A rare perspective on the personal philosophy, business savvy, andfuture of the chairman of the most admired company in theworld
Jack Welch, chairman of General Electric, is due to retire thisspring. Welch has transported GE into the new economy with hismanagement style, his forward-thinking approach to new technology,and by encouraging creativity among his employees. This bookprovides a look at what the innovative powerhouse executive hasbrought to American business and what will ultimately be hislegacy. Thorough, authoritative, and absorbing, Welch: An AmericanIcon includes interviews with CEOs at other leading companies whohave worked under Welch and been trained by him, as well asinterviews with other GE executives.
Janet Lowe (Del Mar, CA) is an investment writer and author who haswritten sixteen business and biographical works, including therecent Damn Right!: Behind the Scenes with Berkshire-HathawayBillionaire Charlie Munger (0-471-24473-2). Ms. Lowe is past editorof the San Diego Daily Transcript and Financial Editor of the SanDiego Tribune. More than 200 of her business articles have appearedin such publications as Newsweek, the Christian Science Monitor,Los Angeles Times, and the San Francisco Chronicle.
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"Readable insights into one of the most admired, and exposed, corporate leaders of recent decades." (Long Range Planning, June 2004)
"Welch: An American Icon is a thoroughly researchedaddition to your business library. No matter how much you have readabout Welch, you will certainly learn something new by reading thisbook."
--George Eckes Management Consultant and author of The SixSigma Revolution, How General Electric and others Turned ProcessInto Profits
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