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Successful Leadership Is Not One Size Fits All

Coaching Tip

GE is known for its diversity and ability to function competitively in many markets. Jack Welch is quoted as saying, "What sets GE apart is a culture that uses diversity as a limitless source of learning opportunities, a storehouse of ideas whose breadth and richness is unmatched in world business." GE and HCL.

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Alibaba Looks More Like GE than Google

Harvard Business Review

Competition trumps cooperation, and distributed decision-making by individual business units trumps universal strategy. As the 2010 case describes: By his own admission, Ma was a fan of Jack Welch, so it was only natural that his organization came to resemble that of GE in some regards. Investors are wary of this approach.

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