October 8th 2007
What made Jack Welch Jack Welch. How ordinary people became extraordinary leaders. Stephen H. Baum & Dave Conti
What made Jack Welch Jack Welch. How ordinary people became extraordinary leaders. Stephen H. Baum with Dave Conti. 2007. ISBN 9780307337207. The author had a brilliant and precious idea, what makes these leaders leaders and not posers? In a series of interviews, and reflections on a lengthy career with Booz Allen & Hamilton. he has succeeded in putting out a noteworthy book. In our Rocket Builders practise we talk about the “school of experience” that practitioners need to have gone through to be leaders. Baum uses the term “shaping experiences“. He has listed ten of these:
- 1.Swim in the water over your head
- 2. Make the tough choices
- 3. Solve the Key Puzzle.
- 4. Parent at Work.
- 5. Sell Something/Get Others to Buy 1n.
- 6. Connect with Others.
- 7. Build a Team.
- 8. Get Good on Your Feet
- 9. Develop Your Crap Detector.
- 10. Look in the Mirror.
This book is useful to all ages and experience levels of business leaders, that is if you want to be one of the top 5. Posers need not apply. Good easy read, that lasts a lifetime. Lessons from those who have done it.
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Category: Leadership, Lifeskills, Management
