Leading Blog

APRIL 23, 2021

I N SEPTEMBER 2001, Jack Welch was a tough act to follow. Jack Welch led GE to some impressive numbers. And in 2001, the economic tailwinds that Welch enjoyed were about to shift. I don’t think if Welch stayed on, it would have been much different. What Welch built was not sustainable. That’s baptism by fire.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

MARCH 14, 2014

A friend recently reminded me about Jack Welch and his five questions. Good, important questions — read more about these here – i.e., here’s the “long version”). Here are the five (short version): #1 — What does the Playing Field Look Like Now? #2 2 — What has the Competition Been Up To? #3

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First Friday Book Synopsis

MARCH 24, 2015

We’re less than a month away from the release of Jack and Suzy Welch‘s newest work, The Real Life MBA: Your No-BS Guide to Winning the Game, Building a Team, and Growing Your Career (Harper Business, 2015). It is a certain best-seller, and pre-orders for the book are rocking the online outlets. Considering their […].

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Let's Grow Leaders

APRIL 28, 2021

Mary Galloway, Faculty member of the Jack Welch Management Institute. However, they’re still expected to be as charming as the youngest and simultaneously as responsible as the oldest. We end up with middle child syndrome, enshrouded in conflict, wanting more of a say, and not sure how they fit in.” .

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Leading Blog

APRIL 16, 2020

Jack Welch on communicating simply: “For a large organization to be effective, it must be simple. Source: Harvard Business Review : Speed, Simpicity, Self-Confidence: An Interview with Jack Welch. * * *. The good news is, success is all around you.”. Source: The Power of Simplicity by Jack Trout with Steve Rivkin.

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CEO Blog

DECEMBER 31, 2010

“Change before you have to&# - Jack Welch Categories: About The Book Daily Guest Post FTC Notice – conflicts of interest Latest Articles Motivational Business Quotations Time Leadership Audio CD Your days seem to get busier and longer. Provides the nessecary tools to master not only effeciency skills, but also effectivness skills.

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Sales Wolf Blog

JUNE 3, 2011

Today I am excited to share an exciting new resource from one of my favorite business leaders: Jack Welch.

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Leadership Freak

JANUARY 22, 2014

shared Jack Welch’s “encouragement” when it […]. Leave a comment on today’s post to become eligible for one of twenty complimentary copies of the new book, “Talk is (NOT) Cheap,” by Jim McCann. Putting off difficult conversations doesn’t help. The longer you wait, the harder they get. Jim McCann, founder and CEO of 1-800-Flowers Inc.,

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Niagara Institute

JANUARY 4, 2024

Jack Welch once said, “Set stretch goals. Don’t settle for mediocrity. The key to stretch goals is to reach for more than you think is possible. Don’t sell yourself short by thinking that you’ll fail.” Is it really that straightforward, though?

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Sales Wolf Blog

JULY 28, 2022

My professional experience has been accelerated by my own successes and failures as well as the incredibly sage content of the likes of Peter Drucker, Jim Collins, Jack Welch, Marcus Aurelius, and particularly Ray Dalio.

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Sales Wolf Blog

JULY 28, 2022

My professional experience has been accelerated by my own successes and failures as well as the incredibly sage content of the likes of Peter Drucker, Jim Collins, Jack Welch, Marcus Aurelius, and particularly Ray Dalio.

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Eric Jacobson

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

.” – Eric Reis “The most important thing in communication is to hear what isn’t being said.” – Peter Drucker “Change before you have to.” – Jack Welch “Before you are a leader, success is all about growing yourself.

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Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

SEPTEMBER 15, 2014

This approach was first popularized in the 1980′s by Jack Welch at GE and further reinforced in 2001 by Jim Collins who told us to “get the right people on the bus and the wrong people off.” Leadership Jack Welch Jim Collins stack ranking talent development' → Read More: Forget the Bus! The post Forget the Bus!

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General Leadership

JUNE 30, 2014

” Jack Welch , former CEO of General Electric. “Before you are a leader, success is all about growing yourself. When you become a leader, success is all about growing others.” A large part of your job as a leader is to grow your replacement. No matter how fantastic a leader you are, you will eventually be replaced.

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Leadership Freak

MARCH 27, 2015

“Where marriages go off the rails is where you get married to your job and you start making decisions with your boss first, and then you come home and inform your spouse.” Suzy… Continue reading → Interview Success Growth leadership success'

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Leading Blog

MARCH 31, 2020

Jack Welch: For a time, the most valuable CEO on earth by @geoffcolvin. How To Release The Grip of Backwards Thinking by @WScottCochrane. Your New Executive Transitions are (Probably) Going to Fail by @MattPaese via @DDIworld. The dangers of “workism” by @JoshLevs via @stratandbiz.

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Nathan Magnuson

DECEMBER 9, 2013

Character Expectations Influence Inspiration Leadership Personal Effectiveness attitude Condoleezza Rice expectations Jack Welch Mark Miller optimism positive attitude uncertainty vision' I’m not sure what the “right” answer to the the glass question […].

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Nathan Magnuson

MAY 13, 2013

Influence Leadership Learning Personal Effectiveness Andy Stanley Chick-fil-A Chick-fil-A Leadercast clarity complexity Condoleezza Rice David Allen Henry Cloud Jack Welch John Maxwell Mike Krzyzewski Roark Denver seminars teamwork trust' Here they are: Complexity is the enemy of clarity. [.].

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CO2

JUNE 14, 2023

general Jack Chain who was responsible for the country ’ s nuclear arsenals, to Jack Welch, former CEO of G.E. That was my conclusion after I conducted around 170 formal and informal interviews with world-renowned leaders, from Walter Isaacson, the former head of CNN, to four-star U.S. Since then, I ’ ve expanded upon my conclusion.

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CO2

JUNE 14, 2023

general Jack Chain who was responsible for the country ’ s nuclear arsenals, to Jack Welch, former CEO of G.E. That was my conclusion after I conducted around 170 formal and informal interviews with world-renowned leaders, from Walter Isaacson, the former head of CNN, to four-star U.S. Since then, I ’ ve expanded upon my conclusion.

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Leadership Freak

AUGUST 24, 2017

I’ll never forget Jack Welch saying you have about a 50/50 chance of hiring the right person. Surveys confirm that the majority of organizations have hired the wrong person.* The wrong hire: Drains… Continue reading →

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Nathan Magnuson

DECEMBER 16, 2013

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Leadership Freak

DECEMBER 10, 2014

Jack Welch said… Continue reading → Gossip Taking others higher Leadership Leadership Development leadership success organizational success' The most frustrating experience in leadership is making poor people-decisions. You had such high hopes. People-decisions make or break leaders.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JUNE 26, 2018

To anyone who thinks these lists are a bit corny, consider that Jack Welch swore by his 3 Es: energy, energize, and edge. If an alliterative list was good enough for Welch, it’s good enough for me. A little Internet research will turn up “the 7 Ps of Marketing,” “the 7 Cs of Success,” “the 4 Ls of Retirement Planning,” and so on.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JANUARY 18, 2018

Duryea : Elon Musk, Steve Jobs, Jack Welch, and even Thomas Edison are a few of the great visionary leaders in their respective industries. Similarly, Jack Welch with General Electric turned around an aligning company to fix its core business model. Guest post by David A.

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Modern Servant Leader

MARCH 10, 2015

Lao Tzu [Share This: Twitter | LinkedIn ] Dan Rockwell (aka Leadership Freak ) interviews Suzy & Jack Welch, backstage at the World LEADERS Conference. So there I was sitting in the green room, backstage at the event, watching Dan Rockwell , an amazing leadership blogger and speaker, interview Jack and Suzy Welch, when it hit me.

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CO2

OCTOBER 19, 2024

General Jack Chain, who was responsible for the country’s nuclear arsenals, to Jack Welch, former CEO of G.E. ” And although Welch has been tagged as a “hard-nosed” leader, those close to him speak of Welch’s “insatiable curiosity” and his trademark of asking more questions than anyone else in the room.

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Lead Change Blog

DECEMBER 19, 2018

Jack Welch had a stellar career as one of the great CEOs of all time. Your challenge is to create a team environment that’s safe and rewarding. Competence is about doing work that’s challenging. It’s about learning new things and improving. Your challenge is to help people grow and develop. Bottom Line. The post It’s the People, Stupid!

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Women on Business

JULY 27, 2012

Jeanine Prime, PhD, Vice President of Research for Catalyst.org was surprised by comments made by former Fortune 500 CEO Jack Welch who addressed the audience by telling them their list of action items were all wrong.

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Leading Blog

AUGUST 16, 2012

Bill Lane was Jack Welch’s speechwriter for nearly two decades. Naturally, Welch figures into much of this book. Of Related Interest: 5 Leadership Lessons: Inside Welch's Communication Revolution at GE. * * * Like us on Facebook for additional leadership and personal development ideas. * * *.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 8, 2020

As Jack Welch said Before you are a leader, success is all about growing yourself. Align current leaders’ mindset and behavior with enterprise leadership, not just role, requirements. Reassign leaders based on complementary strengths, not just role fit. Transition leaders out of, not just into, positions if they become misaligned.

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Next Level Blog

SEPTEMBER 3, 2014

Krames has been involved in publishing more than 400 business books over the course of his career and has written books on business and government leaders like Jack Welch and Donald Rumsfeld. As Krames describes himself, he is the son of Holocaust survivors and believes that Pope Francis is the most authentic leader he has ever seen.

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Leadership Freak

OCTOBER 7, 2012

One of my favorite Jack Welch quotes is, “The team with the best players wins.” You’ll fail apart from surrounding yourself with talented people. This means: Great leaders identify and develop great leaders. But, how do you identify the best players? Look for those who are: Already active. Frustrated.

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Career Advancement

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

After you become a leader, success is about growing others.” – Jack Welch. “Before you become a leader, success is all about growing yourself. Research has shown that as leaders rise up in the ranks , their proficiency in nurturing talent declines rather than increases. Too often, they’re not promoted based on their managerial ability.

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Leadership Freak

APRIL 10, 2012

“Real change agents comprise less than 10% of all business people,” Jack Welch. Most leaders play not-to-lose rather than playing to win, especially in large organizations. The more we have to lose the more we play not-to-lose. What we protect owns, limits, and controls us. What we risk propels us forward. When to risk: An [.].

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 30, 2014

A rare exception to the “go outside for talent” mantra was General Electric under the reign of CEO Jack Welch. Of course, I had to pull out some weeds, too.” ~Jack Welch. GE spent millions of dollars and hundreds of top executive man-hours training and developing leaders to deploy into key roles in their global organisation.

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General Leadership

NOVEMBER 10, 2015

Jack Welch. From Our Early Files: Originally Published. 19 March 2014. There’s no such thing as work-life balance. There are work-life choices, and you make them, and they have consequences. Balanced leadership requires continuous, delicate adjustments to maintain homeostasis in your organization.

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