Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 13, 2014

As Clayton Christensen likes to note , the primary job of leadership today is to “source, assemble, and ship numbers.” Welch himself said in 2009 that optimizing a business for shareholder returns is the “dumbest idea in the world.”. Innovation Leadership Strategy' No, it’s to maximize shareholder value.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 27, 2014

Last fall, when it was still not clear who would be the next chief executive of Microsoft, Jack Welch recommended Sam Palmisano for the job. Communication Finance Getting buy-in' But they need to figure out what to tune out — and learn to manage Wall Street rather than being managed by it.

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Stage-Gate Strategic Planning Welch CFO 9

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 15, 2016

In October 2000, Jack Welch announced the biggest deal of his 20-year tenure as head of GE: a $45 billion merger with Honeywell. Yes, but with some caveats, according to a paper recently published in the Journal of Empirical Finance. Harman Wardani. Their aim is to drive out executives who are past their prime.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 17, 2013

I offer three recommendations to ensure that we keep these promises to those who depend on our leadership. Earlier in my career, I had the chance to visit leaders such as Jack Welch (GE), Paul O’Neill (Alcoa), and Ralph Larsen (Johnson & Johnson). The failures of leadership at Mid Staffs had to do with attention.

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Crisis Health Care Quality Welch 9

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 6, 2014

In hindsight, this thinking turned out to be far less important than what we learned about leadership, control, and trust, which ultimately were reflected in how each of the businesses was created, capitalized, and staffed. On the finance and deal side, we also felt a strong kinship with Tsai. Although he didn’t have a U.S.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 13, 2017

A recurring theme in those interviews was bemoaning major changes in R&D strategy that occurred as a consequence of new, often outside, leadership. Consider GE during Jack Welch’s tenure, Trimble Navigation under Steve Berglund, or IBM under Lou Gerstner. Moreover, not all outside CEOs lack domain expertise (e.g.,

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 7, 2010

Bravo Nando… Jack Welch - The former Chairman and CEO of GE reminded us of the value of candor. Candor, clarity, humility, passion and a heart for service characterize Jack Welch. We all need to learn from Jack by dropping the politically correct approach to leadership by just doing the right thing.

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