Description: Amazon.com ReviewIt's hard to think of a CEO that commands as much respect as Jack Welch. Under his leadership, General Electric reinvented itself several times over by integrating new and innovative practices into its many lines of business. In Jack: Straight from the Gut, Welch, with the help of Business Week journalist John Byrne, recounts his career and the style of management that helped to make GE one of the most successful companies of the last century. Beginning with Welch's childhood in Salem, Massachusetts, the book quickly progresses from his first job in GE's plastics division to his ambitious rise up the GE corporate ladder, which culminated in 1981. What comes across most in this autobiography is Welch's passion for business as well as his remarkable directness and intolerance of what he calls "superficial congeniality"--a dislike that would help earn him the nickname "Neutron Jack." In spite of its 496 pages, Jack: Straight from the Gut is a quick read that any student or manager would do well to consider. Highly recommended. --Harry C. EdwardsReviews"...a book that almost everyone still interested in business...can't afford to ignore...a very good yarn..." -- Wall Street Journal, 9/21/01"...will be of interest to anyone who really cares about business..." -- New York Newsday, 10/8/01"All CEOs want to emulate him...they'll come closer if they listen carefully to what he has to say." -- Warren Buffett, Chairman, Berkshire Hathaway"An American treasure...teaches us how a leader with keen intellect, guts, and honor can impart courage to people around him..." -- Bernadine Healy, M.D., President and CEO, American Red Cross"Jack Welch...has finally disclosed his mysteries of management..." -- Nobuyuki Idei, Chairman and CEO, Sony Corporation"Jack's vision and courage...and, of course, his success, make him the role model of entrepreneurs and managers worldwide." -- Dr. Thomas Middelhoff, Chairman of the board, Bertelsmann AG"Jack...took an industrial giant and turned it into an industrial colossus with a heart and a soul and a brain." -- Michael D. Eisner, Chairman and CEO, The Walt Disney Company
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Book Title: Jack : Straight from the Gut
Item Length: 9.2in.
Item Height: 1.5in.
Item Width: 6.5in.
Author: Jack w. Welch, John A. Byrne
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Topic: Leadership, General, Corporate & Business History, Business
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Publication Year: 2001
Genre: Biography & Autobiography, Business & Economics
Item Weight: 28.9 Oz
Number of Pages: 496 Pages
