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What I Learned from Jack Welch

Next Level Blog

Back in the day, GE’s CEO Jack Welch used to hold forth from the Pit for three or four hours at a stretch leading a spirited back and forth with the high potential leaders in the company’s flagship Management Development Course (MDC). You’ve probably read that Welch passed away this week at the age of 84.

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A Guide For How To Dream Big And Win In Business

Eric Jacobson

.” – Eric Reis “The most important thing in communication is to hear what isn’t being said.” – Peter Drucker “Change before you have to.” – Jack Welch “Before you are a leader, success is all about growing yourself.

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How to Accelerate Team Learning

QAspire

Jack Welch famously said, “An organizations ability to learn, and translate that learning into action rapidly, is the greatest competitive advantage.”. To overcome these disabilities, we explored disciplines of a learning organization and the role of reflection in how we learn.

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How to Gossip Your Way to Success

Leadership Freak

Jack Welch said… Continue reading → Gossip Taking others higher Leadership Leadership Development leadership success organizational success' The most frustrating experience in leadership is making poor people-decisions. You had such high hopes. People-decisions make or break leaders.

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LeadershipNow 140: March 2020 Compilation

Leading Blog

Leadership Insight: How to Spot Fear by @KateNasser. How to Find Thanks and Gratitude by @JesseLynStoner. How to Capture What You're Learning From This Crisis Now via @LetsGrowLeaders. How to Be A Great Leader When Crisis Hits by @LollyDaskal. How to Make No-good, Useless Performance Feedback Helpful by @davidmdye.

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How to Determine If the Balls You’re Juggling Are Rubber or Glass

Next Level Blog

One way to get a handle on the long-term impact question is to ask another (with a hat tip to Suzy Welch ) – will this matter a week from now, a month from now, a year from now, ten years from now? Painting that picture can create some clarity about how to prioritize all the balls you’re juggling. Who else cares about this ball?

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How to Use Mentoring to Attract and Retain Talent

Skip Prichard

Here’s how. Mentees can benefit from a mentor’s perspective on how to prioritize work tasks and which company events are essential. Mentors can provide a sounding board to help sort through various obligations and share how they navigated such challenges in the past. Work/Life Balance. Positive Workplace Culture.

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