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LEADER’S MESSAGE

Supporting the Strategy by Staying Connected

ello R1 GLSG Members! Thank you for the opportunity to connect with you via
this Newsletter. The end of the year is a great time for reflection. As I reflect back
Hupon my time at Deere, a couple of the real highlights have been (and continue to
be) developing relationships with my colleagues outside of the U.S. and watching the
growth of our Law Departments overseas, especially in R1.

Derek Murphy In 2006, I traveled to India and Brazil for the first time. At that point, we had no in-house
Associate General Counsel
counsel in Regions 1 or 3 and my job responsibilities including supervising legal matters in
India and Brazil. During my visit to Brazil, R3 leadership decided that we would hire our
first in-house attorney in Brazil. Just a week later, I participated in interviewing for the
lead GIPS position in India, the position for which Neeraj was ultimately hired. (No,
unfortunately I did not have the opportunity to interview Neeraj). Incidentally, there were
There are many great only 200-300 people at the John Deere India Technology Center at that time.
opportunities for each of us
to connect with colleagues
Over the next year, we hired Shivaji and Neeraj in India and our first in-house attorney in
overseas.
Brazil. I then had the honor of working closely with Shivaji as he started up on our Law
Department in India. Since then I am amazed by the growth of our business and legal
teams in R1. We are currently up to 48 GLSG professionals in R1! As time has passed, I have
had the good fortune to take additional visits to India, China and South Africa; develop
relationships with you during our WWACM; work with you virtually on many teams or
projects; and connect with those of you that have had the opportunity to visit Moline.

I treasure these relationships and connections and I know that my U.S. colleagues do as
well. Unfortunately, our distance from one another usually prevents us from connecting
in-person and our daily work responsibilities often do not overlap. So how do we preserve
these relationships and develop new ones under these circumstances? As I reflected on
this question, I realized that there are many great opportunities for each of us to connect
with colleagues overseas – GLSG Communities of Practice, formal and informal
mentoring relationships, the Global Partner Pairing Program, the GLSG Leadership
Development Series, and various GLSG teams (e.g. GLSG Strategy Team, GLSG initiative
teams, etc.). I have worked with R1 GLSG members while participating in each of these
activities. For example, the Harvard Business Review Leadership Development Series
which I recently led included 3 R1 members.