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The 9 (or 99?) Ps of Leadership

Great Leadership By Dan

To anyone who thinks these lists are a bit corny, consider that Jack Welch swore by his 3 Es: energy, energize, and edge. If an alliterative list was good enough for Welch, it’s good enough for me.

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Great Leadership Trains

Career Advancement

Jack Welch Dianne had always felt like more of a wallflower than a leader. Great leaders have high energy. “Before you are a leader, success is all about growing yourself. When you become a leader, success is all about growing others.” To get there, she knew she had to focus on growing her leadership skills.

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Top Companies are Guided by these Three Best Principles

Leading Blog

Here’s another thing we all know: Because our people are free moral agents, they will not robotically assent and bring their energy to bear on the situation. Jack Welch says, “It’s not a speech… or a videotape. And even if time weren’t an issue, ‘on high’ doesn’t know ‘the answer.’ Those who actually do the work—our people—do.

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The Courage to Lead with Character and Resiliency

Leading Blog

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. He continuing to show the positive energy, fitness, and spirit of vulnerability that allowed him to overcome challenges that probably would have been too much for many others to bear.

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28 Great Quotes to Inspire and Manage Change

Great Results Team Building

Jack Welch. In a chronically leaking boat, energy devoted to changing vessels is more productive than energy devoted to patching leaks.”. Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.”. - Leo Tolstoy. Change before you have to”. People don’t resist change. They resist being changed!”. Walt Disney.

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PEAK Leadership

CO2

general Jack Chain who was responsible for the country’s nuclear arsenals, to Jack Welch, former CEO of G.E. The energy in the room started to feel sluggish and heavy. When Chain ’s 10-year-old daughter asked him what he did when he served as a staff officer in the Pentagon, he said, “I answer questions.” How can we accomplish this?”

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PEAK Leadership

CO2

general Jack Chain who was responsible for the country’s nuclear arsenals, to Jack Welch, former CEO of G.E. The energy in the room started to feel sluggish and heavy. When Chain ’s 10-year-old daughter asked him what he did when he served as a staff officer in the Pentagon, he said, “I answer questions.” How can we accomplish this?”