Jack Welch on Leadership [Abridged] [Paperback]

Robert Slater (Author), Robert Slater (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0071435271 | ISBN-13: 978-0071435277 | Publication Date: March 1, 2004 | Edition: 1

"If leadership is an art, then surely Jack Welch has proved himself a master painter."

--BusinessWeek on Jack Welch

Jack Welch on Leadership distills the bestselling Jack Welch and the GE Way into 23 of Welch's leadership secrets and traits, and provides Welch devotees across the nation and around the globe with a rare glimpse into the mind and methods of the man Tom Brokaw dubbed "the smartest boss I ever had."

Editorial Reviews

From the Back Cover

[BACK COVER]

[CATEGORY] Management

[HEAD] No-Nonsense Leadership Secrets that Helped Jack Welch Become the Most Celebrated and Successful CEO of His Era

"Jack Welch is a genius at making all who work for him raise the level of their game.... I think he's the smartest boss I've ever had."

--Tom Brokaw, Anchor and Managing Editor

NBC Nightly News with Tom Brokaw

"If leadership is an art form, than surely Welch has proved himself a master painter."

--BusinessWeek

Jack Welch's innovative, breakthrough leadership strategies as CEO transformed GE into a highly productive, labor-efficient powerhouse with a staggering $400 billion-plus market capitalization. Now, in Jack Welch on Leadership, a handy abridgement of the bestseller Jack Welch and the GE Way, executives of all industries and levels can discover how to work the Welch magic in their own organizations.

Jack Welch on Leadership reveals the strategies and secrets that led to Welch's stunning success. Read it now, and learn for yourself the management wisdom and actions that Jack Welch used to create the most valuable corporation--and become one of the greatest corporate leaders--in history.

Robert Slater is one of the world's foremost authorities on Jack Welch and General Electric. Author of the bestselling Welch books Jack Welch and the GE Way and Get Better or Get Beaten, Slater has more than 25 years of journalism experience with Time, Newsweek, and UPI.

About the Author

Robert Slater (New York, NY) is one of the world's foremost authorities on Jack Welch and General Electric. The bestselling author of Get Better or Get Beaten, Slater has more than 25 years of journalism experience with Time, Newsweek, and UPI.

Product Details

• Paperback: 160 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill; 1 edition (March 1, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0071435271
• ISBN-13: 978-0071435277
• Product Dimensions: 8 x 5 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,232,270 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Robert Slater was born in New York City on October 1, 1943, and grew up in South Orange, New Jersey. He graduated from Columbia High School in 1962 and graduated with honors from the University of Pennsylvania in 1966, where he majored in political science. He received a masters of science degree in international relations from the London School of Economics in 1967. He worked for UPI and Time Magazine for many years, in both the United States and the Middle East.
Slater has written 16 books about major business personalities before his new book on Donald Trump:
' The Titans of Takeover (Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1987).
' Portraits in Silicon (Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1987).
' This ... .Is CBS: A Chronicle of 60 Years (Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1988).
' The New GE: How Jack Welch Revived an American Institution (Homewood, IL: Business One Irwin, 1993).
' Get Better or Get Beaten! 31 Leadership Secrets from GE's Jack Welch (Burr Ridge, IL: Irwin Professional Publishing, 1994). This book made the business best-seller list in Japan.
' SOROS: The Life, Times, and Trading Secrets of the World's Greatest Investor (Chicago, IL: Irwin Professional Publishing, 1996). This book profiles superinvestor George Soros, and it appeared on the Business Week best-seller list.
' Invest First, Investigate Later: And 23 Other Trading Secrets of George Soros, the Legendary Investor (Chicago, IL: Irwin Professional Publishing, 1996).
' John Bogle and the Vanguard Experiment: One Man's Quest to Transform the Mutual Fund Industry (Chicago, IL: Irwin Professional Publishing, 1996). This book profiles the most important business figure in the mutual fund field.
' Ovitz: The Inside Story of Hollywood's Most Controversial Power Broker (New York, NY: McGraw-Hill, 1997). This book made the Los Angeles Times and the New York Times business best-seller lists.
' Jack Welch and the GE Way: Management Insights and Leadership Secrets of the Legendary CEO (New York, NY: McGraw-Hill, 1998). This is an updated look at the business secrets of General Electric's chairman and chief executive officer. It made the Business Week and The Wall Street Journal best-seller lists.
' Saving Big Blue: Leadership Lessons & Turnaround Tactics of IBM's Lou Gerstner (New York, NY: McGraw-Hill, 1999).
' The GE Way Fieldbook: Jack Welch's Battle Plan for Corporate Revolution (New York, NY: McGraw Hill, 1999).
' The Eye of the Storm: How John Chambers Steered Cisco Systems Through the Technology Collapse (New York, NY: HarperBusiness, 2003).
' Magic Cancer Bullet: How a Tiny Orange Capsule May Rewrite Medical History (New York, NY: HarperBusiness, 2003), co-authored with Novartis CEO, Dan Vasella.
' The Wal-Mart Decade: How a New Generation of Leaders Turned Sam Walton's Legacy into the World's #1 Company (New York, NY: Portfolio, 2003). A paperback version was published in June 2004.
' Microsoft Rebooted: How Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer Re-Invented Their Company (New York, NY: Portfolio, 2004
' No Such Thing as Over-Exposure: Inside the Life and Celebrity of Donald Trump (New Jersey, Pearson, Prentice Hall, February 2005)