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.” Cy Wakeman of Reality-Based Leadership provided Stuck With a Bad Leader?

Leadership Development 258

Leadership Development Development Leadership Emotional Intelligence 258

The Horizons Tracker

AUGUST 11, 2022

When GE replaced Jack Welch there was a three-man race for the position between Robert Nardelli, James McNerny, and eventual successor Jeff Immelt. For these people, the move to other companies coincided with a salary increase of around 33% on average. “The possibility of a promotion is a carrot to work harder.” on average.

CEO 120

CEO Welch Long-term Execution 120

N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 21, 2011

Posted on January 21st, 2011 by admin in Leadership , Miscellaneous , Operations & Strategy By Mike Myatt , Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth Entrepreneur, CEO or Both? Okay, so you founded the company, but does that mean you should also be the chief executive? Which hat, or hats do you wear? What does a CEO really do anyway?

Entrepreneur 382

Entrepreneur CEO Blog Welch 382

CEO Blog

FEBRUARY 17, 2013

He talks about the power of purpose, the interdependence of business, and conscious leadership (doing good can be a choice). It has a series of 2 page company profiles of companies that do good business. They highlight the things the companies do and their unique cultures.

Welch 138

Welch Sports Review Books 138

Great Leadership By Dan

OCTOBER 28, 2011

I introduced Jim to Great Leadership readers a few weeks ago with a post called "A Four-wheel-drive Diamond in the Rough Leadership Model". Note: today, 10/28/2011, is the 4 year anniversary of Great Leadership. He inherited a company that had developed 20 years of cultural focus on fit and efficiency. There's risk.

Management 231

Management Welch McCarthy Organizational Behavior 231

Sales Wolf Blog

JULY 9, 2010

 This week I've got a unique and excellent resource from Fast Company that I would like to point you to.  Enjoy!   The Resource:    Fast Company's 30 Second MBA What it is:   30 Second MBA is a unique video resource that in some ways resembles a virtual university.

Company 140

Company Human Resources Prahalad Resources 140

Coaching Tip

APRIL 27, 2012

In the April 30, 2012 issue of FORTUNE , Jack and Suzy Welch wrote about "one of the most immutable rules of business. And if your company's culture is to mean anything, you have to hang--publicly--those in your midst who would destroy it. that can ruin a company's reputation. It's a grim image, we know. What nonsense.".

Welch 117

Welch Ethics Automotive Globalization 117

Coaching Tip

SEPTEMBER 4, 2013

Microsoft Corporation got its start by making operational software for personal computers; as a contractor to IBM who decided to explore the personal computer market after doing well in main frame and mid-sized computing hardware. . The true source of Microsoft''s competitive strength is what the company does , rather than what it sells.

Competitive Advantage 85

Competitive Advantage Software Welch Marketing Strategy 85

In the CEO Afterlife

AUGUST 7, 2011

Leadership. by John • August 7, 2011 • Human Resources , Leadership , Life • 0 Comments. Beyond my recreational life (weapons of choice being a tennis racquet or a golf club - on a good day I use both), I’m writing about business leadership, branding and life. Leadership. In the CEO Afterlife. Visionary.

CEO 100

CEO Golden Parachute Welch Human Resources 100

Sales Wolf Blog

JULY 6, 2010

Copyright 2007-2010 - Chris Young Twitter Updates follow me on Twitter « Possibility Maximizer: TLNT | Main | Possibility Maximizer: Fast Companys 30 Second MBA » July 06, 2010 The Rainmaker Fab Five Blog Picks of the Week Happy Tuesday and welcome back!  I hope you had a fabulous Independence Day weekend!  Enjoy!

Blog 140

Blog Taylorism Taylor Human Resources 140

Sales Wolf Blog

JANUARY 10, 2011

 Today I would like to shift gears and take a look ahead at what the HR, talent management, and leadership development blogging community sees in store for us in 2011.  Last week I paused for a moment to look back at the year that was 2010.  Enjoy! .  Enjoy!

Blog 200

Blog Ingham Human Capital Human Resources 200

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. Successful businesses adapt to market innovations and thrive, while those that fail to make iterative leaps fall by the wayside.

Media 382

Media Blog Tools Influence 382

Sales Wolf Blog

AUGUST 30, 2010

Here are five great posts from the HR, talent management, and leadership development blogosphere to kick off your work week and help you Maximize Possibility in your organization.  Check out his post to learn more about the fundamentals of effective leadership. .  I hope you had a wonderful weekend.  Enjoy!

Blog 124

Blog Maslow Talent Management Human Resources 124

Sales Wolf Blog

OCTOBER 25, 2010

Copyright 2007-2010 - Chris Young Twitter Updates follow me on Twitter « Possibility Maximizer: HR-Guide.com | Main | Possibility Maximizer: Ask HR Bartender » October 25, 2010 The Rainmaker Fab Five Blog Picks of the Week It was another great week for reading HR, talent management, and leadership development blogs!  Enjoy!

Blog 133

Blog Talent Management Human Resources Welch 133

Sales Wolf Blog

OCTOBER 11, 2010

Rob Tucker, Reading About Leading : How to Encourage Others to Take Ownership - Sadly, over the past decade, the idea of employee ownership has become yet another detestable buzzword espoused by disconnected senior leadership and plastered on internal marketing collateral.  Enjoy!  Enjoy!

Blog 145

Blog Human Resources Talent Management Welch 145

Sales Wolf Blog

DECEMBER 3, 2010

The Conference Board seeks to drive thought leadership and business results by focusing on four key topical categories: 1) corporate leadership 2) economies, markets, and value creation 3) high-performing organizations, and 4) human capital.

Conference 133

Conference Human Resources Human Capital White Paper 133

Sales Wolf Blog

NOVEMBER 5, 2010

 The folks at Monster Thinking are in the trenches of the recruiting and career industry and are highly in tune with what is happening in the employment market.  The folks at Monster Thinking are in the trenches of the recruiting and career industry and are highly in tune with what is happening in the employment market.

Human Resources 140

Human Resources Talent Management Blog Resources 140

Sales Wolf Blog

APRIL 18, 2010

  Michael McKinney, Leadership Now :  Does Your Leadership Have "White Space"? Most of us are familiar with the concept of "white space" derived from the fields of marketing and graphical design.    However, you may not have thought of this concept as a metaphor for leadership. 

Blog 100

Blog Talent Management Human Resources Welch 100

Steve Farber

MARCH 26, 2014

Press Release : Fortune 500 Executive Leadership Coach and Best-Selling Author to Share Stage with Mega-Rockstar at 2nd Annual Extreme Leadership Summit in Chicago this April 11-13. Farber is a top leadership consultant to senior executives of many Fortune 500 companies. That’s what makes this lineup so exciting.

Press Release 71

Press Release Simon Magazine Participative 71

Sales Wolf Blog

MAY 28, 2010

  Financial markets seem to be in perpetual chaos, our environment is in peril due to natural and man made disasters, and feelings of uncertainty abound in our everyday lives.    Together, the newsletter and blog are a powerful one-two punch to knock the fear out of your life.

Human Resources 100

Human Resources Newsletter Blog Welch 100

Sales Wolf Blog

MAY 21, 2010

  One unique feature of their knowledge resource center that I particularly like is that in addition to publishing great primary research, they also compile secondary market data and research and organize it into convenient and easy to read tables and graphs that make following government data and macroeconomic trends a breeze. 

Resources 100

Resources Consultative White Paper Human Resources 100

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 2, 2010

StrategyDriven effective executives, efficient employees Home About The StrategyDriven Organization Our Company Our Contributors Karen K. Juliano Howard T. Dickens Jr. Ives Sharon Drew Morgen Hank Moore Jamie P.

Newsletter 50

Newsletter Bottom-up Welch Tools 50

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 26, 2016

A staggering 88% of companies listed in the 1955 Fortune 500 are nowhere to be found in the same list today. If we want our companies to last, we must excel at the “ Three Box Solution.” If we want our companies to last, we must excel at the “ Three Box Solution.” Now it’s less than 15 years.

Company 8

Company Welch Bureaucracy Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 16, 2016

Leadership is changing — fast. Successful CEOs push managers to go uncomfortably beyond faithful retransmission: they want their leadership coming up with proverbs and parables to better preach the new gospel. She began talking about how she wanted customers to feel and share after interacting with the company’s services.

CEO 8

CEO Welch Health Care Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 13, 2014

In 1960, marketing legend Ted Levitt provided perhaps his seminal contribution to the Harvard Business Review : “ Marketing Myopia.” The article castigated companies for losing sight of the essence of their business, setting themselves up for challenges from competitors and, ultimately, for obsolescence.

Levitt 9

Levitt Christensen Competitive Advantage Welch 9

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 24, 2015

pursuing adjacent markets, making acquisitions) and significant contractions (e.g. Each strategic shift, of course, was carefully explained and justified by changing market conditions or opportunities; but the net result within the company was a performance-sapping sense of cynicism. This case isn’t the exception.

Welch 8

Welch Six Sigma Real Estate Trends 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 25, 2013

If some of the buzz is any indication — and I believe it will be — it's a concept that will gain a lot of traction this year as more companies look for ways to better manage dwindling natural resources and more consumers demand action on environmental issues. The third was around thought leadership. It's a huge challenge.

Company 8

Company Apparel Engineering Welch 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 14, 2012

Career ladders died out during the late 1980s and early 1990s, when over 85% of Fortune 1000 American companies downsized their white-collar workforce.* As companies thinned out, those leadership positions disappeared — and most haven't come back since. Over time, the company began to bulge with managers.

Career 15

Career Welch Information Technology Training 15

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 2, 2012

This vignette raises a key leadership question: Why do leaders wait too long to modify or abandon their business models? Even a company as sophisticated as GE waited too long to reorient its lighting business away from incandescent bulbs. These businesses now make up more than half the company.

Business Model 15

Business Model Incubator Supply Chain Welch 15

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 21, 2012

This executive was widely considered among the best and brightest in his company, but it was evident that this issue needed immediate attention if he ever hoped to advance to the top spot. The definition of the market needed to be changed based on an expanded understanding of its customers' needs. He wasn't alone in that regard.

360-Degree Feedback 16

360-Degree Feedback Welch Active Listening CEO 16

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 15, 2016

In October 2000, Jack Welch announced the biggest deal of his 20-year tenure as head of GE: a $45 billion merger with Honeywell. But they also found evidence for the importance of executive experience for a company’s financial success. It’s partly because younger CEOs are attracted to faster-growing companies.

CEO 8

CEO Policies Welch Sample 8

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? Continuity of company culture, labor shortages, and an unexpected death of a senior manager are just a few important reasons. Challenges for Mid-Market Companies. Start Now.

Development 232

Development Critical Success Factor Leadership Development Collins 232

Harvard Business Review

MAY 27, 2014

Last fall, when it was still not clear who would be the next chief executive of Microsoft, Jack Welch recommended Sam Palmisano for the job. I’d be interested, Palmisano replied, but only “if Bill took the company private.”. Are today’s investors really that horrible? Short answer: no.

Stage-Gate 8

Stage-Gate Strategic Planning Welch CFO 8

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. Whereas Gerstner famously declared "the last thing IBM needs is a vision," Palmisano had a clear vision for the company.

Globalization 15

Globalization Golden Parachute Short-term Long-term 15

N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 6, 2010

Never confuse power with leadership. It was full of trite cliches and worn out leadership rhetoric. 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.

Blog 360

Blog Brand Media Influence 360

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.

Chief Financial Officer 8

Chief Financial Officer Operations Learning-by-Doing IPO 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 2, 2012

This vignette raises a key leadership question: Why do leaders wait too long to modify or abandon their business models? Even a company as sophisticated as GE waited too long to reorient its lighting business away from incandescent bulbs. These businesses now make up more than half the company.

Business Model 8

Business Model Incubator Supply Chain Welch 8