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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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Summary: A Great Jack Welch Starting-Point
Review: I had not previously read any of the many books by or about Jack Welch. Other reviews say many topics developed in earlier books are discussed again here, making the book somewhat redundant. But if you haven't read it before, I think this book does a terrific and inspiring job discussing the many leadership attributes that have made GE great and Jack Welch famous. I feel I've already been able to build some of what I learned from this book successfully into my leadership style. Well worth reading!!
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Summary: Absolutely disapointing!!!!!!
Review: I was hopeing this would be a well written book on the leadership and style of Jack Welch. It turned out to be a pep rally on what great things Jack did. Somehow it would have been better if I went to the local high school rally than sit through this book. I didn't even finish the first couple of chapters before I put it on the shelf. Should have returned it. I wouldn't recomend this bood to anyone who enjoys reading books on leadership.
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Summary: Absurd
Review: I worked as an engineer for GE under Jack Welch and I have also worked as a (civilian) naval engineer. GE's bureaucracy makes the government look like a paradigm of efficiency. GE is probably the most politicized, bureaucratic, inefficient and bloated organization on the planet. Jack Welch is incompetent. Read a comic book instead: You'll find more truth in one.
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Summary: The long version of Slater's first book on Welch.
Review: I've read countless business biographies and books on leadership. Slater wrote "Get Better or Get Beaten!, the 31 Jack Welch Secret's to Leadership" and this is just the long version of it. It is barely readable, as it is obvious Slater is personally involved with his subject and cannot be objective. This is unfortunate and causes the reader to "take away" (a Welchism) absolutely no sense of the man, Jack Welch, let alone to care about his ideas on leadership or "the GE way". Too much "way to go Jack Welch" quotes and not enough content. You can skip both of these books if you are looking for insights into great leadership. If your goal IS to read a book with some great insights on leadership, I highly recommend the fine books on leadership by CEO's James Autry and/or Max DePree. These books will make you think and do things differently after having read them versus Slater's leadership cheerleader dribble. Save your money folks!
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Summary: Absurd
Review: I've worked as an engineer for GE under Jack Welch and I have also worked as a (civilian) naval engineer. GE's bureaucracy makes the government look like a paradigm of efficiency. GE is probably the most politicized, bureaucratic, inefficient and bloated organization on the planet. Jack Welch is incompetent. Read a comic book instead: You'll find more truth in one.
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Summary: Fascinating summary of management philosophy
Review: Jack Welch got right to the point on key management ideas used to propel GE to the top. It's easy to read and digest, without unnecessary long descriptions. The key points of each topic is clearly summarized by a quote on the front of each chapter. If you have never taken a management course, read this book and you're half way there. The ideas are so simple yet so often ignored as managers are faced with a sea of complicated management theories.
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Summary: The definitive guide to Jack Welch's management secrets
Review: Jack Welch has been called the world's greatest CEO. In this groundbreaking new book, veteran Time magazine journalist Robert Slater "distills Welch's business philosophy--an amalgam of Zen-like axioms, bromides and tough minded pragmatism--in a way that will reward managers at all levels who seek to create a learning environment and transform learning into action" (Publisher's Weekly, 7/13/98). Through Welch's own words, along with those of dozens of GE insiders who work alongside him, Jack Welch and the GE Way presents both a remarkable corporate success saga and a blueprint for building a competitive, learning organization. There's much here for managers and companies of all shapes and sizes. "If leadership is an art, then surely Welch has proved himself a master painter." --Business Week on Jack Welch
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Summary: Neutron Jack
Review: Jack Welch has his eyes on the horizon since the 1980s. It has led a lot of changes, delayering management, reducing the number of business units, cultivating ideas and keeping GE nimble. So, that book is intersting for readers who do not know the Jack's management practices. (He is expected to retire in 2002).
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Summary: FOCUS ON HELPING PEOPLE DECIDE WHAT TO DO FOR BETTER RESULTS
Review: Jack Welch was a late adopter of almost every major management trend in the last 20 years, yet he got better results from using these ideas than most other companies did. His secret is revealed in this good overview of the Welch years: He spends 90% of his time communicating with people about what they must do in order to take advantage of these ideas. Most people spend almost no time on this critical area. You should think of this book as a great primer then on corporate communications. If you want to know more about the bad habits that organizations have that stall progress, you should read the new survey by the American Management Association. For ways to adapt new practices from other companies that exceeds what Jack Welch and GE do, you should check out the new management practices that have been developed by TWENTY TIMES PROGRESS (go to www.mitchellandco.com, click on the icon for "management processes" and use the pre-diagnostic questions there to find the processes that will be of the most value to you and your organization). END
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