Lead Change Blog

AUGUST 7, 2017

Welcome to the August 2017 edition of the Leadership Development Carnival! Jack Welch, former CEO of General Electric, said, “When you were made a leader, you weren’t given a crown; you were given the responsibility to bring out the best in others.” Follow Jon on Twitter at @jonverbeck1.

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Leadership Development Development Leadership Emotional Intelligence 258

Lead Change Blog

DECEMBER 19, 2018

People on your team will develop relationships with you and with each other. Your challenge is to help people grow and develop. Jack Welch had a stellar career as one of the great CEOs of all time. They are superb at work that uses their brain. People are creative. They come up with good ideas. People are perceptive, too.

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Ryan Welch Bottom-up Micromanagement 316

Great Leadership By Dan

JUNE 26, 2018

However, as a succession of leaders, including William Toppeta, CEO of MetLife, Myrtle Potter, COO at Genentech, Howard Safir, New York City Police Commissioner, and many others spoke at the Forum, it became clear that the concepts we were uncovering were in need of an organizing tool. Do any – or all -- belong in our list?

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Great Leadership By Dan

DECEMBER 1, 2007

A Genie (actually an HR Vice-president at a former company) once asked me, “ Dan, if you could waive your magic wand and only do one thing for leadership development, what would it be?” That is, of course you can’t develop leaders by doing just one thing, leadership development is a system, involving many interdependent variables.

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Leadership Development CEO Development Welch 120

Leading Blog

JULY 9, 2012

The CEO is the communication champion. Irv Hockaday, former president and CEO of Hallmark adds, “A CEO’s primary responsibilities are to provide vision, to motivate employees, and to develop leaders. Jack Welch says, “It’s not a speech… or a videotape. It stats with leadership. It’s driven home with leadership.”.

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Company Welch Consensus Bottom-up 285

Leading Blog

AUGUST 13, 2021

Jack Welch, who led General Electric as its CEO from 1981 to 2001observed that mid-level leaders at GE struggled with having the courage to make a decision. Three attributes that are critical to taking on the mantle of leadership are decision-making, resiliency, and character.

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Welch Servant Leader Short-term Executive Coaching 251

Leadership Freak

JANUARY 31, 2016

James Whitehurst – CEO and President of Redhat. Jack Welch – retired… Continue reading → All successful leaders universally share one quality. I’ve interviewed and learned from some of the world’s most respected leaders and thinkers.

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Welch CEO Quality Succession 100

CO2

JANUARY 15, 2020

Ever wonder why great CEOs like Steve Jobs, Jack Welch, Eric Schmidt, and Bill Gates hire executive coaches? The idea of the CEO being coached does not often come at the suggestion of another. percent of the time the idea came from the CEO, according to an executive coaching survey by Stanford University and The Miles Group.

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Executive Coaching Execution Welch CEO 78

Great Leadership By Dan

MAY 31, 2018

Likewise, the aggressive and purportedly overbearing Jack Welch was highly respected and emulated, but likability was not a key ingredient for leading the massively complex global conglomerate. He was a brilliant in all the ways that mattered, and that , more than likability, gained him the followership he needed to lead in computing.

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Leadership Welch Benchmarking Consultative 195

CO2

JANUARY 15, 2020

Ever wonder why great CEOs like Steve Jobs, Jack Welch, Eric Schmidt, and Bill Gates hire an executive coach? In fact, 79 percent of the time, it is CEOs themselves who seek out coaching. Why Hire Executive Coach as a CEO? But most CEOs aren’t trained in navigating interpersonal conflicts.

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Executive Coaching Execution Welch Self-aware 78

CO2

JANUARY 15, 2020

Ever wonder why great CEOs like Steve Jobs, Jack Welch, Eric Schmidt, and Bill Gates hire an executive coach? In fact, 79 percent of the time, it is CEOs themselves who seek out coaching. Why Hire an Executive Coaching as a CEO? But most CEOs aren’t trained in navigating interpersonal conflicts.

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Executive Coaching Execution Welch Self-aware 78

CO2

JANUARY 15, 2020

By: Gary Cohen Ever wonder why great CEOs like Steve Jobs, Jack Welch, Eric Schmidt, and Bill Gates hire an executive coach? In fact, 79 percent of the time, it is CEOs themselves who seek out coaching. But most CEOs aren’t trained in navigating interpersonal conflicts. All these reasons have to do with people.

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Executive Coaching Execution Welch Self-aware 78

Nathan Magnuson

JANUARY 7, 2019

Retired General Electric CEO Jack Welch observed that, “If you don’t like people, leadership stinks!” ” He estimated that 70% of his job was developing people. An unfortunate trap execution-focused leaders can fall into is believing (either consciously or unconsciously) that people are a means to an end.

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White Paper Mission Statement Welch Micromanagement 139

Skip Prichard

JANUARY 30, 2023

Lisa is the CEO of Center for Mentoring Excellence, a global speaker on mentoring, and co-author of The Mentor’s Guide and Bridging Differences for Better Mentoring. Learning and Development Opportunities. This is a guest post by Lisa Z. It’s a great time to be looking for a job, and a hard time to be an employer.

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Mentor How To Welch Learning-by-Doing 93

Leading Blog

SEPTEMBER 4, 2017

J EFFREY IMMELT took over General Electric from Jack Welch at a time of increasing instability. He says, "The task of the CEO has never been as difficult as it is today. To create an adaptable culture, you need adaptable leaders. * * * Like us on Facebook for additional leadership and personal development ideas.

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Welch How To Long-term Objective 173

CO2

JULY 25, 2023

“I need to restructure my business — I’m thinking of eliminating my acquisitions team,” said the CEO of a large professional services firm. general Jack Chain who was responsible for the country’s nuclear arsenals, to Jack Welch, former CEO of G.E. This approach paid off for a leader at a software consulting company.

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Leadership Welch Bottom-up Innovation 78

CO2

JULY 25, 2023

“I need to restructure my business — I’m thinking of eliminating my acquisitions team,” said the CEO of a large professional services firm. general Jack Chain who was responsible for the country’s nuclear arsenals, to Jack Welch, former CEO of G.E. This approach paid off for a leader at a software consulting company.

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Leadership Welch Bottom-up Innovation 78

Great Leadership By Dan

OCTOBER 28, 2011

Here's the 2nd in a series of guest posts by Professor Jim Clawson , one of our Executive Development Program instructors for a custom program we offer on Leading Change. Take for example Jeff Immelt's eleven year run as CEO at GE. He inherited a company that had developed 20 years of cultural focus on fit and efficiency.

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Management Welch McCarthy Organizational Behavior 231

Coaching Tip

NOVEMBER 11, 2011

"Even if the students choose not to go into selling, they need multifunctional expertise to get into general management," says Doug Raftery, Procter & Gamble's vice president of consumer business development. Jack Welch, former CEO of General Electric, once said, "If you don't have a competitive advantage, don't compete."

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Competitive Advantage Welch Tactics CEO 84

Marshall Goldsmith

JUNE 16, 2013

We apply these behavioral criteria to almost any successful person, whether it’s our CEO or our plumbing contractor. And not many people remember that Jack Welch has a PhD in chemical engineering. That’s when the GE board wanted to know if he could behave as a CEO. And start developing it. Life is good.

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Chemicals Welch CFO CEO 133

Coaching Tip

SEPTEMBER 4, 2013

IBM then approached Microsoft to also develop the second generation of personal computer operating systems with GUI (Graphical User Interface) screens so IBM could sell more personal computers. And, of course, Jack Welch, former CEO of General Electric has said, "If you don''t have a competitive advantage, don''t compete."

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Competitive Advantage Software Welch Marketing Strategy 85

The Horizons Tracker

MARCH 29, 2020

The ranking of employees was all the rage in the Jack Welch era, with the famous GE CEO encouraging managers to rank employees as either A players, B players or C players. The A’s would be ripe for promotion, the B’s for further development, and the C’s would typically be shown the door. Working as a team.

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Cooper Metrics Welch Sports 63

Sales Wolf Blog

SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) Uniform Guidelines on Employee Selection Procedures (1978) Uniform Guidelines on Employee Selection Walk The Talk The Dash, The Race, and Management, Training and Development Resources Workforce Management: information on employment law, human resource development and human resource management.

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Blog Human Resources Talent Management Mentor 113

Sales Wolf Blog

MAY 10, 2010

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) Uniform Guidelines on Employee Selection Procedures (1978) Uniform Guidelines on Employee Selection Walk The Talk The Dash, The Race, and Management, Training and Development Resources Workforce Management: information on employment law, human resource development and human resource management.

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Critical Success Factor Succession Human Resources Blog 181

Sales Wolf Blog

MAY 25, 2010

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) Uniform Guidelines on Employee Selection Procedures (1978) Uniform Guidelines on Employee Selection Walk The Talk The Dash, The Race, and Management, Training and Development Resources Workforce Management: information on employment law, human resource development and human resource management.

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Cost Human Resources Benchmarking Welch 100

Sales Wolf Blog

JULY 9, 2010

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) Uniform Guidelines on Employee Selection Procedures (1978) Uniform Guidelines on Employee Selection Walk The Talk The Dash, The Race, and Management, Training and Development Resources Workforce Management: information on employment law, human resource development and human resource management.

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Company Human Resources Prahalad Resources 140

Eric Jacobson

NOVEMBER 26, 2014

Readers'' favorites included those written by or about sports coaches, athletes, CEOs, scholars, religious leaders, governmental and military leaders. Top Books About Leadership. Top Books About Leadership.

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Books Leadership Handbook Kotter 79

Sales Wolf Blog

DECEMBER 3, 2010

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) Uniform Guidelines on Employee Selection Procedures (1978) Uniform Guidelines on Employee Selection Walk The Talk The Dash, The Race, and Management, Training and Development Resources Workforce Management: information on employment law, human resource development and human resource management.

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Conference Human Resources Human Capital White Paper 133

N2Growth Blog

APRIL 2, 2010

Let me be very clear here - as the CEO or entrepreneur, YOU and not your legal counsel, marketing director, ad agency or PR firm must make this choice. One of the things I look most forward to is watching Chris continue to develop and refine his thoughts as the medium advances and matures. link] Allan W. link] Allan W.

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Media Blog Tools Influence 382

Sales Wolf Blog

MAY 21, 2010

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) Uniform Guidelines on Employee Selection Procedures (1978) Uniform Guidelines on Employee Selection Walk The Talk The Dash, The Race, and Management, Training and Development Resources Workforce Management: information on employment law, human resource development and human resource management.

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Eric Jacobson

MAY 25, 2012

Readers' favorites included those written by or about sports coaches, athletes, CEOs, scholars, religious leaders, governmental and military leaders. Then, select one or more for your summer reading list. Then, select one or more for your summer reading list.

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Books Handbook Kotter Leadership Pipeline 92

Eric Jacobson

NOVEMBER 15, 2013

Readers'' favorites included those written by or about sports coaches, athletes, CEOs, scholars, religious leaders, governmental and military leaders. Top Books About Leadership. Top Books About Leadership.

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Books Leadership Handbook Kotter 50

N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 8, 2020

In our meetings with CEOs and HR directors, it is evident there is a growing concern within organizations needing to strengthen current leaders and support the bench of the future ones. Deliberate Diversification: identify and develop future leaders for a few different roles and contexts, not infinite agility.

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Leadership Agility Leadership Pipeline Welch 392

Eric Jacobson

SEPTEMBER 20, 2012

Readers' favorites included those written by or about sports coaches, athletes, CEOs, scholars, religious leaders, governmental and military leaders. Then, select one or more for your summer reading list. Then, select one or more for your summer reading list.

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Books Leadership Handbook Kotter 61

Terry Starbucker

OCTOBER 10, 2010

The 90% Theory And Why That Can Be Enough by Starbucker on October 10, 2010 Jack Welch at the World Business Forum, October 5 2010 (Photo by dov.com) Charisma – “ a personal magic of leadership arousing special popular loyalty ” (Webster Dictionary) You notice them the minute they enter a room. Who are these people?

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Charisma Welch Stage-Gate Self-aware 309

Great Leadership By Dan

DECEMBER 22, 2011

Guest post by Great Leadership regular contributor Beth Armknecht Miller: Why is it important to develop future leaders within your company? In his book, Built to Last , Jim Collins describes the very successful succession planning process that GE’s CEO, Reginald Jones, took to find a new CEO. Start Now.

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Development Critical Success Factor Leadership Development Collins 232

First Friday Book Synopsis

JUNE 15, 2011

Jennifer Prosek is the founder and CEO of CJP Communications (CJP), where she leads many of the firm’s key accounts. Under her leadership, the firm has become a leading international public relations and financial communications consultancy with offices in New York, Connecticut and London.

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