognition – and I thank you for the honor. I’m here today as a practitioner, but I didn’t begin my career with plans to be in business. Instead, I was set to become a history professor. In 1969, I was in the Ph.D. program at the University of Virginia studying Medieval and Renaissance European history. When I drew a low number in the Vietnam War draft lottery, I decided to join the Navy – where I had a unique experience. • I was in the Navy, but never spent a day at sea aboard ship. • I served in the Vietnam War but never spent a day on the ground in Vietnam – until I worked with the P&G team to open a subsidiary there 24 years later, in 1994. • I was in the military, but I never carried a gun. Still, if it weren’t for the Navy, I would never have en