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Hot Seat: Jeff Immelt at GE

Leading Blog

I N SEPTEMBER 2001, Jack Welch was a tough act to follow. Jack Welch led GE to some impressive numbers. GE had internal problems, it was overly reliant on GE Capital, and it was not digitally literate and innovative. And in 2001, the economic tailwinds that Welch enjoyed were about to shift. That’s baptism by fire.

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PEAK Leadership

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general Jack Chain who was responsible for the country’s nuclear arsenals, to Jack Welch, former CEO of G.E. Innovator) Assess alternative methods of taking action, such as, “Will this help us reach our goal? People get promoted for having good answers. Since then, I’ve expanded upon my conclusion. How can we do it better?”

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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. Innovator) Assess alternative methods of taking action, such as, “Will this help us reach our goal? People get promoted for having good answers. Since then, I’ve expanded upon my conclusion. How can we do it better?”

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Doing What You Do Best Away from the Office

Coaching Tip

Microsoft Corporation got its start by making operational software for personal computers; as a contractor to IBM who decided to explore the personal computer market after doing well in main frame and mid-sized computing hardware. .

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World Business Forum – Day 1 Recap | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

There was a lot more common thinking than critical, innovative thinking. Never confuse power with leadership. It was full of trite cliches and worn out leadership rhetoric. The bottom line is that I really like him, I just wished he had more new material to share. Most overnight successes are 20 years in the making.

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Family Matters | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Over the years I’ve come to believe that there is only one sure fire litmus test for measuring leadership success, and to the chagrin of many reading this post, it has little to do with what happens on the job. If I recall correctly, Jack Welch wrote that you can only have one priority, you need to pick which it will be.

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Great CEOs See the Importance of Being Understood

Harvard Business Review

Leadership is changing — fast. Successful CEOs push managers to go uncomfortably beyond faithful retransmission: they want their leadership coming up with proverbs and parables to better preach the new gospel. The company requires a new vocabulary to express its increasingly innovative self. Insight Center.

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