article thumbnail

75% Have Hired the Wrong Person

Leadership Freak

I’ll never forget Jack Welch saying you have about a 50/50 chance of hiring the right person. Surveys confirm that the majority of organizations have hired the wrong person.* The wrong hire: Drains… Continue reading →

Welch 129
article thumbnail

Managing Virtual Teams: Three Keys to Success

Women on Business

According to a 2010 Virtual Teams Survey Report, respondents identified lack of clear leadership as a major obstacle for virtual teams and cited the need for an improved management process. As Jack Welch counsels new leaders, “It’s about them, not about you.” Shift your focus from yourself to the team.

Team 226
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Why Hire an Executive Coach?

CO2

Ever wonder why great CEOs like Steve Jobs, Jack Welch, Eric Schmidt, and Bill Gates hire executive coaches? percent of the time the idea came from the CEO, according to an executive coaching survey by Stanford University and The Miles Group. It’s not necessarily because their boards recommended or required it. In fact, 78.7

article thumbnail

Soft Corporate Cultures

Coaching Tip

In the April 30, 2012 issue of FORTUNE , Jack and Suzy Welch wrote about "one of the most immutable rules of business. A biennial survey of the nonprofit Ethics Resource Center found 25% of nearly 2,000 U.S. Frankly, we're turning out a bunch of functional illiterates.". In fact, soft culture matters as much as hard numbers.

Welch 117
article thumbnail

How to Use Mentoring to Attract and Retain Talent

Skip Prichard

While there are some significant differences in perspectives between Millennials and Generation Z, Deloitte’s 2022 Global Generation Z and Millennial Survey reports that these two generations mostly agree on the five top characteristics they seek in prospective employers. Harness the Power of Complementary Mentoring.

Mentor 93
article thumbnail

Showing Appreciation at the Office?

Coaching Tip

Only 10% of adults say thanks to a colleague every day, and just 7% express gratitude daily to a boss, according to a survey this year of 2,007 people for the John Templeton Foundation of West Conshohocken, Pa., The workplace ranks dead last among the places people express gratitude, from homes and neighborhoods to places of worship.

Welch 112
article thumbnail

The 1 Thing You Need to Achieve Work-Life Balance

Lead from Within

Jack Welch, renowned former CEO of General Electric, famously stated, “There is no such thing as work-life balance. A Harvard Business School survey of 1,000 professionals found that 94 percent worked 50 hours or more a week, and almost half worked in excess of 65 hours a week.

Welch 161