N2Growth Blog
JANUARY 21, 2011
Okay, so you founded the company, but does that mean you should also be the chief executive? Sure, it’s your business, your idea, your net worth at risk and certainly nobody else will work as hard as you will, but is this really the right way to evaluate who should be the chief executive? Which hat, or hats do you wear?
Harvard Business Review
JULY 17, 2018
Composed almost entirely of independent directors, it was a distinguished and diversified group of former top executives and other leaders with relevant experience. The Board Had No Finance Committee. GE’s board had another major structural defect: It lacked a finance committee. The board has since transformed.
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N2Growth Blog
APRIL 2, 2010
link] Lisa Welch Hi Mike: Thanks for taking something so confusing and adding clarity by doing little more than telling the truth. Thanks for the great insights Rob. link] gunnar Mike, these are great observations and so true. Thanks for sharing! admin Hi Gunnar: My pleasure Sir…thanks for stopping by. Nicely done Mike!
Harvard Business Review
JANUARY 13, 2014
Worshipping at what Christensen calls the “church of finance” hollows out a company’s competitive advantage, as it loses the capacity to invest in innovation that drives the perpetual reinvention so necessary in today’s world of temporary competitive advantage. Finally, a humanized business has a motivating purpose.
Harvard Business Review
JULY 5, 2018
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.
Harvard Business Review
FEBRUARY 15, 2016
In October 2000, Jack Welch announced the biggest deal of his 20-year tenure as head of GE: a $45 billion merger with Honeywell. Their aim is to drive out executives who are past their prime. Yes, but with some caveats, according to a paper recently published in the Journal of Empirical Finance.
Harvard Business Review
MAY 27, 2014
Last fall, when it was still not clear who would be the next chief executive of Microsoft, Jack Welch recommended Sam Palmisano for the job. Communication Finance Getting buy-in' But investors — he didn’t have a problem with them at all. They do, however, have to be managed intelligently.
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