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Fifteen Years with Ford -- Is it too long .. Not Really.. Just 15 years !!

It was a defining moment when I finished 15 years with Ford.. It was defining for many reasons… 1. The employee number that I carry is a special number .. No :001 and so for the number 1 to stay with the same company for fifteen years sends in a great message to the young youngsters. 2. I was not expecting a celebration for this , but the teams that work with me more than surprised me .. Cake cutting , a lovely pictorial frame of my pictures was done up …. People worked on it to get the right pictures and frame it .. Thank you guys. 3. A write up on the Ford website that brought in lot of attention and comments on to the post was truly a humbling experience. 4. The comments told that I was doing the right thing in many ways and it was testimonial to my leadership.. What more can you want ? 5. The challenge bar is much higher post all this -- Need to raise the bar , not just maintain it . Comments by various people helped me walk the journey of the past fifteen years. I realised how ha