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What I Learned from Jack Welch

Next Level Blog

In case you’re not familiar with it, the Pit is the well at the bottom of an amphitheater style room that seats about a hundred people on GE’s Crotonville leadership development campus in the Hudson River Valley. You’ve probably read that Welch passed away this week at the age of 84. That was a big takeaway for me.

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The 9 (or 99?) Ps of Leadership

Great Leadership By Dan

Guest post from Sander Flaum: Back in 2001, when I was asked to lead a forum in leadership at what is now the Fordham Gabelli Graduate School of Business, the concept was to bring noted leaders (business and otherwise) into a classroom where they could share their experiences and insights with MBA students. Sander Flaum, M.B.A.,

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Leadership: A Delicate Balance

General Leadership

Jack Welch. Balanced leadership requires continuous, delicate adjustments to maintain homeostasis in your organization. Balance is critical to good leadership and essential for a healthy organization. The short-term gains will quickly give way to an exhausted team and little to no production. Firmness Vs. Flexibility.

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Great Leaders Know Core Business Model Vision

Great Leadership By Dan

Duryea : Elon Musk, Steve Jobs, Jack Welch, and even Thomas Edison are a few of the great visionary leaders in their respective industries. Leaders must have a workable product or service and a sustainable operation. You see many people have great ideas but cannot attain a sustainable product and business operation.

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How Can You Further Develop Your Talent? 7 Key Steps

Career Advancement

After you become a leader, success is about growing others.” – Jack Welch. Other factors may also inhibit leaders from investing time in developing their employees’ leadership abilities. These sessions can include: Stories that illustrate how they learned to put leadership skills into practice and the techniques they use regularly.

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Eighth Annual Hay Group Study Identifies Best Companies for Leadership

Great Leadership By Dan

Hollywood has the Oscars, Television the Emmys, publishing has the Pulitzer prizes, and leadership development has its own annual awards. There’s Chief Executive’s 2012 40 Best Companies for Leaders , Fortune’s 25 Top Companies for Leaders , and the just published Hay Group Best Companies for Leadership Study and Top 20.

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How Can You Further Develop Your Talent? 7 Key Steps

Career Advancement

After you become a leader, success is about growing others.” – Jack Welch. Other factors may also inhibit leaders from investing time in developing their employees’ leadership abilities. These sessions can include: Stories that illustrate how they learned to put leadership skills into practice and the techniques they use regularly.