N2Growth Blog
JANUARY 21, 2011
Jack Welch the former head of GE built a reputation as one of the great chief executives of this era. Welch clearly not only understood the concept of organizational leverage through proper deployment of talent and resources He mastered it. That’s about it. Transfer ideas and allocate resources and get out of the way.&#
Harvard Business Review
JULY 17, 2018
The Board Had No Finance Committee. GE’s board had another major structural defect: It lacked a finance committee. As I have explained elsewhere , a finance committee is critical for a board in complex public companies like GE, which are involved in a broad range of retirement plans, stock buybacks, and large acquisitions.
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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
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. GE, and Jack Welch in particular, were heroes of business schools. The GE model dates back at least to the reign of Reginald Jones as CEO in the 1970s. Business schools.
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.
Chris Brady
JULY 19, 2010
Posted by: Tim Welch | August 03, 2010 at 12:46 AM Excellent points! We may all have different talents as part of TEAM but you are our focus to achieve great things. Welcome home and God's Blessings to you and your family. My question is.
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 they need to figure out what to tune out — and learn to manage Wall Street rather than being managed by it.
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