Clifton Lambreth Bio

Ford and the American Dream: Founded On Right Decisions

By Clifton Lambreth with Mary Calia, Melissa Webb and Patrick Doyle

Ford and the American Dream is the Ford story that’s never been told! After the threat of the potential bankruptcy of the Ford Motor Company surfaced in December 2006, Ford Motor Company insider Clifton Lambreth decided to set about the task of recording in the form of a book the events and decisions that led to that crisis. The threats facing the company have the potential to destroy tens of thousands of employees’ and dealers’ livelihoods. It is not a single, isolated corporate incident but a representation of the American Dream eroding daily.

As a twenty-plus-year veteran of the Ford Motor Company, Lambreth is in the unique position of being able to give—with an unfiltered frankness and transparency—an interesting perspective on much that has transpired during his tenure.

Most of the lessons communicated in Ford and the American Dream are universally applicable to other companies as well as those in the automobile industry. There are many land mines to avoid so other companies don’t find themselves in the same predicament the Ford Motor Company is in today. In this accurate and truthful account, the novel begins with Chapter 11 (symbolic of the Ford Motor Company’s present plight on the edge of Chapter 11 bankruptcy) and concludes with Ford’s return to greatness.

"One of the most intriguing stories I have ever read. You experience the spirit and timeless wisdom of Henry Ford as he deals with the current issues of the day while he assists with returning Ford Motor Company to its greatness!" — Charles “T” Jones, author of Life Is Tremendous. Thank you, Clifton, for ending your story on such a positive note.

"To me, Ford is as American as apple pie and baseball." — Paul J. Meyer, author and philanthropist


Clifton Lambreth is the author of the blockbuster new Ford book that’s sweeping the country – Ford and the American Dream: Founded on Right Decisions, published by Executive Books, Inc.

The new Ford book which has taken the nation by storm, has been acclaimed by CNN, Fox News, NBC, Wards Automotive, Forbes, Detroit News, - and the list goes on as the new Ford book is touted as a must read for all Americans.

As our nation struggles for positive leadership models, answers and real solutions to the socio-economic woes affecting the bottom line of corporations and the livelihoods of every American, this book offers a turnaround plan for America that realigns the vision and actually works. It was hailed by Ford’s CEO, Alan Mulally, who congratulated Lambreth on his courage to write the book and stated that Lambreth’s corporate turnaround plan outlined in the book was the best business plan he had ever read! Lee Iacocca also praised the book and kudos stream in daily from coast to coast from cor porate leaders, employees, Ford dealers, retirees and American families.

Lambreth has worked for the Ford Motor Company for over twenty years in a variety of positions. He has been a rainmaker at every position he has held. He has consistently been a top performer throughout his career at Ford having received prestigious awards and distinctions including five Ford Inuksuk Drive for Leaders Award and has won three Diversity Leadership awards.

Clifton has been a Ford college recruiter for over ten years at Cornell University, University of Pennsylvania, Johnson Business School and Wharton Business School. He graduated from Thomasville Senior High School in North Carolina having been a proud alumnus of the North Carolina Baptist Children’s Mills Home. He went on to receive his BSBA in Marketing and Management and his MBA from Western Carolina University.

He serves on the Board of Directors of the Family Foundation Fund, on the Advisory Board of Lead like Jesus Foundation and on the Advisory Board for Western Carolina University’s School of Business. Founder and CEO of Daniel Bradley Matthews, Inc., he provides strategic automotive, business and marketing consulting.

Clifton tours the nation speaking to various business and community organizations such as CEO Café, and Health Care Corporation of America who stated that his presentation to over one thousand HCA executives was the best All Hands meeting they had ever had.

As a sought after business, marketing and automotive industry =2 0 sector specialist, television producer and published author, Clifton Lambreth has authored and published various main media articles on diversity, compensation, leadership issues and other such hot topics. His upcoming business novels, underway, are slated for publication in spring, 09; include the ‘One Minute Manager Hears Voices,’ with Ken Blanchard of Ken Blanchard Companies, and ‘Bootstrap’ with the Mudd Agency and others.

On a personal note, he enjoys running and racing and has run Marine Corp Marathon, Philadelphia Marathon and the Boston Marathon and competed in over 150 5K /10K races. Clifton has three sons and lives with his wife Susan and family in Brentwood, Tennessee.