Jack Welch & the G.E. Way: Management Insights and Leadership Secrets of the Legendary CEO

by Robert Slater

Book Overview

Jack Welch is indisputably the most effective CEO in America today and has been for the past two decades. Robert Slater concentrates on Welch's present-day business strategies and his vision for the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0070581045
• ISBN13: 9780070581043
• Release Date: July 1998
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.4" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

Lessons from a brilliant business icon

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, including1. 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.

No Management Fads Here

This book sits in a class of its own. It does not espouse any particular management fad such as TQM or Reengineering. Rather, it speaks of how one man energized and led an organization to become the most valuable corporate entity in the world. This is a must read for those that consider themselves change agents. And for those that like status quo, you should probably read this as well to better understand why you might be changed right out of a job.

The Management Message

This book was very insightful and set the foundation for new and tenured managers to send the right message throughout their organizations. Whether new to an organization or fixing an existing one, this book will provide the building blocks for ensuring you can inculcate the team you wish to lead. Most importantly, the book points out the clear delineation between managers and leaders.

Fascinating summary of management philosophy

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.

A BLUEPRINT FOR ACHIEVING SUCCESS

This is Robert Slater's third book about Jack Welch, who has achieved almost mythic status in his 17 years as CEO of GE, making the company the wolds most valuable. This new book focuses on the lessons all businesses can learn from how Welch transformed GE from a manufacturing to a service centered business by embracing change, creating a boundaryless organization focussing on globalization and emphasizing communication. Slater is a Welch fan. I would also recommend reading Thomas F. O'Boyles muckraking work AT ANY COST, JACK WELCH, GENERAL ELECTRIC and THE PURSUIT OF PROFIT as an antidote to boosterism and an insight to the darker side and human cost of radical change in a giant corporation. After you have finished with Welch and GE read the refreshing 2000 PERCENT SOLUTION by Mitchell, Coles, and Metz for a wealth of information and freeing your organization from common practices that stall growth. Welch examples may inform us but Mitchell, Coles and Metz give us a blueprint for achieving success in our businesses and organizations and involving our employees in the process of exponential growth