Jack: Straight From The Gut By Jack Welch
Jack: Straight From The Gut By Jack Welch
Jack Straight From the Gut is the autobiography of one of the most iconic CEOs of General Electric, Jack Welch. Watch this series to see how Welch introduced a radical new management style that helped turned an elephantine, hierarchical behemoth into an agile, nimble and efficient powerhouse of corporate innovation.
Leadership
Inspiration And Biographies
Strategy
Content Rating: U
Episodes
1. Learn To Manage Like Welch
02:17 min
Jack: Straight From The Gut traces GE's legendary CEO Jack Welch’s journey as he reshaped a bureaucracy-ridden company into a lean, nimble and extremely profitable business whose processes are seen as a model for executives and organizations all over the world.
2. Self-Confidence Is King
02:29 min
All great leaders are different but they all possess one key quality—self-confidence. Understand its importance and learn how to build your team’s confidence such that they are self-assured and constantly learning and growing together.
3. Build A Speedboat
03:00 min
When Jack Welch took over as CEO of GE, he found himself signing expenditure requests that 16 people had already approved. This video explains how he eliminated unnecessary layers of management and streamlined operations such that he never had to sign any such request in his tenure as CEO.
4. The Top-Two Theory
02:19 min
Early on in his tenure, Welch decided that the best way forward for GE was to only focus on businesses that would pay off in the long term. Find out how Welch worked out a rule of thumb to eliminate superfluous businesses and focus on operations that would lead GE to unprecedented growth.
5. Reward The Best, Remove The Weakest
02:31 min
Welch argues that it is important to evaluate and reward people according to their abilities and performance. This also includes making the tough call and sacking those who are not up to par. Find out how to sack people in the most humane and amicable manner possible.
6. How To Sack People
02:17 min
One of the toughest asks of leadership is to let people go. Find out how to sack people in the most humane and amicable manner possible.
7. Types Of Managers: Who Stays, Who Goes
02:45 min
Jack Welch classifies managers into four broad types depending on their ability to deliver on commitments and whether they share the values of the company. Find out how to use this classification to decide who should stay and who should go in this video.
8. Building Leaders In-House
02:30 min
Jack Welch was a great believer in cultivating leaders from within the company. Learn how he created an entire training program at GE’s Crotonville institute to train leaders in-house.
9. Link Rewards To Company Performance
02:30 min
When a company’s performance starts to energize employees, it’s a sure-fire path to growth. Learn how Jack Welch made this a reality by tying rewards to GE performance.
10. The Most Efficient Way To Grow
02:50 min
Learn how Jack Welch adopted Six Sigma processes to reduce error and get as close to perfect efficiency as possible.