Mary Barra is the chief executive officer and chairman of General Motors. Before joining GM, she was the company's Executive Vice President of Worldwide Business Development, Procurement, and Supply Chain from 2014 to 2016. She is now competing for a position in the electric vehicle industry. Earlier this year, she introduced the Chevrolet Bolt EV, which has a battery that outperforms the one used by the Tesla Model 3.

It is not difficult to find articles to look into about Barra, As I look through them some focus on her being the first female to lead GM, in fact, she is the first female to lead any US auto company. Others mention this in the first line or two then go on to what she has accomplished and where she is taking GM. Regardless of the article, they all go on to discuss her career as a leader at GM and in the auto industry.

Some areas you might want to examine.

• What leadership traits does Barra have. What is her source of power? Why do you think this?

• How does Barra, serving as a leader go about seeing that the needs of GM?
• Does it seem Barra supports building and using teams or is it something he says but doesn't implement?
• Some of the articles spent some time talking about her status as the "First Female to lead GM" what extra challenges were put in her way based on gender? How did she overcome them?