The book will be quite inspiring for all those who are very passionate and very ambitious about their career and are too eager to bring in a change in the organization for good.

This book will take you through the tough times faced by WELCH @ GE and how boldly he managed to overcome these and brought a drastic change to the organization after he was promoted to higher position.

Though WELCH was known for being very brutal and harsh to employees, he has been praised for taking vital decisions to reach organizations goals.

MUST READ !!

A boring and sordid tale about white men high-fiving each other for decades. We get it, Jack, you love golf and you worked with lots of famous people. No need to name drop every one you’ve ever known. I can see that his original rise to success was partially due to the then leaders seeing him as their son. “Way to go son!! I’m proud of you”…for the most basic ish.

It could have been interesting if he wrote more about rolling out talent management, implementing cocktail napkin strategies, and actually EXECUTING as opposed to all the buddies he called up from previous golf outings and the like to become leaders.

The book ended abruptly with him handing off to Jeff Immelt. Other abrupt mentions include the one paragraph on his divorce and the other paragraph on meeting his second wife.

I DONT KNOW. IT HAD SO MUCH POTENTIAL.

Interesting perspectives from Jack. However, since it's an autobiography only the positive effects for Jack Welch are pushed forward, it would be interesting to read a more neutral perspective.

If you are wondering what does the CEO do, then you have picked the right book.

It’s been a while since I’ve read a business memoir, a genre I love to read because of its insights. These books are usually written by a CEO or business leader after their career, giving the reader 30,40,50 or more years of life experience. This book was about Jack Welch, the legendary CEO of GE. It’s a fascinating account of a this man and his managerial style and life lessons.

But it was written 19 years ago. And while his insights, expertise, and business acumen are noted and respected, GE has gone through a lot since he left. So my next book will be about GE’s rise and fall, a book published in the last year or so.

I started reading this book because of the good reputation of Jack Welch in Corporate America. As I was reading it, I did not find a lot of intriguing and relevant things to current day Corporate America. I am personally not very comfortable with the way Jack did a few things. If were to sum up in one sentence, Jack’s style of running the business was raw and new in last 2 decades of 20th century, however, I don’t think it works anymore

The book started with the succession plan that Jack received the great news from his predecessor, Greg, and ended with when Jack retired after leaving the throne to Jeff Immelt. There were stories about manufacturing perfection, about processes, and about M&A deals. Overall, Jack Welch seemed a good capital allocator. It was a bit sad to read the book after Jack being deceased, and that after Jeff Immelt became the next CEO, GE stock lagged the overall market. It was a bit bitter that GE, once a great company, was removed from DJIA later on.

GE history is very interesting, and Jack has so many great insights

Very informative and entertaining. I highly recommend this book to students of business.

Dr. Welch wrote a bestselling book, telling the GE's business story in North America!!! The main question to understand is: What is next to do for the American interested readers???!!! The answer is clear: To buy and read the Wealth Management Time book by Viktor O. Ledenyov and Dimitri O. Ledenyov, because it will help everyone to become a wealthy investor!!!

Last night I finished this classic business autobiography that has been on my bookshelf for literally decades. This book was gifted to me years ago and I just never got around to cracking it open but it became one of my pandemic reads. Though GE is on its third CEO post-Jack and he sadly passed last year, Jack Welch offers relevant and timeless insights. I was struck at some of the parallels between Welch's lessons and those in "Good to Great" and "Built to Last." These include the importance of getting the best people in your organization and facing reality in your business.

A very aggressive book that makes sense. I was driven to this book when Simon Sinek portrayed Jack Welch as some what of an Antagonist in his own book Leaders Eat Last.
But after reading this book it makes sense of what Jack Welch did and I suppose both are different sides of the same coin.
Coming to the book as I said, an aggressive one and to the point. The derivation of metrics, the why and the how all has been laid down as concrete as generations to come and learn from it.
If every organisation had the same path as Jack Welch did the world would have been a different place right now.
Of course not all you read is sufficient. There could be things that haven’t been written or showed which are ill effects of Welch’s way.
But the book gives you tremendous pointers on how a team should be managed, how it should perform, how to safeguard ones interest along with ensuring company’s interest are guarded as well. What exactly defines growth, the strategies leaders take and why.
A must must read for every management professional or anyone who manages anything at all.