Women on Business

JUNE 13, 2012

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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Team Management Welch Succession 226

Harvard Business Review

JULY 17, 2018

When Jack Welch stepped down as CEO in 2001, GE’s defined benefit (DB) plan was sitting on a surplus of $14.6 None of these constraints on employer stock were adopted by the GE board for its 401(k) plan. By the end of 2017, this pension surplus had turned into a pension deficit of almost $29 billion.

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Committee Welch Finance Participative 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 12, 2012

As Michael Maccoby pointed out in The Productive Narcissist , many well-known, even iconic leaders such as Martha Stewart, Jack Welch, and Bill Gates are almost certainly narcissistic personalities, and narcissism is useful for attaining leadership positions, maintaining power, and even stimulating creativity and innovation.

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Welch COO Constraint CEO 14

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 15

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 8

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.) Finally, you have to be willing to seize opportunity.

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COO Chief Operating Officer Real Estate Welch 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 25, 2013

Then I met three people — a Dutch CEO, a Welch education expert and a German scientist — who saw things in a very different way. Does the circular economy decouple growth from resource constraints? But when you play it out, it just doesn't work. It still doesn't address the fundamental problem. Is this profitable?

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Company Apparel Engineering Welch 9