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Winning (Audio CD)
by Jack Welch, Suzy Welch
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Author: Jack Welch, Suzy Welch
Publisher: HarperAudio; Unabridged edition
Pub. in: April, 2005
ISBN: 0060785683
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Measurements: 5.9 x 5.2 x 1.3 inches
Origin of product: USA
Order code: BB00063
Other information: Reprint edition
ISBN-13: 978-0060785680
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- Awards & Credential -
A runaway bestseller across the world, this book ranks #707 in books on Amazon.com as of December 6, 2006. |
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"Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs even though checkered by failure, than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer much because they live in the gray twilight that knows neither victory nor defeat." Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919), 26th US president, spoke these words well in advance of the challenges of the 21st Century. Certainly, the thinking man or woman of today is still possessed of the same kind of attitude... to not only move into action but to win in the process. Given the choice, who doesn't want to win? Against this backdrop there should be more than a passing interest in the latest book by Jack Welch simply titled Winning.
Welch's new book is more than just a successful business leader's writing on the subject; it's a clear and concise, easy-to-read blueprint to success. The reader will understand that the retired CEO of General Electric feels a sense of urgency to put some astute business lessons in the hands of those who can benefit most from them - the executive, the intern and everyone in between. If the principles that Welch puts forth in his simple and direct manner are embraced, the reader will become a better leader or follower or both. Leadership, after all, is nothing without good followership.
Winners don't just appear at the top; they climb, crawl and/or improve their way to the top. That's the vision that Jack Welch instilled at GE when he demanded that each of their businesses had to be the number one or two business in their market or be culled. And they were!
In his book, Welch writes a great deal about how human capital contributes immensely to business success. Just a few of the takeaways are the "4-E and 1-P concept" (a person should have Energy that's positive, the ability to Energize others, the Edge or courage to make tough decisions, Execution to get the job done and Passion "juice for life in <his/her> veins"), "differentiation" (the 20-70-10 concept that lets people know where they stand) and he proposes the most important question to ask of an interviewee (read the book to find the answer).
There are no shortcuts in life to replace hard earned experience. but here's an opportunity to invite Jack Welch in for a fireside chat and gain some valuable business perspective for the cost of the book and the time it takes to read it.
Also highly recommended is Jack: Straight from the Gut, Welch’s first book, which is currently out of print. These two important management works tell a lot more about how to become a great leader than business schools. Both books are immensely inspirational and empowering. (From quoting Daniel Rutkowski, USA)
Target readers:
Leaders of all types of organizations and all students of business.
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Jack Welch began his career with the General Electric Company in 1960, and in 1981 became the company's eighth Chairman and CEO. During his tenure, GE's market capitalization increased by $400 billion, making it the world's most valuable corporation. In 1999, Fortune named him the "manager of the century," and the Financial Times recently named him one of the three most admired business leaders in the world today. Upon retiring from GE in 2001, Mr. Welch published his internationally best-selling autobiography Jack: Straight from the Gut. He now teaches at MIT's Sloan School of Management and speaks to business leaders and students around the world.
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From the Publisher:
Jack Welch knows how to win. During his 40-year career at General Electric, he led the company to year-after-year success around the globe, in multiple markets, against brutal competition. His honest, be-the-best style of management became the gold standard in business, with his relentless focus on people, teamwork, and profits.
Since Welch retired in 2001 as chairman and CEO of GE, he has traveled the world, speaking to more than 250,000 people and answering their questions on dozens of wide-ranging topics.
Inspired by his audiences and their hunger for straightforward guidance, Welch has written both a philosophical and pragmatic book, which is destined to become the bible of business for generations to come. It clearly lays out the answers to the most difficult questions people face both on and off the job.
Welch’s objective is to speak to people at every level of an organization, in companies large and small. His audience is everyone from line workers to MBAs, from project managers to senior executives. His goal is to help everyone who has a passion for success.
Welch begins Winning with an introductory section called “Underneath It All,” which described his business philosophy. He explores the importance of values, candor, differentiation, and voice and dignity for all.
The core of Winning is devoted to the “real stuff” of work. This main part of the book is split into 3 sections. The first looks inside the company, from leadership to picking winners to making change happen. The second section looks outside, at the competition, with chapters on strategy, mergers, and Six Sigma, to name just 3. The next section of the book is about managing your career – from finding the right job to achieving work-life balance.
Welch’s optimistic, no excuses, get-it-done mind-set is riveting. Packed with personal anecdotes and written in Jack’s distinctive no b. s. voice, Winning offers deep insights, original thinking, and solutions to nuts-and-bolts problems that will change the way people think about work.
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| (On candor) Without candor, everyone saved face, and business lumbered along. The status quo was accepted. Fake behavior was just a day at the office. And people with initiative, gumption, and guts were labeled troublesome - or worse. |
(On differentiation) I am a huge fan of differentiation. I have seen it transform companies from mediocre to outstanding, and it is as morally sound as a management system can be. It works.
Companies win when they their managers make a clear and meaningful distinction between top - and bottom - performing business and people, when they cultivate the strong and cull the weak. Companies suffer when every business and person is treated equally and bets are sprinkled all around like rain on the ocean.
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| Before you are a leader, success is all about growing yourself. When you become a leader, success is all about growing others. |
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Publishers Weekly (MSL quote), USA
<2007-01-25 00:00>
One oft-heard comment about Welch's generally praised (and bestselling) 2001 memoir, Jack: Straight from the Gut, was that the book skimped on useful business advice. The respected but controversial former chief of General Electric pays readers back double here. Written with Welch's wife, a onetime editor of the Harvard Business Review, the book delivers a brilliant career's worth of consistently astute (and often iconoclastic) business wisdom and knowledge from the man Fortune magazine called "the manager of the century." Welch knows what he's talking about, and here offers an admirably concise primer on how to do business that's a paragon of tough common sense. From practices he employed at GE (e.g., the much-debated differentiation, which includes winnowing 10% of the workforce at regular intervals), to the personal qualities that lead to success (to Welch, candor is essential), to advice on job hunting and how to work with a bad boss, to ways to maximize the budget process (divorce it from performance rewards), Welch comments frankly and by myriad example, with a common touch that will draw readers in ("that was hardly the first time I'd gotten my clock cleaned by the press"). He explains upfront that the book arose as an attempt to codify his beliefs, in response to the many questions he's received at numerous public appearances since he retired from GE in 2001; as such the book has a somewhat lumpy feel, like an overstuffed bag of presents. But the writing, full of personality and ideas, is a model of clarity and insight, even on such dense subjects as the quality control program Six Sigma. It's difficult to think of anyone in business who wouldn't benefit from reading this savvy, engaging cubicle-to-boardroom guide to success; and it's likely, given Welch's reputation and the massive ad/promo HarperCollins is putting behind the book, that enough business people will want to read it to push it toward the top of the charts. |
Warren E. Buffett (MSL quote), USA
<2007-01-25 00:00>
When you talk with Jack about management, his energy and passion fill the room. Yet get a similar experience with this book - the same qualities jump at you from every page. |
Bill Gates (MSL quote), USA
<2007-01-25 00:00>
A candid and comprehensive look at how to succeed in business – for everyone from college graduates to CEOs. |
Fortune (MSL quote), USA
<2007-01-25 00:00>
Manager of the Century. |
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