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N2Growth Blog
JANUARY 21, 2011
Okay, so you founded the company, but does that mean you should also be the chief executive? Perhaps you were the right person for the job initially, but has the company outgrown your management ability? As the founder, can you, or should you, attempt to grow with the company? CEO…that title sounds good doesn’t it?
N2Growth Blog
APRIL 2, 2010
If you’re among the group of active users who no longer find it confusing, but still haven’t hit your stride, you’re also in good company. With each major advancement in technology, communications, or business practice we find ourselves yet again at this all too familiar precipice. Thanks for the great insights Rob.
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Harvard Business Review
JULY 17, 2018
During Jeff Immelt’s tenure as CEO of General Electric, from 2001 until 2017, the company’s stock price fell by over 30%, a decline of roughly $150 billion in shareholder value. So, during GE’s long and steep decline, where was the company’s board of directors? The Board Had No Finance Committee.
Harvard Business Review
JULY 5, 2018
Of course, GE is not dead, and it may well revive and flourish as a company. Unlike a pure holding company or a modern hedge fund, the GE model intended to create value by actively sharing capabilities among its disparate businesses, which, with one important exception, were all rooted in manufacturing. Business schools.
Harvard Business Review
MAY 13, 2014
Under CEO Jack Welch in the 1980s and 1990s, they adopted operational efficiency approaches (“ Workout ,” “Six Sigma,” and “Lean”) that reinforced their success and that many companies emulated. But, as befits a company that has been around for 130 years, GE is moving on.
N2Growth Blog
OCTOBER 6, 2010
Bill’s passion an his sales skills were clearly evident, but his presentation came across as a wannabe self-help guru more than a CEO of one of the world’s best software companies. The highlight of the day for me was when Jack Welch took center stage, and center stage he took. Companies are made of people, so dreams matter.
Harvard Business Review
AUGUST 6, 2014
Editor’s note: When the Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba goes public, as it will soon, Yahoo will earn many times its significant original stake in the company — a surprising ending to a tale of experimentation and discovery. search engine company Inktomi in 2002. Things hadn’t gone well up until that point.
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