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Great Leadership Trains

Career Advancement

Jack Welch Dianne had always felt like more of a wallflower than a leader. To get there, she knew she had to focus on growing her leadership skills. Within a couple of months, her boss had remarked about her growing leadership competencies and suggested she might be a prime candidate for a directorial position one day.

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Soft Corporate Cultures

Coaching Tip

In the April 30, 2012 issue of FORTUNE , Jack and Suzy Welch wrote about "one of the most immutable rules of business. Is Bribery an Ethical Condition of Doing Business in the Global Economy? How ethically vulnerable is your organization? A biennial survey of the nonprofit Ethics Resource Center found 25% of nearly 2,000 U.S.

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Letting People Go with Transparency and Dignity

Leadership Freak

Jack Welch One wise business owner told me, “Sometimes I’m closer to people after I fire them than before.” ** Never make enemies of people you “let go,” if you can help it. Every person who leaves goes on to represent your company. They can bad-mouth or praise.” Turning bad to good: Never humiliate. Ask, [.].

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Possibility Maximizer: The Leadership Quarterly

Sales Wolf Blog

 Today I have a great quarterly leadership journal for you to check out. The Resource: The Leadership Quarterly What it is: The Leadership Quarterly is a peer reviewed journal that is published six times a year (four quarterly issues plus two "Special Issues").  Enjoy!

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Letting People Go with Transparency and Dignity

Leadership Freak

Jack Welch One wise business owner told me, “Sometimes I’m closer to people after I fire them than before.” ** Never make enemies of people you “let go,” if you can help it. Every person who leaves goes on to represent your company. They can bad-mouth or praise.” Turning bad to good: Never humiliate. Ask, [.].

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People Don’t Want to Be Compared with Others in Performance Reviews. They Want to Be Compared with Themselves

Harvard Business Review

They also consider it fair when their evaluations are accurate and are conducted based on ethical and moral principles. Under the leadership of Jack Welch, General Electric ranked their employees’ performance from top to bottom, giving additional rewards to the top 20% while laying off the bottom 10%.

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How IBM's Sam Palmisano Redefined the Global Corporation

Harvard Business Review

In the 20th century, a select group of leaders — General Motor's Alfred Sloan, HP's David Packard and Bill Hewlett, and GE's Jack Welch — set the standard for the way corporations are run. Never confuse charisma with leadership. In the 21st century only IBM's Sam Palmisano has done so. They listen as well as they speak.