Leadership Freak

OCTOBER 13, 2011

I asked Jack Welch, at the World Business Forum 2011, to talk about tipping points in his life and he said, “I blew up a (GE) factory the first year I was there.” He was in his mid-twenties and figured his career was over. “I I was running a little pilot plant. It all exploded, went [.].

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Career Advancement

MAY 25, 2021

After you become a leader, success is about growing others.” – Jack Welch. Leaders should always be working to develop new leaders, helping their employees develop the skillsets that will allow them to effectively manage others. The ability to develop people’s talent is one of the most vital qualities for high-level leaders.

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Leading Blog

APRIL 23, 2021

I N SEPTEMBER 2001, Jack Welch was a tough act to follow. Jack Welch led GE to some impressive numbers. And in 2001, the economic tailwinds that Welch enjoyed were about to shift. I don’t think if Welch stayed on, it would have been much different. What Welch built was not sustainable. That’s baptism by fire.

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Leading Blog

APRIL 16, 2020

Jack Welch on communicating simply: “For a large organization to be effective, it must be simple. Source: Harvard Business Review : Speed, Simpicity, Self-Confidence: An Interview with Jack Welch. * * *. The good news is, success is all around you.”. Source: The Power of Simplicity by Jack Trout with Steve Rivkin.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JULY 24, 2012

However, I did enjoy combing through all of those sites and picking out what I thought to be the 25 best leadership development quotes. To help others develop, start with yourself! My main job was developing talent. Of course, I had to pull out some weeds, too.” — Jack Welch. Morgan McCall. Helen Keller.

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Lead Change Blog

AUGUST 7, 2017

Welcome to the August 2017 edition of the Leadership Development Carnival! Jack Welch, former CEO of General Electric, said, “When you were made a leader, you weren’t given a crown; you were given the responsibility to bring out the best in others.” Follow Jon on Twitter at @jonverbeck1.

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Leadership Freak

JANUARY 22, 2014

shared Jack Welch’s “encouragement” when it […]. Author Book Notes Decisions Fear Feedback Goals Leading Taking others higher Teams difficult conversations Jim McCann Leadership Leadership Development organizational success' Jim McCann, founder and CEO of 1-800-Flowers Inc.,

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Eric Jacobson

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

She explains why you need not only passion and purpose to win big, but also: a willingness to take decisive action grit sweat equity determination positive attitude Elting’s fascinating story began with her entirely self-funded business launch that started in a dorm room.

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Leading Blog

MARCH 31, 2020

Want Employees to Own Their Career Development? Jack Welch: For a time, the most valuable CEO on earth by @geoffcolvin. Jack Welch: For a time, the most valuable CEO on earth by @geoffcolvin. See more on Twitter. * * * Like us on Instagram and Facebook for additional leadership and personal development ideas.

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Lead Change Blog

DECEMBER 19, 2018

People on your team will develop relationships with you and with each other. Your challenge is to help people grow and develop. Jack Welch had a stellar career as one of the great CEOs of all time. They are superb at work that uses their brain. People are creative. They come up with good ideas. People are perceptive, too.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JANUARY 18, 2018

Duryea : Elon Musk, Steve Jobs, Jack Welch, and even Thomas Edison are a few of the great visionary leaders in their respective industries. Think about it, when Steve Jobs developed Apple it was not about one computer it was about the perspective of how technology would improve our lives. Guest post by David A.

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Great Leadership By Dan

OCTOBER 9, 2012

I’ve recently had the opportunity to help design a brand-new open-enrollment Woman’s Leadership Development Program to be offered through the University of New Hampshire’s Executive Development Program. Here are 10 Elements of a Great Woman’s Leadership Development Program: 1. Start with a solid research foundation.

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Leadership Freak

DECEMBER 10, 2014

Jack Welch said… Continue reading → Gossip Taking others higher Leadership Leadership Development leadership success organizational success' You had such high hopes. People-decisions make or break leaders. You’re fortunate if you get people-decisions right 50% of the time.

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Career Advancement

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

“Talent management deserves as much focus as financial capital management in corporations.” ~ Jack Welch One of the best ways to strengthen your company as a whole is to devote attention to developing your employee talent. There are several ways that you, as a leader, can help to develop the talent at your company.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JUNE 26, 2018

To anyone who thinks these lists are a bit corny, consider that Jack Welch swore by his 3 Es: energy, energize, and edge. If an alliterative list was good enough for Welch, it’s good enough for me. For me, I’m satisfied with the 9 we developed at the Forum. Do any – or all -- belong in our list?

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Leading Blog

AUGUST 16, 2012

Bill Lane was Jack Welch’s speechwriter for nearly two decades. Naturally, Welch figures into much of this book. Of Related Interest: 5 Leadership Lessons: Inside Welch's Communication Revolution at GE. * * * Like us on Facebook for additional leadership and personal development ideas. * * *.

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Leadership Freak

OCTOBER 7, 2012

This means: Great leaders identify and develop great leaders. One of my favorite Jack Welch quotes is, “The team with the best players wins.” You’ll fail apart from surrounding yourself with talented people. But, how do you identify the best players? Look for those who are: Already active. Frustrated.

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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. As an executive coach, Joel Garfinkle is an expert at helping promising employees develop leadership qualities. Great leaders have Integrity.

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Sales Wolf Blog

JUNE 6, 2010

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) Uniform Guidelines on Employee Selection Procedures (1978) Uniform Guidelines on Employee Selection Walk The Talk The Dash, The Race, and Management, Training and Development Resources Workforce Management: information on employment law, human resource development and human resource management.

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Leadership Freak

AUGUST 24, 2017

I’ll never forget Jack Welch saying you have about a 50/50 chance of hiring the right person. Surveys confirm that the majority of organizations have hired the wrong person.* The wrong hire: Drains… Continue reading →

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Sales Wolf Blog

JUNE 7, 2010

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) Uniform Guidelines on Employee Selection Procedures (1978) Uniform Guidelines on Employee Selection Walk The Talk The Dash, The Race, and Management, Training and Development Resources Workforce Management: information on employment law, human resource development and human resource management.

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LDRLB

APRIL 4, 2011

The April Leadership Development Carnival went live last night. David Burkus discusses the potentially faulty assumptions of Jack Welch’s favored “rank and yank” method in his post The Topgrading Dilemma. Check out the entire Leadership Development Carnival and you’ll find other great posts from top thought leaders.

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Leadership Freak

DECEMBER 10, 2014

Jack Welch said… Continue reading → Gossip Taking others higher Leadership Leadership Development leadership success organizational success' You had such high hopes. People-decisions make or break leaders. You’re fortunate if you get people-decisions right 50% of the time.

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Leading Blog

JULY 9, 2012

Irv Hockaday, former president and CEO of Hallmark adds, “A CEO’s primary responsibilities are to provide vision, to motivate employees, and to develop leaders. Jack Welch says, “It’s not a speech… or a videotape. It’s driven home with leadership.”. It weaves its way throughout all of them. It’s not a plant newspaper.

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Leading Blog

AUGUST 13, 2021

Jack Welch, who led General Electric as its CEO from 1981 to 2001observed that mid-level leaders at GE struggled with having the courage to make a decision. Three attributes that are critical to taking on the mantle of leadership are decision-making, resiliency, and character.

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Sales Wolf Blog

MAY 16, 2011

I like to start off each week by featuring five posts from the HR, talent management, and leadership development blogosphere that I found to be particularly good reading. Happy Monday! Here are my picks for the week of May 9th - 15th, 2011.

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Leadership Freak

APRIL 10, 2012

“Real change agents comprise less than 10% of all business people,” Jack Welch. Most leaders play not-to-lose rather than playing to win, especially in large organizations. The more we have to lose the more we play not-to-lose. What we protect owns, limits, and controls us. What we risk propels us forward. When to risk: An [.].

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QAspire

APRIL 2, 2017

Jack Welch famously said, “An organizations ability to learn, and translate that learning into action rapidly, is the greatest competitive advantage.”. A team’s ability to learn quickly is at the heart of adapting to constant changes. In fact, it seems that constant learning is the only key to agility as a team and organization.

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Sales Wolf Blog

MAY 3, 2010

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) Uniform Guidelines on Employee Selection Procedures (1978) Uniform Guidelines on Employee Selection Walk The Talk The Dash, The Race, and Management, Training and Development Resources Workforce Management: information on employment law, human resource development and human resource management.

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Leadership Freak

JANUARY 31, 2016

Jack Welch – retired… Continue reading → All successful leaders universally share one quality. I’ve interviewed and learned from some of the world’s most respected leaders and thinkers. James Whitehurst – CEO and President of Redhat.

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Leadership Freak

MARCH 27, 2012

John Bell suggests, when excitable equals passionate, we admire Jack Welch, Steve Jobs, and Howard Shultz. According to the input from my facebook page, being “unexcitable” isn’t the most admired leadership quality. All of which are famous or notorious for their passion. Perhaps it’s a matter of definition and context? “I

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Leadership Freak

NOVEMBER 9, 2011

Lafley, Calvin Klein, and Jack Welch hit home runs. I’m home from the two-day Elite Leadership Program in New York City. The drive home gave me time to think about what I heard. Believe me, A.G. Lafley led [.].

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Great Leadership By Dan

DECEMBER 1, 2007

A Genie (actually an HR Vice-president at a former company) once asked me, “ Dan, if you could waive your magic wand and only do one thing for leadership development, what would it be?” That is, of course you can’t develop leaders by doing just one thing, leadership development is a system, involving many interdependent variables.

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Sales Wolf Blog

NOVEMBER 12, 2010

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) Uniform Guidelines on Employee Selection Procedures (1978) Uniform Guidelines on Employee Selection Walk The Talk The Dash, The Race, and Management, Training and Development Resources Workforce Management: information on employment law, human resource development and human resource management.

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Sales Wolf Blog

JANUARY 31, 2011

I like to start off each week by highlighting five posts from the HR, talent management, and leadership development blogosphere that I found to be especially good reading during the past week. Below are my picks for January 24th - 30th, 2011.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

JANUARY 28, 2015

Cavanagh (Foreword) Jossey-Bass/Leader to Leader Institute; 1st edition (2004) How to develop leaders who have character, competence, knowledge, and results-driven initiative I recently re-read this book, curious to know to what extent […]. Shinseki (Introduction), and Richard E.

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Great Leadership By Dan

MAY 31, 2018

Likewise, the aggressive and purportedly overbearing Jack Welch was highly respected and emulated, but likability was not a key ingredient for leading the massively complex global conglomerate. He was a brilliant in all the ways that mattered, and that , more than likability, gained him the followership he needed to lead in computing.

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