Leading Blog

MARCH 31, 2020

Seth Godin Hates Being Organized by @danshipper Don’t ask: am I organized enough? Organizational Change: Only the People Can Save the Organization by @BobQuinnUofM. Want Employees to Own Their Career Development? Jack Welch: For a time, the most valuable CEO on earth by @geoffcolvin. Leadership by What Example?

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Self-aware Welch Godin Crisis 247

Eric Jacobson

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

By possessing a disciplined set of principles and focusing on carefully developing her leadership skills throughout the process, she was able to achieve her goal of becoming #1 in the translation market that was already dominated by established competitors.

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Reis Welch Competitive Advantage Drucker 104

Great Leadership By Dan

JANUARY 18, 2018

Duryea : Elon Musk, Steve Jobs, Jack Welch, and even Thomas Edison are a few of the great visionary leaders in their respective industries. Every organization is under an unbreakable operational fact called the “Law of Business Reality.” That is an organization will serve its customer in a profitable way or cease to exist.

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Business Model Welch Transportation Operations 234

Great Leadership By Dan

JUNE 26, 2018

However, as a succession of leaders, including William Toppeta, CEO of MetLife, Myrtle Potter, COO at Genentech, Howard Safir, New York City Police Commissioner, and many others spoke at the Forum, it became clear that the concepts we were uncovering were in need of an organizing tool. Were we the first to propose Leadership Ps?

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Great Leadership By Dan

OCTOBER 9, 2012

I’ve recently had the opportunity to help design a brand-new open-enrollment Woman’s Leadership Development Program to be offered through the University of New Hampshire’s Executive Development Program. Here are 10 Elements of a Great Woman’s Leadership Development Program: 1. Start with a solid research foundation.

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Leading Blog

AUGUST 16, 2012

Bill Lane was Jack Welch’s speechwriter for nearly two decades. Naturally, Welch figures into much of this book. Without real diligence, the organization slides into a mindset of slack. In Losing It , he draws on his experiences primarily at GE to highlight the behaviors that are career killers.

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Career Welch Learning-by-Doing Politics 284

Career Advancement

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

Jack Welch Dianne had always felt like more of a wallflower than a leader. If you want to aspire toward a career in leadership, work toward building and developing these characteristics. The needs of the organization and its employees are their top priority. “Before you are a leader, success is all about growing yourself.

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Training Leadership Executive Coaching Directory 321

QAspire

APRIL 2, 2017

In fact, it seems that constant learning is the only key to agility as a team and organization. Jack Welch famously said, “An organizations ability to learn, and translate that learning into action rapidly, is the greatest competitive advantage.”. It all starts from understanding why organizations don’t learn.

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Team Welch How To Competitive Advantage 185

Leading Blog

AUGUST 13, 2021

T AKING ON A POSITION of leadership comes with assuming risk, encountering organizational challenges, and being a moral role model for an organization. Jack Welch, who led General Electric as its CEO from 1981 to 2001observed that mid-level leaders at GE struggled with having the courage to make a decision.

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Leadership Freak

AUGUST 24, 2017

I’ll never forget Jack Welch saying you have about a 50/50 chance of hiring the right person. Surveys confirm that the majority of organizations have hired the wrong person.* The wrong hire: Drains… Continue reading →

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Sales Wolf Blog

JUNE 7, 2010

Successories Motivational Products Talent Managment Magazine Testing and Assessments - An Employers Guide to Good Practices Testing and Assessments - DOL The Rainmaker Group - Possibility Maximization An amazing group of people commited to making a difference in the world they live - one soul, one organization, one Customer Experience at a time.

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Leadership Development Blog Development Human Resources 174

Sales Wolf Blog

JUNE 6, 2010

Successories Motivational Products Talent Managment Magazine Testing and Assessments - An Employers Guide to Good Practices Testing and Assessments - DOL The Rainmaker Group - Possibility Maximization An amazing group of people commited to making a difference in the world they live - one soul, one organization, one Customer Experience at a time.

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Leadership Development Development Leadership McCarthy 224

Leadership Freak

APRIL 10, 2012

“Real change agents comprise less than 10% of all business people,” Jack Welch. Most leaders play not-to-lose rather than playing to win, especially in large organizations. The more we have to lose the more we play not-to-lose. What we protect owns, limits, and controls us. What we risk propels us forward. When to risk: An [.].

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Welch Organization Goal Motivation 223

LDRLB

APRIL 4, 2011

The April Leadership Development Carnival went live last night. A special thanks goes out to Sharlyn Lauby at the HR Bartender for organizing and hosting this month’s carnival. David Burkus discusses the potentially faulty assumptions of Jack Welch’s favored “rank and yank” method in his post The Topgrading Dilemma.

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Leadership Development Development Welch Leadership 60

Sales Wolf Blog

MAY 16, 2011

I like to start off each week by featuring five posts from the HR, talent management, and leadership development blogosphere that I found to be particularly good reading. Here are my picks for the week of May 9th - 15th, 2011.

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Welch Blog Talent Management Entrepreneur 200

Skip Prichard

JANUARY 30, 2023

If an organization has a Complementary Mentoring program (see below), “reverse” mentees will benefit by better understanding the competing demands on employees’ time, which might lead to policies and benefits that allow employees to achieve better balance. Learning and Development Opportunities. They feel more connected and engaged.

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Mentor How To Welch Learning-by-Doing 93

Sales Wolf Blog

JANUARY 31, 2011

I hope you had a great weekend and are energized for a promising week of Maximizing Possibility in your organization! I like to start off each week by highlighting five posts from the HR, talent management, and leadership development blogosphere that I found to be especially good reading during the past week.

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Blog Welch Competitive Advantage Talent Management 176

Sales Wolf Blog

NOVEMBER 12, 2010

Successories Motivational Products Talent Managment Magazine Testing and Assessments - An Employers Guide to Good Practices Testing and Assessments - DOL The Rainmaker Group - Possibility Maximization An amazing group of people commited to making a difference in the world they live - one soul, one organization, one Customer Experience at a time.

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Welch Human Resources Blog Resources 124

Great Leadership By Dan

MAY 31, 2018

The organization was relatively small, everyone was together in one location, and they relied on local contacts to keep the business going. Likewise, the aggressive and purportedly overbearing Jack Welch was highly respected and emulated, but likability was not a key ingredient for leading the massively complex global conglomerate.

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Nathan Magnuson

JANUARY 7, 2019

The Mission and Values of the Organization. It should go without saying that leaders ought to believe in the mission of the organization. After all, they represent the organization to those they lead. Some organizations serve people in the midst of their most vulnerable moments. What types of belief should a leader have?

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White Paper Mission Statement Welch Micromanagement 139

Leading Blog

SEPTEMBER 4, 2017

J EFFREY IMMELT took over General Electric from Jack Welch at a time of increasing instability. Your initiatives should be interconnected—and it's the leader's job to connect the dots for everyone in the organization.". He says, "The task of the CEO has never been as difficult as it is today. Lesson 1: Be disciplined and focused.

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Welch How To Long-term Objective 175

Sales Wolf Blog

MAY 3, 2010

Successories Motivational Products Talent Managment Magazine Testing and Assessments - An Employers Guide to Good Practices Testing and Assessments - DOL The Rainmaker Group - Possibility Maximization An amazing group of people commited to making a difference in the world they live - one soul, one organization, one Customer Experience at a time.

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Leadership Development Development McCarthy Leadership 100

Great Leadership By Dan

SEPTEMBER 23, 2013

Hollywood has the Oscars, Television the Emmys, publishing has the Pulitzer prizes, and leadership development has its own annual awards. That’s because, unlike many of the high tech sexy companies that dominate the business headlines, companies that develop great leaders just quietly go about it and deliver great results year over year.

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Company Leadership Press Release Innovation 241

Nathan Magnuson

NOVEMBER 3, 2014

So as you move up in an organization, does leadership get easier or harder? The higher you go in an organization, the more you become responsible for. The higher you go in an organization, the more support you get. Other times the job really is that difficult. I have good news and bad news. The answer is “yes.”

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Leadership Welch Bureaucracy Influence 173

Leadership Freak

APRIL 10, 2012

“Real change agents comprise less than 10% of all business people,” Jack Welch. Most leaders play not-to-lose rather than playing to win, especially in large organizations. The more we have to lose the more we play not-to-lose. What we protect owns, limits, and controls us. What we risk propels us forward. When to risk: An [.].

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Welch Organization Goal Motivation 111

Great Leadership By Dan

OCTOBER 28, 2011

Here's the 2nd in a series of guest posts by Professor Jim Clawson , one of our Executive Development Program instructors for a custom program we offer on Leading Change. He inherited a company that had developed 20 years of cultural focus on fit and efficiency. Take for example Jeff Immelt's eleven year run as CEO at GE. There's risk.

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Management Welch McCarthy Organizational Behavior 231

Women on Business

JUNE 13, 2012

Elevate it to a meaningful mission by highlighting how your team’s work will help your organization stand out. Show everyone how their activities will directly or indirectly help attract new customers or contribute to product development. As Jack Welch counsels new leaders, “It’s about them, not about you.”

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Team Management Welch Succession 226

CO2

JANUARY 15, 2020

Ever wonder why great CEOs like Steve Jobs, Jack Welch, Eric Schmidt, and Bill Gates hire executive coaches? Mentoring and developing talent. If you need evidence that executive coaching works, look at today’s leaders and leading organizations. By: Gary Cohen. “ Sharing leadership and delegation. Communications.

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Executive Coaching Execution Welch CEO 78

CO2

JANUARY 15, 2020

Ever wonder why great CEOs like Steve Jobs, Jack Welch, Eric Schmidt, and Bill Gates hire an executive coach? According to a 2019 Conference Board survey , the most common reasons CEOs hire an executive coach are leading teams and developing people; executive presence or influencing others; and emotional intelligence.

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Executive Coaching Execution Welch Self-aware 78

CO2

JANUARY 15, 2020

Ever wonder why great CEOs like Steve Jobs, Jack Welch, Eric Schmidt, and Bill Gates hire an executive coach? According to a 2019 Conference Board survey , the most common reasons CEOs hire an executive coach are leading teams and developing people; executive presence or influencing others; and emotional intelligence.

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Executive Coaching Execution Welch Self-aware 78

CO2

JANUARY 15, 2020

By: Gary Cohen Ever wonder why great CEOs like Steve Jobs, Jack Welch, Eric Schmidt, and Bill Gates hire an executive coach? Quitting or leaving an organization rarely solves the problem; instead, the problem just leaves with the leader. It’s usually not because their boards recommended it. All these reasons have to do with people.

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Executive Coaching Execution Welch Self-aware 78

CO2

JULY 25, 2023

They move decisions as far down the organization as they possibly can and thus cultivate widespread engagement and accountability. general Jack Chain who was responsible for the country’s nuclear arsenals, to Jack Welch, former CEO of G.E. Successful leaders spend 70 to 80 percent of their time asking questions, not answering them.

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Leadership Welch Bottom-up Innovation 78

CO2

JULY 25, 2023

They move decisions as far down the organization as they possibly can and thus cultivate widespread engagement and accountability. general Jack Chain who was responsible for the country’s nuclear arsenals, to Jack Welch, former CEO of G.E. Successful leaders spend 70 to 80 percent of their time asking questions, not answering them.

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Leadership Welch Bottom-up Innovation 78

Sales Wolf Blog

APRIL 11, 2010

Successories Motivational Products Talent Managment Magazine Testing and Assessments - An Employers Guide to Good Practices Testing and Assessments - DOL The Rainmaker Group - Possibility Maximization An amazing group of people commited to making a difference in the world they live - one soul, one organization, one Customer Experience at a time.

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Blog Welch Human Resources Taylorism 100

Sales Wolf Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

Successories Motivational Products Talent Managment Magazine Testing and Assessments - An Employers Guide to Good Practices Testing and Assessments - DOL The Rainmaker Group - Possibility Maximization An amazing group of people commited to making a difference in the world they live - one soul, one organization, one Customer Experience at a time.

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Blog Human Resources Talent Management Welch 154

Sales Wolf Blog

JANUARY 3, 2011

Successories Motivational Products Talent Managment Magazine Testing and Assessments - An Employers Guide to Good Practices Testing and Assessments - DOL The Rainmaker Group - Possibility Maximization An amazing group of people commited to making a difference in the world they live - one soul, one organization, one Customer Experience at a time.

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Lead from Within

JUNE 9, 2018

Poorly motivated and uninspired people can bring down even the most amazing organization. “The organization is, above all, social. ” –Jack Welch, General Electric. “You cannot have faith in people unless you take action to improve and develop them.” ” — Larry Page, Google.

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