Mike Cardus

MARCH 18, 2012

Create-Learning Team Building works with you to build the team and individuals, while working on team projects. This is real work while your team is solving real problems and accomplishing real goals. While developing team systems that will drive the behavior needed for continued success.

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Team Team Building Project Welch 164

Career Advancement

MAY 25, 2021

After you become a leader, success is about growing others.” – Jack Welch. They’re tasked with achieving bottom-line results, and they don’t see talent development as a measurable goal. Prompt them to engage in peer mentoring, teaming up with another seminar attendee to jointly enhance their leadership skills by coaching one another.

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Development Seminar Mentor Workshop 156

Nathan Magnuson

JANUARY 7, 2019

Recently retired Kansas State football coach Bill Snyder famously crafted 16 Goals for Success which he used with his football teams over his decades of coaching. Goal #13 stated, “Expect to win… and truly believe we will.” Against all odds, one team overcame an enormous deficit to win the game.

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White Paper Mission Statement Welch Micromanagement 139

Roundtable Talk

OCTOBER 8, 2020

Breaking down business silos has been the goal ever since Jack Welch, advocated for the “boundaryless organization” over 30 years ago. Presciently, Welch pointed to the impact of globalization and technology as a catalyst that would propel companies to rethink how they work.

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Welch Globalization Technology Goal 36

CO2

JULY 25, 2023

“I need to restructure my business — I’m thinking of eliminating my acquisitions team,” said the CEO of a large professional services firm. general Jack Chain who was responsible for the country’s nuclear arsenals, to Jack Welch, former CEO of G.E. What will we measure?” How else could we think about this?”

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Leadership Welch Bottom-up Innovation 78

CO2

JULY 25, 2023

“I need to restructure my business — I’m thinking of eliminating my acquisitions team,” said the CEO of a large professional services firm. general Jack Chain who was responsible for the country’s nuclear arsenals, to Jack Welch, former CEO of G.E. What will we measure?” How else could we think about this?”

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Leadership Welch Bottom-up Innovation 78

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 224

Great Results Team Building

JUNE 12, 2014

For organizational teams and for individuals, it is the ability to change and grow and adapt to new circumstances, teammates, challenges that determines our competitive advantage. Jack Welch. Change is a continuous and ongoing process. Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.”. - Leo Tolstoy.

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Management Senge Kotter Welch 202

Great Leadership By Dan

SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

Leaders, who feel the need to compare themselves with leaders held up in public as great business leaders, such as Jack Welch or Sam Walton, are doing themselves a disservice. How do you insure your team is aligned to your vision? What are your goals for development and improvement? Be creative.

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Brand Leadership Leadership Styles Welch 237

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? Aligning on a clear nomenclature within a strategic planning session, for example, on what we mean by “goal,” “objective,” or “initiative” is critical. It’s usually not because their boards recommended it.

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Executive Coaching Execution Welch Self-aware 78

Let's Grow Leaders

OCTOBER 30, 2015

He didn’t just work for peace, he articulated why forgiveness was vital and how specific activities, like supporting the national rugby team, made a difference. His career is marked by consistently helping individuals and teams and his company do better. David Dye of Trailblaze suggests Nelson Mandela. Follow David.

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Leadership Engineering Welch Collins 180

Skip Prichard

JANUARY 30, 2023

Often, mentors help mentees identify the competencies they need to develop in order to advance in their careers and identify goals and milestones to build those competencies. Zachary, “mentoring is not about getting promoted. It is about becoming promotable.” Consider creating a mentorship initiative for new hires.

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Mentor How To Welch Learning-by-Doing 94

Lead from Within

JUNE 10, 2018

Jack Welch, renowned former CEO of General Electric, famously stated, “There is no such thing as work-life balance. If you want to be good at business, at achieving your goals, you have to be calculating and shrewd at what you do. There are work-life choices, and you make them, and they have consequences.”

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Welch Learning-by-Doing Quality Process 161

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

Lead Change Blog

AUGUST 7, 2017

Jack Welch, former CEO of General Electric, said, “When you were made a leader, you weren’t given a crown; you were given the responsibility to bring out the best in others.” They achieved their goal of increased sales and were pleasantly surprised by an unexpected ROI.” ” Find Anne on Twitter at @bizshrink.

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Leadership Development Development Leadership Emotional Intelligence 258

Great Leadership By Dan

SEPTEMBER 23, 2013

Could Mark Zuckerberg be the next Jack Welch when it comes to talent development? In fact, 82 percent of the Best Companies for Leadership use rewards or reprimands that are based on rigorous measurements of performance against goals, compared to only 58 percent of all other companies. 85 percent. 55 percent. 84 percent. 62 percent.

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Company Leadership Press Release Innovation 241

Ron Edmondson

APRIL 23, 2019

I love to say to teams I lead, “I only know what I know.” I love this quote from Jack Welch: “When you’re a contributor you try to have all the answers. I like to ask this question quarterly to help plan our goals and objectives for the upcoming season.). Where should I/we be placing our best energy? (I

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Welch Leadership Project Objective 45

Six Disciplines

SEPTEMBER 11, 2015

Getting it done in the short-range, and delivering a long-range plan, and executing on that.” - Jack Welch. If you’re like most companies, odds are you have no problem coming up with worthy long term goals and basic plans for achieving them. Engage the Team. Walking and chewing gum if you will. Identify the Gaps.

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Execution Strategy Succession Short-term 70

Building Personal Strength

APRIL 11, 2011

Whether you're a leader, an aspiring leader or someone who coaches leaders, sometimes a single thought can make a difference in how you approach the difficult challenge of getting people to give their best effort together in pursuit of a common goal. These twelve people have influenced they way I think about leadership.

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Welch Leadership Committee Strategy 102

The Practical Leader

MAY 9, 2012

In preparation for an offsite executive team retreat, the executive organizing the session sent me a draft of the mission and vision statements “we’ve been struggling with.” The basic outline we customize from is at Management Team Retreats. ” She included earlier versions and iterations of each statement.

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Mission Statement Welch Webinar Bottom-up 58

Kevin Eikenberry

NOVEMBER 5, 2010

At the height of my baseball interest in the early to mid 1970′s, both teams were good, but the Reds were awesome – the Big Red Machine won two World Series Championships. We need to know where we are taking our business and team to in order to produce effective long results. Thanks Kevin for a great post!

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Leadership Blog Learning-by-Doing Workshop 190

Sales Wolf Blog

MAY 10, 2010

  Twenty percent of the sales team brings in eighty percent of the results.    We often will sample assess a sales team's high and low performers in order to show the "spread" between the top and bottom performers.  The "symptoms" are fairly obvious. 

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Critical Success Factor Succession Human Resources Blog 181

Coaching Tip

JANUARY 27, 2011

Jack Welch is quoted as saying, "What sets GE apart is a culture that uses diversity as a limitless source of learning opportunities, a storehouse of ideas whose breadth and richness is unmatched in world business." Everyone in this model knows the goals of the organization and where they fit. GE and HCL. Many-market organization.

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Succession Welch Leadership Diversity 113

Ron Edmondson

JANUARY 20, 2016

I love to say to our team, “I only know what I know.” I love this quote from Jack Welch: “When you’re a contributor you try to have all the answers. I like to ask this question quarterly to help plan our goals and objectives for the upcoming season.). Where should we be placing our best energy? (I

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Welch Leadership Edmondson Project 30

Sales Wolf Blog

JANUARY 10, 2011

Shawn Parr, Fast Company : 10 New Year's Resolutions for Innovative Teams Mark Stelzner, Inflexion Advisors : 2011: The Year of Reactionary HR Seth Godin's Blog : Maybe Next Year.  Below is a great collection of posts containing predictions, resolutions, trends, and thoughts for 2011.  Enjoy!  Enjoy!

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Blog Ingham Human Capital Human Resources 200

Strategy Driven

JUNE 10, 2015

The goal is to showcase the follower. Sounds to me like a mixture of Jack Welch, Moses, and Justin Bieber. What if the leader's goal overrides the mental models, beliefs or historic experiences of the followers, or the change is pushed against the follower's values, and resistance ensues? Relate Articles: The Great Eraser.

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Charisma Leadership Resistance Follow-up 50

Sales Wolf Blog

JUNE 6, 2010

  Nissim Ziv presents Teamwork Motivation: How to Motivate a Team? How would you inspire people to work together for a certain goal? Elyse Nielsen presents Creating Performing Teams is Key posted at Anticlue suggesting that in order to be a successful manager, you have got to be able to create performing teams.

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Leadership Development Development Leadership McCarthy 224

Sales Wolf Blog

AUGUST 23, 2010

 Others suggest that this form of ranking can hurt morale and inhibit cooperation among competing team members that ultimately puts individual interest ahead of what is best for the company.  In many cases, both sides have valid arguments.  To keep up with it all we often attempt to take on several tasks at the same time.

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Blog Human Resources Emotional Intelligence Welch 140

Your Voice of Encouragement

JULY 7, 2010

The result is Strong for Leadership , an 88-page ebook covering 40 areas of personal strength needed when working through others to accomplish important goals. Great resource for my leadership team! So my goal in this blog is to share encouraging insights Ive gained in my lifes journey that may help you on your own.

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eBook Leadership Welch Sports 107

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 15, 2017

Recently I was talking with a new manager about the team she had inherited. While she thought that most of the team members were doing a good job, she was concerned that one or two people were not pulling their weight. But she knew that if she didn’t do something, the team might not hit its goals.

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Team How To Welch Morale 8

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 2, 2010

Randy rose to become a CEO in a General Electric Company business with the encouragement and coaching of high-level executives including the legendary GE Chairman, Jack Welch.

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Newsletter Bottom-up Welch Tools 50

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 14, 2014

He also centralized IT to remove redundancies and incompatibilities that made teaming across silos nearly impossible. Call it instinct, call it talent, it was Barra’s ability to encourage teaming that catapulted her to the top of an organization with 212,000 employees. They play well as a team. Auto industry Leading teams'

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Great Leadership By Dan

JANUARY 16, 2008

At least once per year rank order your most valuable to least valuable team members. Replace chronic underperformers after they’ve been given a fair chance to meet performance goals. Instead of job description we call it a job “scorecard” because first-year performance goals are spelled out. Start with an annual talent review.

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How To Reference Cost Case Study 126

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 9, 2015

Working across organizational boundaries was a new way of thinking 25 years ago —one that was largely championed by Jack Welch, then CEO of GE. Welch’s “boundaryless organization” should seemingly be the de facto reality for most companies. Fast forward to today, and we live in a different world.

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Welch Supply Chain Consensus Engineering 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 21, 2011

Wikipedia defines culture as "the set of shared attitudes, values, goals, and practices that characterizes an institution, organization or group." But how do you come to an agreement on those "shared" attitudes, values, goals, and practices ? Nothing reinforces new behaviors more than success.

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Influence Welch Guidelines Goal 15