Comments on: The New Rules: Fortune Takes a Shot At Jack Welch

By: Chuake

Chuake — Sun, 29 Oct 2006 19:23:00 +0000

Old school, old philosophy management companies hired for skills and knowledge, and then wondered why they had customer service problems! Paradigm Shift in corporate America: Customers Rule Old Rule: Shareholders Rule While Dilbert does a brilliant comedic interpretation of this type of behavior, millions of employees in organizations across America still endure management/leadership emotional abuse

By: David Daniels

David Daniels — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 15:02:38 +0000

I think you need to see the discusisons at http://www.execuBooksBlog.com about “If Harry Potter Ran General Electric”

By: John West

John West — Wed, 12 Jul 2006 21:44:49 +0000

This also goes back to your post about business fundamentalism and there being no magic bullets. The Welch way worked for GE at a point and place in time, and its unlikely to work “as is” for any other company at any different point or place in time. We should definitely study what has worked for others in the past, not with the goal of emulation, but with the goal of adaptation. We should be striving to pull together bits from many different models models whose elements together address whatever new situation we’re facing right now.

By: Robby Thompson

Robby Thompson — Wed, 12 Jul 2006 09:01:59 +0000

i think we all are giving an extra volume to GE’s ‘Executive training and Management’program. It depends upon the trainees and the trainer the way that they are comfortable in!

By: Jason

Jason — Wed, 12 Jul 2006 03:03:02 +0000

I find it entertaining that everyone speaks volumes about GE’s ‘Executive Training & Management’ program, so much so, that companies jump leaps and bounds just trying to recruit them.

However, do we ever hear about the ‘superstars in training’ that turn out to be complete busts at other companies?

By: Mike

Mike — Wed, 12 Jul 2006 01:27:31 +0000

Rob,

I agree with you completely on the secrets to GE’s success, and so did most of the people I knew at GE Medical Systems over the years. I knew a venture capital group that did very well drafting GE execs to run their acquisitions; almost never a problem.