Jack Welch Speaks: Wit and Wisdom from the World's Greatest Business Leader

305 Pages·2007·4.01 MB·English

by  Janet Lowe

Jack Welch
SPEAKS
Wit and Wisdom from the World’s
Greatest Business Leader
Completely Revised and Updated
JANET LOWE
John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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Jack Welch
SPEAKS
Wit and Wisdom from the World’s
Greatest Business Leader
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Jack Welch
SPEAKS
Wit and Wisdom from the World’s
Greatest Business Leader
Completely Revised and Updated
JANET LOWE
John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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This book is dedicated to my dear brothers,

David Walker, Lisle Kincaid, and

Dale Lawrence Lowe.
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Contents

Acknowledgments xi
Introduction 1
I N ONE DECADE: FROM LETTERMAN TO SEINFELD 13
AN AMERICAN ODYSSEY 24
Growing Up in Salem 24
The First to Go to College 29
Sports Were Everything 33
Ice Can’t Form on a Swift-Moving Stream 37
Take This Job and Do It 46
QUALITIES OF A LEADER: WELCH STYLE 50
The Challenge: To Be Fair 50
The Temperament of a Boss 52
The Thrill of Victory 54
A Typical Meeting with Chairman Welch 57
Humor Us 60
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