N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 30, 2010

If I recall correctly, Jack Welch wrote that you can only have one priority, you need to pick which it will be. The generation we call the 'silent' generation and the early Boomer cohort exemplified the 'sold my soul to the company store' gospel.

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Sales Wolf Blog

JUNE 11, 2010

  I really like the carnival's focus on lean management techniques, which I feel is especially relevant in today's tenuous business environment as all of us can afford to seek out additional operational efficiencies via lean management processes.   Ready to improve your management skills? .

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2010

It includes books by Peter Drucker, Charles Handy, Charles Koch, Jack Welch, and Bob Sutton. I've found that they teach different lessons when you hold them up against the background of your new experiences. Here's a link to a recent "re-reading" list. link] mikemyatt Thanks for sharing your reading list Wally.

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Sales Wolf Blog

AUGUST 9, 2010

 In the latest installment to his Little Big Things video series Tom Peters declares war on these systems and encourages managers to make it easy for all members of an organization to identify problems with an organization's systems and provide bottom-up feedback for improving the way the company operates.

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Sales Wolf Blog

AUGUST 30, 2010

 He is struggling to understand why it is that HR is not considered a core function of a an organization like sales, marketing, or operations when it is afforded the opportunity to "direct, deliver, and develop" the employee talent necessary for the company to achieve its goals.  Why?  Why?

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Sales Wolf Blog

DECEMBER 3, 2010

 Numerous forecasting models are based off economic indicators like the Consumer Confidence Index and it is critical that you follow and understand how these leading indicators relate to your organization's operations. I really like how The Conference Board takes a high level approach to monitoring the business climate.

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Sales Wolf Blog

JUNE 18, 2010

  After illustrating the clear benefits of using checklists to prevent simple errors, Gawande goes on to describe how to implement them into your professional life.   Why You Need to Read This Book:   As I mentioned above, don't be put off by the title of this book and its seemingly drab subject matter.

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Sales Wolf Blog

JUNE 13, 2010

In a nice post to read in conjunction with Sharlyn's post above, Tim points out that we aren't operating in Q1 of 2009 anymore and that fewer and fewer employees are willing to stick around in a job working for a boss they can't stand.   Tim Sanders, Sanders Says : Don't Take Your Employees for Granted! -

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 21, 2012

As the up-and-coming vice president and CEO candidate for a Fortune 500 technology corporation sat before the CEO for his annual review, he was baffled to discover that the feedback from his peers, customers, direct reports, and particularly from board members placed unusual emphasis on one potentially devastating problem: his listening deficit.

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LDRLB

MARCH 24, 2014

You know, we’re using satellite technologies at the time. I had this interview once with this guy who is this chief operating officer of this great big organization. I travel quite a bit in the different operating units. Keeping it simple is what becomes the really hard part. SHAWN: Totally, that’s it! That’s it!

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 18, 2012

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. Palmisano could not have succeeded at placing values at the center of IBM's operations without strong principles of his own. Directness.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 12, 2012

Within two years after becoming chief executive of General Electric in 1981, Jack Welch completed one of his most far-reaching initiatives: reducing the number of GE business units from about 150 to 15. In effect, Welch set out to focus the company on the businesses where it had the potential for greatness, and to jettison everything else.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 13, 2014

Under CEO Jack Welch in the 1980s and 1990s, they adopted operational efficiency approaches (“ Workout ,” “Six Sigma,” and “Lean”) that reinforced their success and that many companies emulated. Organic growth depends on discovering breakthrough ideas, leveraging technology, and getting closer to customers.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 25, 2014

Technology cycles have begun to outplace planning cycles. As Jack Welch put it, “the books got thicker, the printing got more sophisticated, the covers got harder and the drawing got better,” but none of that improved how enterprises performed. We’ve seen these changes in our own lifetimes, and even over the span of a single career.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 23, 2013

Former GE CEO Jack Welch, writing in Business Week , characterized the nonprofit sector as a "foreign land" in which performance is not a priority and employees are guaranteed "lifetime employment." Alexis Ohanian, co-founder of Reddit, wrote last year on the Wired web site, "Let's be real: The nonprofit model is broken.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 9, 2015

Working across organizational boundaries was a new way of thinking 25 years ago —one that was largely championed by Jack Welch, then CEO of GE. Our communications technologies have dramatically improved, and we have instantaneous access to massive amounts of information. Fast forward to today, and we live in a different world.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 6, 2014

By mid-2004, however, the operation was mired in conflict over control and differences in management style. Zhou reportedly felt that the original Yahoos were overpaid and lazy, whereas the Yahoo team felt bullied and believed Zhou wasn’t focused on the Yahoo operations. Not surprisingly, this didn’t sit well with the local team.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 26, 2017

Rarely do people point to encouraging employees to disagree with their managers, as Amazon does, or firing top performers, as Jack Welch did at GE. When you think and operate in unique ways internally, you can produce the unique identity and image you desire externally. Just as brands differ, there is no single right culture.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 13, 2017

Consider GE during Jack Welch’s tenure, Trimble Navigation under Steve Berglund, or IBM under Lou Gerstner. The shift in patenting policy was not to protect innovations, but rather to license them and/or to use them as chips to gain access to other firms’ technology. Why do these shifts occur?

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Coaching Tip

JANUARY 27, 2011

One can hardly imagine a decentralized decision- making process in his operations. General Electric and HCL Technologies provide a good counter example. At HCL Technologies, and India-based IT company, the corporate culture springs at least partly from a broader Asian idea of cooperative action. GE and HCL.

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CO2

JUNE 30, 2010

Gary Cohen grew the company from two people to 2,200 employees Currently, he is Managing Partner of CO2 Partners, LCC, operating as an executive coach and consultant. Technology and its role in travel 2.0 All Rights Reserved. www.YourBookIsYourHook.com About the Author As President and Co-founder of ACI Telecentrics, Inc.,

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 14, 2014

Instead, it operates more like GE. As the 2010 case describes: By his own admission, Ma was a fan of Jack Welch, so it was only natural that his organization came to resemble that of GE in some regards. Like conglomerates, Alibaba’s businesses have separate boards, and even separate technology teams and platforms.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 10, 2016

The very idea of leading people in jobs is changing with the democratization of work and the continued advance of digital technology. Digital technology is increasing the complexity and options associated with this plurality of work. employees, customers, free agents, communities we operate in) and so much more.

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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. He spared us the business speak and rhetoric and said things that all leaders needed to hear.

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