Winning (First Edition)

A champion manager of people, Jack Welch shares the hard-earned wisdom and leadership principles of a storied career in what will become the ultimate business bible.

With Winning, Jack Welch delivers a wide-ranging, in-depth, no-holds-barred management guidebook about the tough strategic, organizational, and personal challenges that face people at every stage of their career development. Loaded with candid personal anecdotes, hard-hitting advice, and invaluable dos and don’ts, Jack explains his theory of business, by laying out the four most important principles that form the foundation of his success.

Chapters include: How to Get Promoted, How to Think about Strategy, How to Write a Budget that Works, How to Work for a Jerk, How Find Work-Life Balance and How Start Something New. Enlivened by quotes from business leaders that Welch interviewed especially for the book, it’s a tour de force that reflects Welch’s mastery of execution, excellence and leadership.

In this ultimate business bible, you’ll get Welch’s proven framework for success:

• Actionable Leadership: Move beyond theory with candid personal anecdotes and hard-hitting advice on strategic, organizational, and personal challenges.
• Career Advancement: Get invaluable dos and don’ts on how to get promoted, work for a jerk, and start something new with confidence.
• Effective Strategy: Learn how to think about and execute on business strategy, including how to write a budget that actually works.
• Work-Life Balance: Discover how to manage the tough personal challenges of a storied career without sacrificing excellence or execution.

Jack Welch (1935–2020) was the Executive Chairman of the Jack Welch Management Institute, an online MBA school with more than 1,000 students. Prior to this, for 20 years, he was Chairman and CEO of General Electric Company, which was named the world's most valuable corporation and was consistently voted the most admired company in the world by Fortune magazine. Welch was active in private equity and consulting, working with dozens of businesses in a wide variety of industries. Along with speaking to upwards of a million people around the world, CNBC named Jack Welch one of the Top 10 "Rebels, Icons and Leaders" of the past 25 years.

Award-winning professor Suzy Welch teaches management at NYU Stern School of Business and is the Director of the NYU | Stern Initiative on Purpose and Flourishing. A leading authority on values-based decision-making and purpose-driven careers, she is also the creator of the Welch-Bristol Values Inventory and the Becoming You methodology, which includes the Values Bridge, PIE360, and the Career Traits Compass. A New York Times bestselling author, acclaimed podcaster, and popular presence on TV and online, she is known for frameworks that blend deep humanity with practical outcomes.