Leadership: Jack Welch

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1. Jack Welch has laid down eight ways of leading that are essential for creating a winning company. He has described these as rules. From my perspective these are not rules but strategies that leaders can use. If these strategies are used leaders are more likely to be successful. Welch says "Leaders relentlessly upgrade their team, using every encounter as an opportunity to evaluate, coach and build self-confidence". This means successful leaders continuously improve the output and performance of their teams. Also, he says" Leaders make sure people not only see the vision, the live and breath it" The leaders must love, adopt, and practice their visions. Only then they will be able to persuade their followers. Furthermore, Welch says" Leaders get into everyone's skin, exuding positive energy and optimism" This means leaders must energize, enthuse, and drive their followers. He says: "Leaders establish trust with candor, transparency and credit". We know that to be successful, leaders must be honest, upright, and have integrity. Further, he says "Leaders have the courage to make unpopular decisions and gut calls" In this rule Welch describes taking harsh decisions and the use of intuition. He also says that "Leaders probe and push with a curiosity that borders on skepticism, making sure their questions are answered with action". In this rule Welch describes innovation, creativity, and the ability to implement new ideas. In addition, Welch says: "Leaders inspire risk taking and learning by setting the example". This is encouragement of risk taking by the followers of leaders and setting examples of risk taking. Additionally, he also encourages learning. Finally, when he says "Leaders celebrate!", Welch talks of encouraging positive behavior by his followers.

2. The rule I have seen in action is : "Leaders relentlessly upgrade their team, using every ...