29 Leadership Secrets From Jack Welch

Part I The Visionary Leader: Management Tactics for Gaining the Competitive Edge<br/>Leadership Secret 1 Harness the Power of Change<br/>Leadership Secret 2 Face Reality!<br/>Leadership Secret 3 Managing Less Is Managing Better<br/>Leadership Secret 4 Create a Vision and Then Get Out of the Way<br/>Leadership Secret 5 Don’t Pursue a Central Idea; Instead, Set Only a Few Clear, General Goals as Business Strategies<br/>Leadership Secret 6 Nurture Employees Who Share the Company’s Values<br/>Part II Igniting a Revolution: Strategies for Dealing with Change<br/>Leadership Secret 7 Keep Watch for Ways to Create Opportunities and to Become More Competitive<br/>Leadership Secret 8 Be Number One or Number Two and Keep Redefining Your Market<br/>Leadership Secret 9 Downsize, Before It’s Too Late!<br/>Leadership Secret 10 Use Acquisitions to Make the Quantum Leap!<br/>Leadership Secret 11 Learning Culture I: Use Boundarylessness and Empowerment to Nurture a Learning Culture<br/>Leadership Secret 12 Learning Culture II: Inculcate the Best Ideas into the Business, No Matter Where They Come From<br/>Leadership Secret 13 The Big Winners in the Twenty-first Century Will Be Global<br/>Part III Removing the Boss Element: Productivity Secrets for Creating the Boundaryless Organization<br/>Leadership Secret 14 De-Layer: Get Rid of the Fat!<br/>Leadership Secret 15 Spark Productivity Through the ‘‘S’’ Secrets (Speed, Simplicity, and Self-Confidence)<br/>Leadership Secret 16 Act Like a Small Company<br/>Leadership Secret 17 Remove the Boundaries!<br/>Leadership Secret 18 Unleash the Energy of Your Workers<br/>Leadership Secret 19 Listen to the People Who Actually Do the Work<br/>Leadership Secret 20 Go Before Your Workers and Answer All Their Questions<br/>Part IV Next Generation Leadership: Initiatives for Driving and Sustaining Double-digit Growth<br/>Leadership Secret 21 Stretch: Exceed Your Goals as Often as You Can<br/>Leadership Secret 22 Make Quality a Top Priority<br/>Leadership Secret 23 Make Quality the Job of Every Employee<br/>Leadership Secret 24 Make Sure Everyone Understands How Six Sigma Works<br/>Leadership Secret 25 Make Sure the Customer Feels Quality<br/>Leadership Secret 26 Grow Your Service Business: It’s the Wave of the Future<br/>Leadership Secret 27 Take Advantage of E-Business Opportunities<br/>Leadership Secret 28 Make Existing Businesses Internet-Ready—Don’t Assume That New Business Models Are the Answer<br/>Leadership Secret 29 Use E-Business to Put the Final Nail in Bureaucracy<br/>Afterword