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Summary: FANTASTIC STORY... INCREDIBLE MAN!
Review: Any corporate executive or manager should read this book to be an effective, top-notch leader. Jack Welch has come through the ranks and has shown us that in the corporate world of business it is not enough to manage, one must lead by example. Welch shows how and why corporate change is both healthy and a necessity. Above all, the book brings out the fundamental aspect of communication and the fact that many of our obstacles, trials and errors in the corporate world could easily be overcome or eliminated with effective communication skills. In the world of business, communication takes up the majority of our time even though many CEO's and managers have, seemingly, not learned this critical fact. If CEO's, managers and employees are lacking exceptional communication skills, corporations, both large and small, will not reap the fruits of their labour and achieve optimum results.Overall, "Jack Welch and the G.E. Way" is an insightful look inside the mind of brilliant man, and penned by a writer who puts meaning and conviction to the words. The story which unfolds, and Welch himself, are throughly intriguing. The book is highly recommended and certainly deserving of a five-star rating.
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Summary: Fools Gold
Review: Applying some of the concepts of Mr. Welch's philosophy helped to facilitate operational improvement in my team that earned a distinguished company award. I was so enthralled that I purchased a GE fridge, and convinced my in-laws to do the same even though another brand of fridge lasted tham almost 30 years. Less than 5 years and thousands of dollars later, neither GE fridge is operational. The GE Way -- admire the brilliance, but stay away from the products.
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Summary: Great book
Review: As a student of management I was eager to acquire this book when it first became available. Please understand that my expectations for any book including one about the great Jack Welch are very modest. If there is but one gem of wisdom within I am quite satisfied. This book, however, not only lacked any gems of wisdom but it was also very poorly written with considerable punctuation and grammatical mistakes. If Jack Welch had subjected this manuscript to his vaunted six sigma process (which he obviously did not) it would have never been printed. I can sum up the substance of Welch's message with simplistic statement of work harder than everyone else and you will do better than they do. I don't know if this is what Jack Welch intended or even accurately represents his true philosophy of management but it is the only thing he conveyed in his book. I regret the money I spent to be sure but even more so the time I wasted reading this drivel. No self-respecting fish would allow itself to be wrapped in its worthless pages.
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Summary: A Major Disappointment
Review: As a student of management I was eager to acquire this book when it first became available. Please understand that my expectations for any book including one about the great Jack Welch are very modest. If there is but one gem of wisdom within I am quite satisfied. This book, however, not only lacked any gems of wisdom but it was also very poorly written with considerable punctuation and grammatical mistakes. If Jack Welch had subjected this manuscript to his vaunted six sigma process (which he obviously did not) it would have never been printed. I can sum up the substance of Welch's message with simplistic statement of work harder than everyone else and you will do better than they do. I don't know if this is what Jack Welch intended or even accurately represents his true philosophy of management but it is the only thing he conveyed in his book. I regret the money I spent to be sure but even more so the time I wasted reading this drivel. No self-respecting fish would allow itself to be wrapped in its worthless pages.
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Summary: Nothing new in this book. A broad brush portrait of Welch.
Review: Do not buy this book if you are looking for new insights into what makes Welch a great leader and GE a great company. I found its stories too shallow and overly complementary to Welch (almost as though they were written by GE's public relations folks.) Noel Tichy's book "Control Your Destiny or Someone Else Will" while somewhat dated is a much better read. I cannot wait for a critical evaluation of GE's successes and failures, that includes lessons that other managers can apply in their companies. This book certainly does not get me there.
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Summary: Lessons from a brilliant business icon
Review: Good Job, Jack!! As a one-time Wall Street professional, I find books about the top minds of business interesting. Truly, this book about the now-retired CEO of General Electric, the world's best run company, is fascinating. It not only gives us insight into Jack Welch the man, but the strategies he used to make GE a darling of Wall Street and Main Street. What I found most intriguing about this book is its dedication to showing HOW and WHY Mr. Welch employed his fresh attitudes towards his pursuit of excellence. He addresses many salient issues, including 1. Leadership being the key to successful management, not managing; 2. Harnessing the true power of the corporation: its employees; 3. The advantages of large corporations acting like small companies; 4. Growth by globalization; 5. Corporate change is natural and necessary. Jack Welch has proven that he was one of the greatest leaders corporate America has known. The author, Robert Slater, does a superb job of taking us inside GE and Jack Welch's head. This book will stand as a tribute to GE's greatness and Welch's vision, strength, courage and brilliance. If you are an entrepreneur, corporate manager or business executive, this book is well worth the read.
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Summary: Author Paid By The Word
Review: Good overview of the Jack Welch way, including a variety of innovative business ideas that brought GE forward. However, as a book goes, it would appear the author was paid by the word. Each of the "secrets" is presented, reviewed, repeated, and presented again in a 300+ page book that would better be summarized in about 20. I kept reading after the first two chapters thinking I would learn somthing new, but honestly, save your money, read chapter one at the library, and go home with just as much insight. To the publisher, I'd recommed an "executive summary" version for the next edition.
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Summary: Author Paid By The Word
Review: Good overview of the Jack Welch way, including a variety of innovative business ideas that brought GE forward. However, as a book goes, it would appear the author was paid by the word. Each of the "secrets" is presented, reviewed, repeated, and presented again in a 300+ page book that would better be summarized in about 20. I kept reading after the first two chapters thinking I would learn somthing new, but honestly, save your money, read chapter one at the library, and go home with just as much insight. To the publisher, I'd recommed an "executive summary" version for the next edition.
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Summary: How to be a Sycophant
Review: How do you kill the zeal that a young, aspiring, future business leader has with regard to arguably one of the strongest force in American commerce in the past 30 years? You give them Slater's biography on Jack Welch. Jack Welch's accomplishments are not to be diminished by the gosh, lavish, effusive ... style of Slater. Readers may be able to wade through the Jack-this, Jack-that approach that Slater employs to really find significant kernels of what Welch's contribution to corporate/business thought has been. It is for this reason alone that I do find some value in this book. Slater is an accomplished writer in his own right, but as a strong biographical depiction focused on delivering the mind of Welch--this books leaves you wanting.
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Summary: A Good Book But I Prefer Jack's Own
Review: I bought this book before reading Jack's "Straight from the Gut". When I read this book I thought it was 5 stars and I re-read this book at least once looking for clues to help my own business. Then I read Jack's book and realized his was better. In any case this covers all the basic aspects of Jack's methods including the educational meetings at the GE "university", cleaning house, picking winning companies, eliminating small market share companies, and promoting top performers and eliminating underperformers. It shows how he is hands on. Good if you want to read two books on Jack Welch. Jack in Toronto
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