General Leadership

MARCH 19, 2014

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. A piece of advice I once received upon assuming leadership of an organization: “Fire someone within the first week!”

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General Leadership

JUNE 30, 2014

” Jack Welch , former CEO of General Electric. The post The Growing Season for New Leaders Never Ends appeared first on General Leadership. Curator Posts future Growth harvest Leadership lessons levy new Planning strategy' “Before you are a leader, success is all about growing yourself. … Read the rest.

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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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Leadership Freak

NOVEMBER 9, 2011

I’m home from the two-day Elite Leadership Program in New York City. Lafley, Calvin Klein, and Jack Welch hit home runs. It’s the morning after and it wasn’t what I heard but what I saw that matters most. The drive home gave me time to think about what I heard. Believe me, A.G. Lafley led [.].

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Modern Servant Leader

JUNE 7, 2012

We’re discussing how to build your leadership like an architect builds a home. There are countless architectural styles, as there are leadership styles. To narrow our focus, in both architecture and leadership, we pick broad categories to use as guide posts: Rustic Cabin. Jack Welch is a symbolic apartment leader.

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Career Advancement

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

Jack Welch Dianne had always felt like more of a wallflower than a leader. To get there, she knew she had to focus on growing her leadership skills. Within a couple of months, her boss had remarked about her growing leadership competencies and suggested she might be a prime candidate for a directorial position one day.

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Terry Starbucker

NOVEMBER 30, 2014

Because as Jack Welch, former CEO of GE has said, It goes without saying that no company, small or large, can win over the long run without energized employees who believe in the mission and understand how to achieve it. In other words, we can’t put the business cart before the leadership horse. Leadership' EVERY time.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JUNE 26, 2018

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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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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Leadership Freak

DECEMBER 10, 2014

The most frustrating experience in leadership is making poor people-decisions. 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.

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Great Leadership By Dan

SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

Guest post by regular Great Leadership contributor Beth Armknecht Miller : During the course of my work with leaders, I find that so many of them get hung up on the “should and shouldn’ts” of leadership by comparing themselves with other leaders. We need to have our own leadership brand that is true to our uniqueness.

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Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

SEPTEMBER 15, 2014

This approach was first popularized in the 1980′s by Jack Welch at GE and further reinforced in 2001 by Jim Collins who told us to “get the right people on the bus and the wrong people off.” Develop Talent to Create a Fast, Nimble Fleet appeared first on Seapoint Center for Collaborative Leadership.

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Nathan Magnuson

DECEMBER 16, 2013

Character decision-making Expectations Influence Inspiration Learning Networking Chip Heath Dale Carnegie Dan Heath Decisive experiment extrovert flossing How to Win Friends and Influence People introvert Jack Welch learn Mark Miller networking New Years resolutions optimism pessimism resolutions smile winning'

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Let's Grow Leaders

APRIL 28, 2021

Mary Galloway, Faculty member of the Jack Welch Management Institute. However, they’re still expected to be as charming as the youngest and simultaneously as responsible as the oldest. We end up with middle child syndrome, enshrouded in conflict, wanting more of a say, and not sure how they fit in.” .

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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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Nathan Magnuson

MAY 13, 2013

My favorite annual leadership event takes place each May. The seminar features some of the biggest names in all of leadership. It’s Chick-fil-A Leadercast. This year’s theme was: “Simply Lead.” I hope you got to attend, but if not, I’ve included 12 of my greatest takeaways. Here they are: Complexity is the enemy of clarity. [.].

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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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Nathan Magnuson

DECEMBER 9, 2013

Character Expectations Influence Inspiration Leadership Personal Effectiveness attitude Condoleezza Rice expectations Jack Welch Mark Miller optimism positive attitude uncertainty vision' I’m not sure what the “right” answer to the the glass question […].

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 30, 2014

A rare exception to the “go outside for talent” mantra was General Electric under the reign of CEO Jack Welch. Of course, I had to pull out some weeds, too.” ~Jack Welch. In my view the only real approach to sustainable business success is an internal “grow your own” management and leadership program. Two reasons probably.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 21, 2011

Posted on January 21st, 2011 by admin in Leadership , Miscellaneous , Operations & Strategy By Mike Myatt , Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth Entrepreneur, CEO or Both? Jack Welch the former head of GE built a reputation as one of the great chief executives of this era. Which hat, or hats do you wear?

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Leadership Freak

OCTOBER 7, 2012

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. This means: Great leaders identify and develop great leaders. But, how do you identify the best players? Look for those who are: Already active. Frustrated.

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Next Level Blog

SEPTEMBER 3, 2014

Krames has been involved in publishing more than 400 business books over the course of his career and has written books on business and government leaders like Jack Welch and Donald Rumsfeld. It''s called Lead with Humility: 12 Leadership Lessons from Pope Francis and is available this week.

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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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CEO Blog

DECEMBER 31, 2010

. “Change before you have to&# - Jack Welch Categories: About The Book Daily Guest Post FTC Notice – conflicts of interest Latest Articles Motivational Business Quotations Time Leadership Audio CD Your days seem to get busier and longer. You have more to do, and less time to do it.

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Leadership Freak

MARCH 9, 2015

I asked Jack and Suzy Welch about getting ahead in business and leadership at the World Leaders Conference. Getting ahead: Suzy: If you want to get ahead in business and leadership… “Find your area of… Continue reading → Author Interview Personal Growth Leadership Development'

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Leadership Freak

MARCH 27, 2012

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

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Leading Blog

MARCH 31, 2020

Leadership Insight: How to Spot Fear by @KateNasser. The Power of a Strong Leadership Foundation by @DougConant. Leadership by What Example? Self-Awareness and Leadership: The Ins and Outs via @DDIworld. Pandemics Reveal Leadership Character from @JohnBaldoni. How to Find Thanks and Gratitude by @JesseLynStoner.

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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.” Cy Wakeman of Reality-Based Leadership provided Stuck With a Bad Leader?

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Leading Blog

JULY 9, 2012

Jim Shaffer, author of The Leadership Solution , believes that top companies are guided by these three best principles: They value their people. It stats with leadership. It’s driven home with leadership.”. Jack Welch says, “It’s not a speech… or a videotape. Everyone says it but not everyone lives it.

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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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Great Leadership By Dan

SEPTEMBER 23, 2013

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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General Leadership

NOVEMBER 10, 2015

GeneralLeadership.com and the General Leadership Foundation bring Leadership Advice from America's Most Trusted Leaders to You! Jack Welch. Balanced leadership requires continuous, delicate adjustments to maintain homeostasis in your organization. Read more at [link]. From Our Early Files: Originally Published.

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Career Advancement

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

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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Nathan Magnuson

NOVEMBER 3, 2014

It’s unfortunate because I believe that everyone not only has the ability to be leader but also the responsibility to make a leadership contribution in the role they are in. But in this context, they usually associate leadership with a management-type position. Leadership Gets Harder. Leadership Gets Easier.

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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. Similarly, Jack Welch with General Electric turned around an aligning company to fix its core business model. Guest post by David A. Jacks’ vision fixed GE’s focus and GE’s core business model.

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Great Leadership By Dan

MAY 31, 2018

Yet, it’s not the same in every case—likability does not necessarily equal followership when it comes to leadership. 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.

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Eric Jacobson

MARCH 3, 2025

By possessing a disciplined set of principles and focusing on carefully developing her leadership skills throughout the process, she was able to achieve her goal of becoming #1 in the translation market that was already dominated by established competitors. Jack Welch Before you are a leader, success is all about growing yourself.

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