Full video on YouTube - Click hereWould you work for Mary Buchzeiger? Following her electrifying interview with the CEO of Lucerne International, Jan invites two automotive leaders of different generations to deconstruct Mary’s inspiring — and unconventional — company culture of trust and accountability.Seeking both Gen Z and Millennial perspectives on the future of automotive leadership, Jan speaks to two rising stars in the auto industry. Mary Mason is a Senior HR Business Partner at AirBoss, and Mark Hebert is a Vice President of Sales and Business Development at Woodbridge. While both of them look up to Mary Buchzeiger’s ideals, they find them difficult to live out in practice.“Building that structure of trust and accountability can definitely be a struggle,” Mary Mason says. From rising costs and supply chain issues to work-life balance and raising kids, automotive leaders face no shortage of challenges. How can leaders build the kind of culture that Mary Buchzeigher describes?On this episode of the Automotive Leaders Podcast, Jan and her guests get real about why so many companies struggle with fostering trust and empowering their employees. Yet there is hope for the future. Gen Z especially has little tolerance for outdated systems of management, and they’re making moves to do something about it. Mary Buchzeiger’s model of resilience shows that leaders don’t have to be aggressive in order to be strong.Themes discussed on this episode: Self-awareness in leadership and the ability to pivotHow to bring levity while keeping a meeting on taskGender equity and changing expectations in the workforcePower dynamics that hinder a culture of trustAccountability systems that lead to resultsFeatured Guest: Mary MasonWhat she does: Mary is a Senior HR Business Partner at AirBoss supporting both plant and corporate employees. She worked her way up since joining the company as an intern four years ago.On leadership: “It’s really important to have [a trusting] relationship and rapport with your employees, to have them give you honest feedback and to get criticism. You don't want sycophants on the team, right? You can't just agree to everything.”Featured Guest: Mark HebertWhat he does: Mark is the Vice President of Sales and Business Development for North and South America at Woodbridge. As a provider of global material technologies, Woodbridge serves a diverse customer base in automotive, healthcare, packaging and other industries. On leadership: “From a leadership standpoint, as long as I have clear goals and objectives — I've been told what the expectation is and I'm given the freedom to try to meet those challenges however I want to — I will be happy with that. I don't need things to be perfect.”Episode HighlightsTimestamped inflection points from the show[3:08] What stood out to you?: Mary and Mark share their favorite moments of the Mary Buchzeiger interview. Many of her ideals are...