The late Jack Welch CEO of General Electric from 1981 to 2001, probably isn’t the ideal model for 21st-century executives. However, three aspects of his leadership remain relevant today. First ...

Jack Welch’s speechwriter, Bill Lane, wrote a book about this time at GE. Welch told Lane that executives who couldn’t deliver a great business presentation were at risk of falling behind.

Under Welch’s watch GE became the most valuable company in the world. The market value of its stock rose from $14 billion to more than $400 billion, an eye-popping increase of 2,700 percent. × ...

Jack Welch was the chair and CEO of ... He developed a rank-and-yank style of dealing with underperforming employees and managers by ... Although Welch died in 2020, his leadership at GE remains ...

Effective leaders can come in all forms. Charismatic legends like Steve Jobs, Jack Welch or Oprah Winfrey may spring to mind, but their style is only one type of leadership technique available to you.

Welch personified the so-called “cult of the CEO” during the late-1990s boom, when GE’s soaring stock price made it the most valuable company in the world.

How many of you don't think you are a people person?" Jack Welch once asked his audience at the Stanford Graduate School of Business. One of the most successful business leaders in modern management, ...

A classic example of old-style dictatorial leadership was Jack Welch, CEO of General Electric from 1981 to 2001. Welch was demanding, opinionated, and tyrannical, more famous for firing than ...

Businessman Jack Welch signs copies of his book, "Winning." (Photo by Michael Buckner/Getty Images) Getty Images. How much “leadership” is based on nothing more than the roles leaders play?