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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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Social Media Demystified

N2Growth Blog

One of the things I look most forward to is watching Chris continue to develop and refine his thoughts as the medium advances and matures. link] Lisa Welch Hi Mike: Thanks for taking something so confusing and adding clarity by doing little more than telling the truth. link] Allan W. link] Allan W. Thanks for the great insights Rob.

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Who Killed the GE Model?

Harvard Business Review

The model was honed by Jack Welch in the 1980s and 1990s, with new portfolio restructuring strategies and a headlong expansion into finance. Fourth, some argued that GE’s advantage lay in its system of professional management, epitomized by its investments in executive education and management development.

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In 2014, Resolve to Make Your Business Human Again

Harvard Business Review

Worshipping at what Christensen calls the “church of finance” hollows out a company’s competitive advantage, as it loses the capacity to invest in innovation that drives the perpetual reinvention so necessary in today’s world of temporary competitive advantage.

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Author Chris Brady's Leadership Blog: Tell Me If Anything Was Ever.

Chris Brady

  Do not squander what you’ve been given, no matter how much or little, rather, harness it,develop it, hone it, and focus it, bring it to bear on a daily basis and letting the world see what you were given. Posted by: Tim Welch | August 03, 2010 at 12:46 AM Excellent points! My question is.

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How GE Stays Young

Harvard Business Review

Under CEO Jack Welch in the 1980s and 1990s, they adopted operational efficiency approaches (“ Workout ,” “Six Sigma,” and “Lean”) that reinforced their success and that many companies emulated. In 2009, GE’s transportation unit developed a new sodium battery for a hybrid engine for locomotives.

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World Business Forum – Day 1 Recap | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

The highlight of the day for me was when Jack Welch took center stage, and center stage he took. Leaders get too caught up in trivial things and don’t pay enough attention to leadership development. The lack of leadership development in most organizations is tragic. Leaders make the news, they don’t report it.

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