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Hot Seat: Jeff Immelt at GE

Leading Blog

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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A Guide For How To Dream Big And Win In Business

Eric Jacobson

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.

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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. 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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The 9 (or 99?) Ps of Leadership

Great Leadership By Dan

A little Internet research will turn up “the 7 Ps of Marketing,” “the 7 Cs of Success,” “the 4 Ls of Retirement Planning,” and so on. 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.

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English Football (Soccer) and Executive Development

N2Growth Blog

This year’s 2014 world Cup performance is no exception, despite all the marketing hype and social media frenzy. And there are a very large number of middle market search firms who are hired by HR to find new managers and mid-level executives for their companies. Of course, I had to pull out some weeds, too.” ~Jack Welch.

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Why You Shouldn’t Put The Business Cart Before The Leadership Horse

Terry Starbucker

After all, it’s the nature of a business - going from Point A to Point B as quickly and efficiently as possible, to gain a competitive advantage and secure the market share necessary for success.

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What Happens To Rejected Candidates From Internal CEO Competitions?

The Horizons Tracker

When GE replaced Jack Welch there was a three-man race for the position between Robert Nardelli, James McNerny, and eventual successor Jeff Immelt. The external labor market agrees that these are talented people with a lot of good experience that can really contribute to another firm.”

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