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Winning

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Welch was easily the most successful and influential CEO in the 1990s, and ironically his philosophy was not that of the standard numbers cruncher/brute force dictator. When he retired to the golf course, GE was in the top 5 largest cap companies for many years. His writing here is a throwback to the Dale Carnegie school of thought, reminiscent of How to Win Friends and Influence People. This book really should be required reading for anyone in management, with its often brilliant inter-personal communication advice. It covers Ges iron clad rules for risk management in analyzing companies and their balance sheet performance. They were strictly a top shelf Grade A lender, and if you didnt make the grade, you were punted. The philosophy was out there for everyone to see in middle level management, which means everyone had to give 110% because they knew the axe would be coming without being told a word. Tough love, but Welch shows how to do it all with leadership, dignity, great people management, and quick decision making in crisis environment.

Not a bad book, it focuses on large corporations a lot. I'm more entrepreneural and have my own small business. A book I just read called Stop Working by Rohan Hall was much more interesting and informative for entrepreneurs.

I loved Jack's perspective all the way through this book, and the breadth of coverage. I haven't yet come across a book (audio or otherwise) that is this broad, practical, well structured and with such great messages throughout.

Jack Welch is one of the greatest CEO and also a great writer.
He gives us important advises in easy-to-understand way.
Everyone -I mean everyone- should read this book.

jack is an amazingly talented man, there is so much you can learn from this book, it is gaered towards large corps, but if you start your business using these principals it will be so much easier then trying to correct a struggling business that has bad habits, and its the longest audio book for the price i have ever seen(11 hrs.)

One of the best books on leadership I've ever listened to. (CD)

Jack Welch is the most overrated CEO celebrity of the late 20th Century. The self-congratulatory tone of the book annoyed the hell out of me. Laying off people under the guise of "corporate survival" is disgusting. The only people that should be admiring Welch would be the shareholders of GE.

I found the career advice portion of the book more suited to the 1970's than for today. Ideas like bonding with your coworkers and doing something you love are devious at best. Unfortunately, bonding with your coworkers in this environment is disingenuous at best. Work is work, keep your friends at home. Doing something you love is not being realistic in today's world. Not everyone can become a best selling author or proctologist.

Most people don't work for large companies, yet Welch's focus in this book is on the massive corporation. Most of the jobs are created by small to medium enterprises. The big firms are creating jobs in India, not America.

Don't buy what this guy is selling. It isn't worth it.