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. They highlight, however, how rankings can also have a dark side, not least in the support of cooperation among employees. Working as a team. Sharing reputation.

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Cooper Metrics Welch Sports 63

Mike Cardus

MARCH 18, 2012

What to do when you are not getting cooperation. Global Category Director – Cardiopulmonary, Welch Allyn, Inc. “We Influence Strategies. Communication with people outside the team who’s help is needed. Pitfalls of emails to projects and how to avoid them. Feel free to email or call us at 1-716-629-3678.

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Team Team Building Project Welch 164

Deming Institute

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

In the summer of 2005, I attended a conference which featured Jack Welch, the former CEO of General Electric, as the opening keynote speaker. Their efforts are interdependent.”. Edwards Deming, The New Economics. Something was missing in the calculations, perhaps interdependencies and resulting unintended consequences were overlooked.

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Deming Welch System Open-book 28

Sales Wolf Blog

AUGUST 23, 2010

 Others suggest that this form of ranking can hurt morale and inhibit cooperation among competing team members that ultimately puts individual interest ahead of what is best for the company.  In many cases, both sides have valid arguments.  In many cases, both sides have valid arguments.

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Blog Human Resources Welch Emotional Intelligence 140

Coaching Tip

JANUARY 27, 2011

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. General Electric and HCL Technologies provide a good counter example.

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Succession Welch Leadership Diversity 113

Harvard Business Review

MAY 14, 2014

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.

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IPO Welch Strategy Long-term 12

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 4, 2013

But looking at the short-term interests of the different players, as opposed to their stated goals, does open up opportunities for negotiation and cooperation. Determining just what the opportunities for negotiation and cooperation might be isn’t so easy, of course. So, that’s depressing. Room for negotiation.

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