The book of Jack Welch Speaks: Wit and Wisdom from the World's Greatest Business Leader
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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 reinvigorated 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.
Table of Contents:
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part I: In One Decade: From Letterman to Seinfeld an 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
Part II: 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
Part III: Welch's World - General Electric
The Engine Called General Electric
GE: Just an Everyday 163 Billion Dollars Family Store
Beyond National Borders
Hero
The Holy City
GE Jargon
Dirty Diamonds and Other GE Scandals
Part IV: 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
Part V: Welch, The Change Agent
Change Before You Have To
Go for the Leap
Managing Paradox
Productivity: Unlimited Juice in the Lemon
Part VI: 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?
Part VII: 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
Part VIII: 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
Part IX: Summing UP
General Electric and Jack Welch - A Chronology
Endnotes
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