Jack Welch Speaks : Wit and Wisdom from the World's Greatest Business Leader

by Lowe, Janet

• ISBN13: 9780470152614
• ISBN10: 0470152613
• Edition: Revised
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2007-10-26
• Publisher: Wiley

Summary

Janet Lowe presents in Jack Welch's own words the insights, visions, and philosophies that have guided Welch throughout his extraordinary career at General Electric and his post-GE life. Called by some one of the leading CEOs of all time, Welch re-invigorated General Electric from an aging electronics manufacturer beset by foreign competitors into a world class company that provided superb returns to investors. In retirement, Welch has emerged as perhaps the most respected voice in the world on matters of corporate management and business success. In this heavily revised and updated edition of Jack Welch Speaks, Janet Lowe intersperses her comments with extensive quotes from Welch on executive compensation, business ethics and other issues that plague corporate America . But most importantly, Lowe finds in Welch's own words the ideas and values that enabled Welch to transform GE and emerge as the world's most-lauded CEOs

Author Biography

Janet Lowe is the author of the bestselling Warren Buffett Speaks and Bill Gates Speaks. Her articles have appeared in such publications as Newsweek, the Christian Science Monitor, the Los Angeles Times, and the San Francisco Chronicle.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

In One Decade: From Letterman To Seinfeld N American Odyssey

Growing Up in Salem

The First to Go to College

Sports Were Everything

Ice Can't Form on a Swift-Moving Stream

Take This Job and Do It

Qualities Of A Leader: Welch Style

The Challenge: To Be Fair

The Temperament of a Boss

The Thrill of Victory

A Typical Meeting with Chairman Welch

Humor Us

Welch'S World: General Electric

The Engine Called General Electric

GE: Just an Everyday $163 Billion Family Store

Beyond National Borders

Heros

The Holy City

GE Jargon

Dirty Diamonds and Other GE Scandals

The Fabric Of Leadership

Be a Leader, Not a Manager

No Ideas du Jour

The Trap: Measuring Everything, Understanding Nothing

Don't Sell Hats to Each Other

Share Information

The Creed

Four Types of Leaders

The Best Mutual Fund in the World

Welch, The Change Agent

Change Before You Have To

Go for the Leap

Managing Paradox

Productivity: Unlimited Juice in the Lemon

The Hardware Revolution

Putting Money on the Right Gambles

Three Big Circles

Be Number 1 or Number 2: A Concept That Should Be Gone

Flattening the GE Wedding Cake

Downsizing

Honey, I Shrunk GE

The Software Revolution

The Soft Values

Workout

Simplicity

Speed

Self-Confi dence

Labor Unions

A Boundaryless GE

Searching the Planet for the Best Practices

Teamwork

Stretch

Six Sigma Quality

It All Comes Out in the Wash

Taking Stock

Fail Your Way to Success

Welch's Critics

The German Point of View

Being a Good Citizen

Work/Life Balance

How Much Is Leadership Worth?

What Made Jack Welch a Success?

The Rocky Road To Retirement

The Race for Jack's Job

How the Contenders Have Done

The Honeywell Hustle

Honeywell after GE

GE after Jack

The Reinvention Of Jack Welch

Falling in Love

Back at Harvard Business Review: A Moral Dilemma

Who Is Suzy?

The Dirty Divorce

Passing Back the Perks

The Wedding

The New Couple

The John F. Welch College of Business

Jack's New Career

Summing Up

General Electric and Jack Welch- A Chronology

Endnotes

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