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102nd out of 152 books
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Control Your Destiny or Someone Else Will
Acknowledged as the outstanding business leader of the late twentieth century, Jack Welch made General Electric one of the world's most competitive companies. This dynamic CEO defined the standard for organizational change, creating more than $400 billion in shareholder value by transforming a bureaucratic behemoth into a nimble, scrappy winner in the global marketplace.
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Paperback, 720 pages
Published
April 5th 2005
by HarperBusiness
(first published 1992)
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Aug 30, 2007
Inggita
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people leading any organization especially a business
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Heheh i have corrected the title so it's no longer inaccurate (who is the dufus in Amazon adding the word "own" in there - it's a quote from Jack's mom - have some respect! only Barnes & Noble got it right). i learned about the kind of thoughts and attitudes Jack Welch has that drive him to lead GE during different cycles/challenges - because times change, the challenges change, the world changed totally the day he stepped down (Sep 7, just the weekend before September 11th) - but there are...more
The title of the book itself is very inspiring. I highly recommend this business classic to all revolutionaries of the new century. The book is broken down into three "acts" which recount the years of Jack Welch - when and how he was made the CEO with GE, the early years of layoffs, the early resistance to his ideas, reorganization of GE, the need for globalization, and eventual acceptance of his ideas as he empowered GE's employees. It was a very good read.
good business read esp some principles laid out like facing reality etc
GE cheerleading.
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