Winning

There are just a few places in the book I wouldn't agree with. Mainly it is a very wise summary of Jack's experience. It's worth to take into consideration.

I have just finished reading Winning by Jack Welch. This book summarizes the key learnings of one of the greatest CEOs of all time in Jack Welch. As the book title indicates, it is about winning in the corporate world and getting ahead. It is divided into four main parts: the first called "Underneath it All" in which the foundational elements of a successful company are laid out - mission and values, candor, differentiation, and voice and dignity. The second, "Your Company" discusses the mechanics of an organization - leadership, hiring, people management, parting ways, change and crisis management. The third part of this book is "Your Competition", with topics discussed such as strategy, budgeting, organic growth, mergers and acquisitions, and Six Sigma. Finally the last section of the book "your career" focused on one professional life with topics such as - the right job, getting promoted, hard spots, work-life balance.What makes this book unique is the breadth of topics discussed. It really serves as a primer for anyone looking to navigate his way through the corporate world. While it is hard to summarize the many learnings contained within this book, below are some excerpts which I found particularly profound:-"When you are an individual contributor, you try to have all the answers. That's your job...When you are a leader, your job is to have all the questions."-On Change " 1- Attach very change initiative to a clear purpose or goal. Change for change's sake is stupid and enervating. 2- Hire and promote only true believers and get-on-with-it types. 3- Ferret out and get rid of resisters, even if their performance is satisfactory. 4- Look at car wrecks."-" The 4-E (And 1-P) Framework - The first E is positive energy. -The second E is the ability to energize others. - The third E is edge, the courage to make tough yes-or-no decisions. - Which leads us to the fourth E - execute - the ability to get the job done. - If a candidate has the four Es, then you look for that final P - passion.Given the scope of the book, one can't expect that it covers each of the topics in depth. What it does though, is server as an eye openers on areas/aspects of one's career that were perhaps missed/over-looked.If you had to read one book this year, I would recommend Winning!

This book was purchased for a class I was taking. It was well written and overall enjoyable read.

Do you have the courage to "call it like it is"? So many businesses, and managers struggle with this concept. Often, it seems so much easier to simply gloss over the real issue, managers want to be "liked", have friends and staff that look up to them as leaders they like and that means often not saying what needs to be said, or doing what is difficult. Jack Welch gives it to the reader "like it is", and implores managers to use candor to get the change required to move businesses forward.Jack doesn't just push managers to use fear to motivate though, in fact, he rightfully points out the concept of 20/70/10. Every business will have 20% at the top, 70% in the middle and 10% at the bottom. GREAT leaders work with the middle 70%, get under their skin and motivate them to love the challenge of coming to work everyday, exhausting their positive output to push staff to be their BEST everyday, and to love doing it. But the bottom 10%, those who would rather text-message and surf the internet than actually work? What to do with them? If you have a candid organization, where dealing with true issues dominates the conversations, these bottom feeders know JUST WHERE THEY STAND, and they either get their act together, or the manager does them a favor by letting them go. It's not mean it's not nice, it's about winning, If you want to out-perform, you need the best players. Such a simple, hardened truth so many manager lose track of - yet Jack reminds us it is the core of performance.I highly recommend this book for all managers and leaders.

A very easy to read book with many great management ideas from Jack Welch.

Welch was and probably is a great leader. Unfortunately, doing things well often doesn't not translate into teaching them well. Sometimes, even the opposite is true. Welch grants access to a great deal of his own thinking and the perspective he brought to his leadership in his book "Winning". Unfortunately, the program he prescribes in the book never gets any deeper into an organization's workings than the corner office. The book is laden with black and white adages, many of which come off as a bit strident. "The first E is positive energy" and other similar edicts really don't exactly illuminate what to do as a leader. It would be interesting to know what the experience was of working under this man (better yet, even multiple tiers under him). But that insight is not forthcoming in this book. So as a sort of intellectual autobiography, the book is fascinating. As a manual for actually winning in business it is far less useful or interesting.Amie Devero, Author of  Powered by Principle: Using Core Values to Build World-Class Organizations

Very easy to read. Goes straight to the point.

Excellent advice. Companies pays thousands hor this type o advice. The best book on management I've ever read

Jack Welch (RIP) traz sua perspectiva do modo de gerenciar que se transformou no norte para diversas corporações. Muitos conceitos e experiências interessantes, vale a leitura. Um pouco desatualizado já que foi escrito em 2005.

Excelente compra, me sorprendió el tiempo de entrega

Un grandissimo libro. Ne ho comprate tante copie per regalare ad amici e colleghi... Un ever green.