Women on Business

JUNE 13, 2012

Guest post by business strategy and management education expert Trish Gorman (learn more about Trish at the end of this post). Most of us realize that high-performing teams are not really “managed.” Keeping three things in mind will help you move from serving as a glorified meeting manager to becoming a true team leader.

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Team Management Welch Succession 226

Harvard Business Review

JULY 17, 2018

In my view, however, the structure and processes of the GE board were poorly designed for effectively overseeing Immelt and his management team. When Jack Welch stepped down as CEO in 2001, GE’s defined benefit (DB) plan was sitting on a surplus of $14.6 There were three problems in particular: The Board Was Too Big.

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Committee Welch Finance Participative 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 2, 2012

The Postal Service, even with the constraints of its government mandate, has known for years that its traditional model was coming apart; Kodak realized that film was being replaced by digital media long before it changed its investment strategy; AOL knew that dial-up subscriptions were fading years before it took action.

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Business Model Incubator Supply Chain Welch 16

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 2, 2012

The Postal Service, even with the constraints of its government mandate, has known for years that its traditional model was coming apart; Kodak realized that film was being replaced by digital media long before it changed its investment strategy; AOL knew that dial-up subscriptions were fading years before it took action.

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Business Model Incubator Supply Chain Welch 9

Harvard Business Review

MAY 3, 2013

Next, it''s important to understand their time constraints. Says Elizabeth, "If they have a book, read it, because no one writes these people and says ''I read your book.''" (It''s an understatement to say most CEOs'' tomes don''t get the same reception as Jack Welch''s.) Career planning Managing yourself'

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COO Chief Operating Officer Real Estate Welch 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 25, 2013

She started an eponymous foundation focused on understanding a better way for the economy to manage its resources. We have three billion new middle class consumers coming into the world and there's more and more pressure to find out how to manage these resources. Does the circular economy decouple growth from resource constraints?

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Company Apparel Engineering Welch 10

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

By removing things one creates self-imposed constraints, but also clarity and a cleaner context for inspired innovation. Jack Welch had it right: you should continually subtract out the bottom 10% of your team. I have never been able to quite manage that, but subtracting out a third works for me. Subtract Your People.

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Power Document Self-aware Welch 9