First Friday Book Synopsis

MARCH 24, 2015

We’re less than a month away from the release of Jack and Suzy Welch‘s newest work, The Real Life MBA: Your No-BS Guide to Winning the Game, Building a Team, and Growing Your Career (Harper Business, 2015). It is a certain best-seller, and pre-orders for the book are rocking the online outlets.

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Welch Ethics Books Creativity 70

Career Advancement

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

Jack Welch Dianne had always felt like more of a wallflower than a leader. If you want to aspire toward a career in leadership, work toward building and developing these characteristics. Leaders’ honesty and ability to follow a set of ethics in all of their work affects their ability to influence their followers.

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Training Leadership Executive Coaching Directory 321

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 12, 2012

Second, it at least feels as if this sort of behavior and the career consequences that result seem to be occurring more frequently now. First, as my friend Bob Sutton noted in a conversation, these behaviors seem to be confined mostly to men. We seldom hear of powerful women who can't control their urges.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 18, 2012

In the 20th century, a select group of leaders — General Motor's Alfred Sloan, HP's David Packard and Bill Hewlett, and GE's Jack Welch — set the standard for the way corporations are run. He also forced partners and distributors to commit in writing to uphold IBM's strict ethical standards. It is not about you.

Globalization 15

Globalization Golden Parachute Short-term Long-term 15

Eric Jacobson

APRIL 4, 2018

The CEO Next Door is the new book that offers career advice for everyone who aspires to rise in their organization and achieve their full potential. Those busted myths, described more fully later in this post, include: Over 70% of CEOs set their sights on the top job late in their careers. Only 7% graduated from a top university.

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CEO Books Succession Charisma 50