Get Better or Get Beaten : 35 Leadership Secrets from GE's Jack Welch

by Slater, Robert

• ISBN13: 9780071373463
• ISBN10: 0071373462
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-02-26
• Publisher: MCG
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Summary

Do business like Jack Welch When Jack Welch took the reins of General Electric in 1981, he reformulated GE in his own image -- tough, smart, competitive, and relentless. First published in 1994, Get Better or Get Beaten became a bestseller as managers sought to understand and mimic the success ;of the man lauded by Fortune as "...perhaps the most admired CEO of his generation." Now, on the eve of his planned April retirement, the new Get Better or Get Beaten, Second Edition shows you how to compete "Welch style" in today's techologically advanced business arena. Look to this fast-paced book for: *Jack Welch's latest views on management and leadership *Examples of how Welch transformed GE into an e-business *Insights into Six Sigma and other s;uccessfulk GE quality initiatives *More

Author Biography

Robert Slater had over 25 years of experience with Time, Newsweek, and UPI. One of today's top business biographers, Slater has written a number of bestselling books, including Jack Welch and the GE Way and The GE Way Fieldbook.

Table of Contents

Part I: The Visionary Leader: Management Tactics for Gaining the Competitive Edge.

Leadership Secret 1: Harness the Power of Change.

Leadership Secret 2: Face Reality!

Leadership Secret 3: Managing Less Is Managing Better.

Leadership Secret 4: Create a Vision, Then Get Out of the Way.

Leadership Secret 5: Don't Pursue a Central Idea: Instead, Set Only a Few Clear, General Goals as Business Strategies.

Leadership Secret 6: Nurture the Employees Who Share the Company's values: Deliver on Commitments and Share the Company's Values.

Part II: Igniting a Revolution: Strategies for Dealing with Change.

Leadership Secret 7: Evaluate Your Business with a Fresh eye and Decide What Needs Fixing, What Needs Nurturing, and What Needs to be Jettisoned!

Leadership Secret 8: Be Number One or Number Two and Keep Redefining Your Market.

Leadership Secret 9: Downsize, Before It's Too Late!

Leadership Secret 10: Use Acquisitions to Make the Quantum Leap!

Leadership Secret 11: Learning Culture I: Use Boundarylessness and Empowerment to Nurture a Learning Culture.

Leadership Secret 12: Learning Culture II: Inculcate the Best Ideas into the Business, No Matter Where They Come From.

Leadership Secret 13: The Big Winners in the 21st Century Will Be Global.

Part III: Removing the Boss Element: Productivity Secrets for Creating the Boundaryless Organization.

Leadership Secret 14: De-Layer: Get Rid of the Fat!

Leadership Secret 15: Spark Productivity Through the "S" Secrets (Speed, Simplicity, and Self-Confidence!).

Leadership Secret 16: Act Like a Small Company.

Leadership Secret 17: Remove the Boundaries.

Leadership Secret 18: Unleash the Energy of Your Workers.

Leadership Secret 19: Listen to the People Who Actually Do the Work.

Leadership Secret 20: Go Before Your Workers and Answer All Their Questions.

Part IV: Next Generation Leadership: Initiatives for Driving-and Sustaining-Double-Digit Growth.

Leadership Secret 21: Stretch: Exceed Your Goals as Often as You Can.

Leadership Secret 22: Make Quality a Top Priority.

Leadership Secret 23: Make Quality the Job of Every Employee.

Leadership Secret 24: Make Quality the Job of Every Employee.

Leadership Secret 25: Make Sure Everyone Understands How Six Sigma Works.

Leadership Secret 26: Make Sure the Customer Feels Quality.

Leadership Secret 27: Turn Your Business into an E-Company.

Leadership Secret 28: Make Existing Businesses Internet-Ready - Don't Assume That New Business Models Are the Answer.

Leadership Secret 29: Use E-Business to Put the Final Nail in Bureaucracy.

Appendix A: GE Values.