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PEAK Leadership

CO2

“I need to restructure my business — I’m thinking of eliminating my acquisitions team,” said the CEO of a large professional services firm. That was my conclusion after I conducted around 170 formal and informal interviews with world-renowned leaders, from Walter Isaacson, the former head of CNN, to four-star U.S.

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PEAK Leadership

CO2

“I need to restructure my business — I’m thinking of eliminating my acquisitions team,” said the CEO of a large professional services firm. That was my conclusion after I conducted around 170 formal and informal interviews with world-renowned leaders, from Walter Isaacson, the former head of CNN, to four-star U.S.

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Who Killed the GE Model?

Harvard Business Review

The model was honed by Jack Welch in the 1980s and 1990s, with new portfolio restructuring strategies and a headlong expansion into finance. Fourth, some argued that GE’s advantage lay in its system of professional management, epitomized by its investments in executive education and management development.

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