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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

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? This approach paid off for a leader at a software consulting company. How can we do it better?” What will we measure?”

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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? This approach paid off for a leader at a software consulting company. How can we do it better?” What will we measure?”

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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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Great CEOs See the Importance of Being Understood

Harvard Business Review

While the incumbent customer lexicon wasn’t abandoned, it neither drove nor literally defined how marketers and innovators talked about the people they were serving. The company requires a new vocabulary to express its increasingly innovative self.

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Kill Your Business Model Before It Kills You

Harvard Business Review

Still the agency drags on with its year-old push to end Saturday delivery , the most powerful innovation they can muster — which to be implemented would still take 2 years. Intuit had many failures as part of their innovation process. These businesses now make up more than half the company.

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Kill Your Business Model Before It Kills You

Harvard Business Review

Still the agency drags on with its year-old push to end Saturday delivery , the most powerful innovation they can muster — which to be implemented would still take 2 years. Intuit had many failures as part of their innovation process. These businesses now make up more than half the company.