Jack Welch and the GE way - Robert Slater

Jack Welch is indisputably the most effective CEO in America today and has been for the past two decades, GE the company he has headed since 1981, is now the most valuable company in the world. A visionary corporate strategist, Welch continues to shake the cage, pursuing programs and ideas destined to further build GE's strength and his own formidable reputation. Robert Slater's previous two books on Welch and GE influenced management practices worldwide and were instant bestsellers. Now, Slater concentrates on Welch's present-day business strategies and his vision for the future in "Jack Welch and the GE Way". After almost 20 years at the helm, Welch has never stopped reinventing GE, and in this insightful book, the reader can share center-stage with Welch as he discusses: his zeal to nurture and expand what he calls "The Learning Culture" within GE; GE's continuing strategy to shed any businesses where they cannot be first or second in their market; and Jack Welch in action, as he visits and reviews GE installations, while talking to and learning from GE employees.;Written for leaders everywhere, at every level of management and business, "Jack Welch and the GE Way" strengthens Welch's legend as the most acclaimed and respected CEO in history.