What Made Jack Welch Jack Welch

Stephen H. Baum Dave Conti

ISBN 10: 0307337200 / ISBN 13: 9780307337207

Verlag: Three Rivers Press, 2007

Some people - George Bush comes to mind - are born on third base but go through life thinking they hit a triple. And it's true that no matter where you go there are always some people who by dint of family and wealth wind up on top almost as a fait accompli. But what about the rest of us, the people from ordinary backgrounds who look in the mirror and say, "This can't be all there is. What do I do to break out of the pack and make it?" What's surprising are the large number of people making it to the top who come from ordinary everyday backgrounds. Jack Welch - and people like him - are very smart, very talented and very, very successful. But there are tens of thousands at least as smart and talented. What was it about this son of a railroad conductor and stay-at-home mother that enabled him to go so far? More importantly what can others learn from Welch and others like him? Stephen Baum has looked in depth at the lives of ordinary people who became extraordinary leaders. What made these men and women who and what they are, for better or worse? How did they become so effective, operating as strong leaders with the ability to command the corporate ship and crew? Stephen Baum's role as advisor and confidante to many highly successful people has given him an unusual opportunity to look deep into the lives of successful people. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 81f08afe-4be6-48b8-97f5-1eb109cc569b

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Looks into the lives of everyday people to identify the characteristics and experiences that transform ordinary individuals into extraordinary leaders, revealing the crucial importance of sharing experiences that mold character and help develop the ability to take on challenges and assume risks without a safety net. 40,000 first printing.

Über die Autorinnen und Autoren: STEPHEN H. BAUM has been an adviser and coach to CEOs for more than twenty years, first as a partner with Booz Allen Hamilton, now as an independent practitioner and director of the Point Group Network. In addition to his private practice, Mr. Baum chairs a group of New York City CEOs who help one another with sensitive personal and business issues under the aegis of the CEO membership organization Vistage International. He also hosts Inside the CEO, a leadership development series at Baruch College in which he conducts unscripted Q&A sessions with well-known CEOs about life experiences that prepared them to lead. Through Harvard Community Partners of Connecticut, Mr. Baum leads workshops in leadership excellence for executive directors and board chairs of not-for-profits.

DAVE CONTI is a writer and editor specializing in business and self-help topics. Formerly, he was executive editor at HarperCollins Publishers, where he edited and published books by many distinguished authors.

Stephen H. Baum hosts Inside the CEO, a leadership development series at Baruch College.

Bibliografische Details

Titel: What Made Jack Welch Jack Welch
Verlag: Three Rivers Press
Erscheinungsdatum: 2007
Einband: Hardcover
Zustand: Fine