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What I Learned from Jack Welch

Next Level Blog

Back in the day, GE’s CEO Jack Welch used to hold forth from the Pit for three or four hours at a stretch leading a spirited back and forth with the high potential leaders in the company’s flagship Management Development Course (MDC). You’ve probably read that Welch passed away this week at the age of 84.

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How Do I Become a More Effective Middle Manager? (Video)

Let's Grow Leaders

Practical Ideas For Becoming a Better Middle Manager. Middle managers are like the middle child of an organization; often neglected by senior managers and blamed by their reports. Mary Galloway, Faculty member of the Jack Welch Management Institute. about the challenging role of being a middle manager.

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Talent Identification and Management

Career Advancement

“Talent management deserves as much focus as financial capital management in corporations.” ~ Jack Welch One of the best ways to strengthen your company as a whole is to devote attention to developing your employee talent. There are several ways that you, as a leader, can help to develop the talent at your company.

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Hot Seat: Jeff Immelt at GE

Leading Blog

I N SEPTEMBER 2001, Jack Welch was a tough act to follow. Immelt states in Hot Seat: What I Learned Leading a Great American Company : The best leaders absorb fear. Jack Welch led GE to some impressive numbers. And in 2001, the economic tailwinds that Welch enjoyed were about to shift. That’s baptism by fire.

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Top Companies are Guided by these Three Best Principles

Leading Blog

Jim Shaffer, author of The Leadership Solution , believes that top companies are guided by these three best principles: They value their people. Communication is managed as a business process. Shaffer says that while it must be managed as a business process, it spans all of the other business processes.

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LeadershipNow 140: March 2020 Compilation

Leading Blog

Rethinking Managing and Leading in Real-Time by @ArtPetty. You’re Only as Good as the Company You Keep by @FSonnenberg. READ, Caveat emptor, CEO by @TedKinni A short list of questions can help leaders avoid the potentially harmful consequences of flawed management studies. Leadership Insight: How to Spot Fear by @KateNasser.

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A Guide For How To Dream Big And Win In Business

Eric Jacobson

In Dream Big and Win , author Liz Elting shares the lessons she learned ― both the successes and failures ― while building a billion-dollar company from scratch.

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