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. That was my conclusion after I conducted around 170 formal and informal interviews with world-renowned leaders, from Walter Isaacson, the former head of CNN, to four-star U.S.

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Leadership Welch Bottom-up Innovation 78

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. For more information, see The Mentor’s Guide or Bridging Differences for Better Mentoring. This is a guest post by Lisa Z. Harness the Power of Complementary Mentoring.

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Mentor How To Welch Learning-by-Doing 94

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. But sometimes we forget to apply them to ourselves.

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Chemicals Welch CFO CEO 133

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 introduction of performance ranking information reduced the chances of cooperation to around 1/3 of what it was in the control condition.

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Cooper Metrics Welch Sports 76

Coaching Tip

SEPTEMBER 4, 2013

Over the years, I have continued to use Windows software in my personal computers (where all my business information is created and stored) but continue to use the non-software compatible Apple iPhone (because Microsoft hadn''t yet caught up within the leaders of the mobile software marketplace).

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Competitive Advantage Software Welch Marketing Strategy 85

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

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 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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Resources Consultative White Paper Human Resources 100

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 Emotional Intelligence 100

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

Strategy Driven

JULY 23, 2014

Michelle is also the CEO of Women Network LLC, an online digital media platform dedicated to giving women a voice and a platform to share their message. Name and address information required. Recommended Resource – The Welch Way. Michelle may be reached at WomenNetwork.com. FREE StrategyDriven Trial Membership.

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Diversity Conference Mentor Entrepreneur 65

Steve Farber

MARCH 26, 2014

And we’re talking about the practical application of the game-changing concepts and strategies he’s learned directly from that rare breed of leader such Richard Branson, Steve Jobs, Howard Schultz, Jack Welch, Tony Hsieh, and the list goes on. He brings tremendous value to this event. “Simon is a huge advocate of our work.

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Press Release Simon Magazine Participative 71

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

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 2, 2010

Randy rose to become a CEO in a General Electric Company business with the encouragement and coaching of high-level executives including the legendary GE Chairman, Jack Welch.

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Newsletter Bottom-up Welch Tools 50

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 21, 2012

As the up-and-coming vice president and CEO candidate for a Fortune 500 technology corporation sat before the CEO for his annual review, he was baffled to discover that the feedback from his peers, customers, direct reports, and particularly from board members placed unusual emphasis on one potentially devastating problem: his listening deficit.

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360-Degree Feedback Welch Active Listening CEO 17

Harvard Business Review

JULY 5, 2018

The GE model dates back at least to the reign of Reginald Jones as CEO in the 1970s. The model was honed by Jack Welch in the 1980s and 1990s, with new portfolio restructuring strategies and a headlong expansion into finance. Silicon Valley and the rise of information technology. Business schools.

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Welch Software Industry Hedge 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 24, 2015

For example, one CEO of a large technology firm oscillated between major expansions (e.g. For instance, think of all the zigzags in strategic direction the old Hewlett Packard took as it went through four CEOs in a decade: first, the focus was on technology innovation, then it was on growth through acquisitions, and then on efficiency.

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Welch Six Sigma Real Estate Trends 8

Great Leadership By Dan

JANUARY 16, 2008

The CEOs and heads of HR at General Electric, Honeywell, Lincoln Financial, American Heart Association, and dozens of entrepreneurs have personally vouched for improvements to 80% and even 90% hiring success. Let me assure you, those results are for real! But phone screens take 10-20 hours and two weeks of telephone tag. Double ugh!

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How To Reference Cost Case Study 126

N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 6, 2010

Jim was animated, passionate, informative and lucid. Where Jim fell short in my opinion was that if you’ve heard Jim before, there wasn’t a lot of new information. The highlight of the day for me was when Jack Welch took center stage, and center stage he took. He is a great presenter and was highly entertaining.

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Blog Brand Media Influence 336

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 29, 2015

As Nobel Laureate Herbert Simon first suggested 40 years ago , when information is plentiful, attention becomes the scarce resource. Second, and more difficult, is figuring out when to stop gathering information. Finally, when we have plentiful access to information, we also need to find time for reflection. Further Reading.

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Management Welch Resources Simon 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 3, 2013

She was interested in several different fields, but lacked contacts she could tap for informational interviews. The CEO — the public face of the company — is bombarded with requests. She realized she needed to get creative about cold calls. Finally, you have to be willing to seize opportunity.

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COO Chief Operating Officer Real Estate Welch 8

N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2010

Contrast this with the fact that CEOs of Fortune 500 companies read an average of four to five books a month. As an advisor to CEOs, there is little doubt that I’m passionate about personal and professional development, and there is one simple reason why – it works.

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Blog Open-book Library Learning-by-Doing 419

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 27, 2014

For example, during CEO Mary Barra’s testimony in Washington, few lawmakers seemed interested in exactly how GM plans to change its processes, and Barra, while acknowledging that the company needs to improve safety procedures, made it clear that the company won’t share the data from its internal investigation of ignition-switch defects.

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Incentives Performance Review Welch Motivation 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 9, 2011

When I passed his office and he wasn't there, I was sure that he was meeting with Jack Welch or someone famous. He and two other economists created the trading process called Black-Scholes that impacted the ways financial markets were informed and influenced. Mind you, this happened almost every day. You see the problem.

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Merton Black-Scholes Welch Organizational Behavior 14

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 18, 2012

In the 20th century, a select group of leaders — General Motor's Alfred Sloan, HP's David Packard and Bill Hewlett, and GE's Jack Welch — set the standard for the way corporations are run. These are the qualities I believe made him the best CEO, so far, of the 21st century: Humility and openness. It is not about you.

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Globalization Golden Parachute Short-term Long-term 15

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 23, 2013

Former GE CEO Jack Welch, writing in Business Week , characterized the nonprofit sector as a "foreign land" in which performance is not a priority and employees are guaranteed "lifetime employment." What kind of choices and information do people have? How likely are profit and social impact to be in tension?

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Porter Welch Health Care Marketing 9

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 16, 2012

Chainsaw" Al Dunlap, Fred "the shred" Goodwin, and "Neutron" Jack Welch were all famous for losing their cool. There is also a risk that decision-making gets stuck: Lego CEO, Jurgen Knudstorp, notes that companies are far more likely to fail through "indigestion" than through "starvation," as Gordon Brown's labour government discovered.

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Management Gordon Welch Chemicals 16

Women in the LEAD

MARCH 7, 2010

Debbe Debbe Kennedy, founder, president and CEO Women in the Lead   at the Global Dialogue Center Leadership Solutions Companies Berrett-Koehler author, Putting Our Differences to Work The Fastest Way to Innovation, Leadership, and High Performance It's a New DAY! Together we will create the difference we are seeking!

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Welch Katz Globalization Conference 45

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 15, 2013

Two-thirds of CEOs don''t receive any outside advice on their leadership skills, and yet almost all would be receptive to suggestions from a coach. This makes the coaching environment a rare and safe place to think through various topics against the framework of what is in the CEO''s best interest. What''s behind that?

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CEO Survey Charan Welch 13

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

People now have access to information including companies’ wages and benefits, sexual harassment policies, and involvement in political issues. Companies are coming under increased scrutiny from media, customers, investors, and other stakeholders for organizational practices that used to be hidden from the public.

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Welch Reputation Diversity Media 10

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 9, 2015

Working across organizational boundaries was a new way of thinking 25 years ago —one that was largely championed by Jack Welch, then CEO of GE. Our communications technologies have dramatically improved, and we have instantaneous access to massive amounts of information.

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Welch Supply Chain Consensus Engineering 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 19, 2011

At the beginning of the session, the CEO quickly flashed a couple of slides on the screen that summarized key aspects of the firm's strategy, saying, "You've all seen these charts before, so we don't have to dwell on them." Jack Welch used to talk about self-confidence as a critical characteristic for managerial success.

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Self-aware Welch Long-term CEO 14

Marshall Goldsmith

SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

We apply these behavioral criteria to almost any successful person – whether it’s a CEO or a plumber. Jack Welch has a Ph.D. Jack Welch has a Ph.D. When he was vying for the CEO job, the issues holding him back were strictly behavioral – his brashness, his blunt language, his unwillingness to suffer fools.

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Skills CFO Cost-Benefit Analysis Welch 114

Marshall Goldsmith

MARCH 1, 2011

We apply these behavioral criteria to almost any successful person-- whether it's a CEO or a plumber. Jack Welch has a Ph.D. Jack Welch has a Ph.D. When he was vying for the CEO job, the issues holding him back were strictly behavioral--his brashness, his blunt language, his unwillingness to suffer fools.

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Skills CFO Cost-Benefit Analysis Welch 123

Coaching Tip

JANUARY 27, 2011

The previous power sharing involved both Eric Schmidt as CEO and the advisory pair - cofounders Sergey Brin and Larry Page. Now, Mr. Page is assuming the CEO position. Even when there appears to be a single voice, that person is informed by the filtered information that rises up from the expertise below. GE and HCL.

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Succession Welch Leadership Diversity 113

N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 7, 2010

Bravo Nando… Jack Welch - The former Chairman and CEO of GE reminded us of the value of candor. Candor, clarity, humility, passion and a heart for service characterize Jack Welch. Lafley - The former Chairman and CEO of Proctor & Gamble gave a clinic on innovation.

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