In Personal Board of Directors, top business leaders talk about the people they turn to for advice, and how those people have shaped their perspective and helped them succeed. Previous installments from the series are here.

Alicia Boler Davis spent nearly 25 years at General Motors Co. rising up the ranks from a manufacturing engineer to running global manufacturing and labor relations for the automobile giant. 

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