Control Your Destiny or Someone Else Will: How General Electric Is Revolutionizing the Art of Management

National Bestseller
One of the 100 Best Business Books of All Time
“Facinating... There is at least as much to be learned here as from reading Peter Drucker John Kenneth Galbraith or Michael Porter.” –Boston Globe Acknowledged as the outstanding business leader of the late twentieth century, Jack Welch made General Electric one of the world’s most competitive companies. This dynamic CEO defined the standard for organizational change, creating more than $400 billion in shareholder value by transforming a bureaucratic behemoth into a nimble, scrappy winner in the global marketplace. Here, Tichy and Sherman extract the enduring leadership lessons from the revolution Welch wrought at GE. Of these, the most essential is the limitless power of learning. Leadership has its mysteries, but it is a skill that anyone can acquire and enhance. Above all, great leaders select great people and lure them into an endless process of learning and adaptation.

Jack Welch, CEO of General Electric, has just one goal: to be #1 in EVERY market. Now, his closest adviser shows how his strategy has increased the value of GE's stock fivefold in just over a decade.