The Jack Welch Lexicon of Leadership

by Jeffrey A. Krames

A comprehensive guide to the strategies and initiatives of legendary CEO Jack Welch In his two decades as CEO, Jack Welch's principles, strategies, and tenets transformed GE into one of history's most dynamic and valuable corporations. As a result, executives in all industries are now eager to hear Welch's every pronouncement­­and implement his strategies in their own organizations. The Jack Welch Lexicon of Leadership is the first alphabetically structured collection to place Welch's career in perspective, and trace the evolution of his key ideas and innovations. Intended to stand on its own as well as complement Welch's eagerly awaited upcoming memoir, this timely book provides readers with analysis and perspective on Six Sigma­­the revolutionary program that "changed the DNA of GE"­­as well as dozens of other Welch concepts and initiatives (including Globalization, Work-Out, the E-Initiative, and others).

Genres: Business, Leadership

224 pages, Hardcover

First published August 1, 2001

About the author

Jeffrey A. Krames is an American author whose books have been translated into more than 36 languages. Before 2020, Krames established his own "publishing and literary agency", JK Literary Services. Krames is the former editor-in-chief of Portfolio, the business book imprint of The Penguin Group and the former Vice President and head of the trade division of McGraw-Hill.

Reviews

[Jack · Rating 4 out of 5]

I now know where lots of the US Navy leadership perspectives have come from. I found the leadership book very enlightening, albeit many of the discussions were repeated from earlier areas in the book. I did learn quite a bit about large corporations trying to boost productivity which is right up my alley. I did appreciate the different mechanisms used to boost workforce involvement. I would have benefited a bit more if I had a better understanding of GE's history, but overall a very good choice.

[KitCat · Rating 3 out of 5]

My favorite learnings:

Involving everyone is the key to enhancing productivity.

Leaders who live the values are more important than leaders that make the numbers.

Define - Measure - Analyze - Improve - Control

[Shankarnarayan]

What's unique about this book is that u learn leadership the Jack Welch way,A man who has exemplified leadership,and not just spoken about it