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Managing Virtual Teams: Three Keys to Success

Women on Business

We seek out diversity and strong points of view on our teams, but combine these characteristics with remote locations, tight timelines and resource constraints, and a day at the office can turn into a political and technological obstacle course. As Jack Welch counsels new leaders, “It’s about them, not about you.”

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Leaders vs. Managers

Great Leadership By Dan

Jack Welch's determination to get the right mix and then play only in games he could win created enormous wealth. His emphasis on ten new technological innovative streams has yet to prove as financially successful as Welch's legacy. He inherited a company that had developed 20 years of cultural focus on fit and efficiency.

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Entrepreneur, CEO or Both? | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Jack Welch the former head of GE built a reputation as one of the great chief executives of this era. Welch clearly not only understood the concept of organizational leverage through proper deployment of talent and resources He mastered it. That’s about it. Transfer ideas and allocate resources and get out of the way.&#

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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. Technology means that we’re all available 24/7. There is always lots of talk about work-life balance and how to achieve it, but the real truth falls outside most of those discussions.

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25 Especially Inspiring and Empowering Quotes From Today’s Top Leaders

Lead from Within

“In technology it’s about the people: getting the best people, retaining them, nurturing a creative environment and helping to find a way to innovate.” ” –Jack Welch, General Electric. . “It’s not the tools you have faith in. Tools are just tools — they work or they don’t work.

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Possibility Maximizer: Monster Thinking's 5 for Friday

Sales Wolf Blog

 Much like my Rainmaker 'Fab Five' blog picks of the week that is published every Monday, 5 for Friday highlights five posts from the career and recruiting blogosphere that the folks at Monster Thinking found to be especially good reading over the past week.  One of the great things of blogging is that anyone can do it.

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The Rainmaker 'Fab Five' Blog Picks of the Week - A Look Ahead at 2011

Sales Wolf Blog

 Below is a great collection of posts containing predictions, resolutions, trends, and thoughts for 2011.  Enjoy! Erin Schreyer, Authentic Leadership : Could 2011 be the Year of The Incredibles?  Below is a great collection of posts containing predictions, resolutions, trends, and thoughts for 2011.  Enjoy!

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