Jack Welch was the legendary CEO and chairman of General Electric (Fortune Company's most admired American Company in 2005) when he retired in 2001. Since then he has toured the world speaking to hundreds of thousands of people. WINNING was inspired by all the questions people asked him during these tours. WINNING is the answer to thousands and thousands of questions about leadership. » CHAPTER 1 - Mission & Values.
Jack talks about how an organizations Mission & Values should influence its employees daily behaviors instead of being farfetched broad statements stating the obvious.
» CHAPTER 2 - Candor
This talks about a primary reason why and how organizations wastes resources and increase cost - lack of candor in all dealings. » CHAPTER 3 - Differentiation
Jack provides a very compelling argument to support differentiation of good performers and non performers. He argues why shedding non performers does everyone, including the non performer, a very great favor. Here he outlines hiss 20:70:10 rule which he used to manage GE so successfully.
» CHAPTER 4 - Voice and Dignity
Here Jack confirms a notion Sage has always been a proponent of, that every worker in an organization has ideas to make the business better. But sometimes the organizational hierarchy is a hindrance (even so at GE). He discusses ways and means that have been found to give every worker a voice. For years, Sage worked with organizations to facilitate off work sessions for employees to candidly raise issues and provide solutions themselves. At GE this methodology was so successful that it became an integral part of their work life to have off work sessions for problem solving.
Who Moved My Cheese?
Spencer Johnson with foreword by Ken Blanchard.
Using the parable of four endearing characters in an eternal quest for cheese, Spencer takes us through an eye opening journey toward realizing that change is an inevitable fact of life, and dealing with change, instead of shying away is the only path to personal triumph.
