Jack Welch
The Structure of Success: A Framework to Help Build Your Business Career Patrick Esposito An Inc. Original (October 2023) “The road to success and the road to failure are almost exactly the same.” Colin R. Davis Albert Einstein was once…
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When Everyone Leads: How The Toughest Challenges Get Seen and Solved Ed O’Malley and Julia Fabris McBride Bard Press (January 2023) “If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.” African Proverb…
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Culture Is the Way: How Leaders at Every Level Build an Organization for Speed, Impact, and ExcellenceMatt Mayberry Wiley (February 2023) “Culture eats strategy for breakfast.” Peter Drucker My take is that prevailing values in a workplace will always be…
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The Crux: How Leaders Become Strategists Richard P. Rumelt Public Affairs (May 2022) Two sources of power: a challenge’s crux and a challenge-based strategy To what does the title of this book refer? According to Richard Rumelt, a crux is…
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The Neutrality Trap: Disrupting and Connecting for Social Change Bernard Mayer and Jacqueline N. Font-Guzmán Wiley (January 2022) “What got you here won’t get you there.” Marshall Goldsmith My own opinion is that what got you here won’t even allow…
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Beyond Digital: How Great Leaders Transform Their Organizations and Shape the Future Paul Leinwand and Mahadeva Matt Mani Harvard Business Review Press (January 2022) “The future is already here – it’s just not evenly distributed yet.” William Gibson Whatever their…
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Gorillas Can Dance: Lessons from Microsoft and Other Corporations on Partnering with Startups Shameen Prashantham Wiley (September 2021) “There may be trouble ahead But while there’s moonlight And music and love and romance Let’s face the music and dance.” Seth…
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The New Builders: Face to Face with the True Future of Business Seth Levine and Elizabeth MacBride Wiley (May 2001) How and why the next generation of entrepreneurs will determine the future of business in the U.S. Each of what…
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Balancing Act : Teach, Coach, Mentor, Inspire Andrew Temte Kaplan Publishing (April 2021) How to accelerate and enrich personal growth and professional development As I began to read this book, I was again reminded of Jack Welch’s response when GE’s…
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What are the defining characteristics of an agile organization?
Many years ago, Jack Welch was asked why he highly admired small organizations. GE’s then chairman and CEO offered this response: “There are several reasons. For one, they communicate better. Without the din and prattle of bureaucracy, people listen as…
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