N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 8, 2020

When the business environment in which leaders and organizations must operate has changed considerably. With exponential technologies, multi-Generations at the workplace, new off-industry competitors challenging incumbents, the Covid-19 New Reality…. As Jack Welch said Before you are a leader, success is all about growing yourself.

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Leadership Agility Leadership Pipeline Welch 392

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 18, 2012

In the 20th century, a select group of leaders — General Motor's Alfred Sloan, HP's David Packard and Bill Hewlett, and GE's Jack Welch — set the standard for the way corporations are run. Palmisano could not have succeeded at placing values at the center of IBM's operations without strong principles of his own. Directness.

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Globalization Golden Parachute Short-term Long-term 15

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 12, 2012

Within two years after becoming chief executive of General Electric in 1981, Jack Welch completed one of his most far-reaching initiatives: reducing the number of GE business units from about 150 to 15. In effect, Welch set out to focus the company on the businesses where it had the potential for greatness, and to jettison everything else.

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Welch Diversity Hedge Chemicals 8

Coaching Tip

JANUARY 27, 2011

One can hardly imagine a decentralized decision- making process in his operations. General Electric and HCL Technologies provide a good counter example. GE is known for its diversity and ability to function competitively in many markets. Here, diversity in the decision-making fits the terrain. GE and HCL.

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Succession Welch Leadership Diversity 113

Harvard Business Review

MAY 14, 2014

Instead, it operates more like GE. 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. Conglomerates resist this approach, combining more diverse businesses and allowing them separate decision-making structures.

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IPO Welch Strategy Long-term 12