Jeff Williams, group vice president for automotive supplier Johnson Controls, believes in MBWA, or management by walking around.Williams and other executives devote at least 25% of their work time to walking throughout the facilities in Plymouth Township and Holland, where they chat with as many of the 1,800 employees as they can. He keeps the door to his office open.Every day, executives eat lunch with employees in the cafeteria, and Williams hosts monthly forums to get input from staff.“We are all one team fighting for a common....