Jack Welch
This article has been written to share with you those striking points in the magnificent book called “Jack Welch and General Electric`s Way”, which explains the leadership secrets of the legendary leader of General Electric, Jack Welch.
The book begins in August 1997 with two men playing golf on a sunny summer day. Two middle-aged men: a tall one with gray hair and slightly fat belly, and a shorter one who looks at least 10 years older than the first one. These two men who at first glance look like two ordinary people are two of the most powerful men in the world. The older one is John Francis Welch Jr., the tall one is the forty-second President of the United States, William Jefferson Clinton. Two days later, The New York Times publishes a photograph of a smiling, relaxed Welch and Clinton on a golf field.
Welch is smiling because of many reasons. However, more important than this, he is someone saying, “at the point where we are today I absolutely don`t feel relaxed” in an interview in December 1997 although he has got plenty of things to brag about.
He is the president of the company that with its 198.09 billion dollars has the first place in the Top 100 Companies List by Business Week. Coca Cola takes the second place with 169 billion dollars followed by Royal Dutch/Shell with 151 billion and Bill Gate`s Microsoft with 148 billion.
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