Career Cost Marketing Welch 
N2Growth Blog
JANUARY 21, 2011
Jack Welch the former head of GE built a reputation as one of the great chief executives of this era. Welch clearly not only understood the concept of organizational leverage through proper deployment of talent and resources He mastered it. mikemyatt: RT @thinkBIG_blog: Cheap always costs you mo. That’s about it.
N2Growth Blog
APRIL 2, 2010
Blogging since 2002, being actively involved in digital marketing since the early 90′s, and being online since the days of the ARPANET I have a bit of history with most things digital. Successful businesses adapt to market innovations and thrive, while those that fail to make iterative leaps fall by the wayside.
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Kevin Eikenberry
NOVEMBER 5, 2010
I admired him and was pleased when later in his career he managed the Tigers to a World Series Championship as well. Jack Welch had some of it, but the sports coaches were a law unto themselves. The Big Red Machine had great players, but they also had a fabulous manager. I always liked George “Sparky&# Anderson.
Harvard Business Review
JUNE 21, 2012
My knowledge of corporate leaders' 360-degree feedback indicates that one out of four of them has a listening deficit—the effects of which can paralyze cross-unit collaboration, sink careers, and if it's the CEO with the deficit, derail the company. Earlier in his career, as a business unit manager, he recognized that he must cut costs.
Harvard Business Review
DECEMBER 20, 2011
After all, as Leonhardt points out, many top business school graduates start their careers with large consulting firms. Steve Jobs, for example, often relied less on market research than on his gut feel for what customers would want. And while he was sometimes wrong, more often his instincts were on target.
Harvard Business Review
OCTOBER 4, 2011
While at GE, Jack Welch popularized the notion that it was good to fire the "bottom 10" of his managers every year. Second , at regular intervals of a person's career, there should be not just "performance reviews" but also what I call a "Fit Test Point."
N2Growth Blog
DECEMBER 30, 2010
Let me be blunt – you won’t earn anyone’s respect, at least not the respect of anyone who matters if your concern for career success overshadows your concern for the well-being of your family. Think About Your Legacy: Create a legacy that transcends your career. What I can tell you is that I’ve always made my family a priority.
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