Personality Profile-Marie Ziegler, John Deere
Trisha
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August 13, 2012
Todd Trammell

Personality Profile-Marie Ziegler, John Deere
The characteristics of effective sustainable business leadership include having a vision of what the company is trying to attain, seeing the value in the process and providing the leadership to attain the goal. The leadership starts with believing in the process, and practicing the steps themselves. Lead by example.
Marie Ziegler of John Deere has set the precedence for her company. As Vice President and Treasurer for Deere & Company, it is her responsibility to ensure that the company's products meet the standards of the industry. John Deere products meet the United States Environmental Protection Agencies (EPA) new off-highway equipment emission regulations as of 2011. The regulations reduce particulate matter by 90% and reduce oxides of nitrogen emissions by 50% (John Deere, 2012).
Marie Ziegler has been with the company in one position or another since 1978. She knows the company and has worked hard to help it grow and remain profitable. The move to making sure the products meet the EPA standards was just another step in that goal. The steps to becoming a good leader in an effective sustainable business are vision, values, strategy, and systems. Marie started with the vision of achieving a product that met the EPA guidelines and moved forward.
Values include the beliefs and practices that the company uses to be successful. These include, people, employees that treat one another with respect and promote teamwork and growth. The customers are the reason a company exists. Without them there would be no need for the product or the company. The products and services are a direct reflection to the dedication of the company, its staff and its values. And the conduct of a company from the employee on the sales floor