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"Get Better or Get Beaten", 2nd edition, is a thorough revision of one of the best selling Jack Welch books ever published. First published in hardcover in 1994, that book sold close to 100,000 copies through all channels. Unlike other books on Welch, this is a short, fast-paced book that reads like a "manager's little instruction book". This book, which Welch has told us "he" refers to when he has to give a speech, includes the principles and techniques that helped make GE one of the world's most competitive companies. General Electric's Jack Welch is the pre-eminent CEO of our time. Taking over as CEO in April 1981, Welch has steered the company that Thomas Ellison founded to over US$100 billion in sales and US$10 billion in earnings. He built GE into the most successful American corporation of the late 20th century by forging and then implementing a series of business strategies that can easily be applied to all businesses, big or small. We spelled out those strategies in detail in the national bestseller "Jack Welch and the GE Way" (1998) and "The GE Way Fieldbook" (2000). But long before those books were published, "Get Better or Get Beaten" was the trailblazing book that tens of thousands of managers referred to in order to get a quick course in Jack Welch management. This practical, updated guide will inspire and motivate any manger who wants to know how Jack Welch got things done. The new edition will tap the source of Welch's courage, innovation and success with such deceptively simple leadership secret as: managing less is managing better; be ready to rewrite your agenda; aim for speed, simplicity and self confidence; and remove the boundaries. Since so much has happened since the first edition was published (ie. Welch's sweeping six sigma initiative), the new edition will contain many secrets not included in the first edition, including: ignite an e-business revolution; live and breathe quality - and make it the job of every employee; have global brains and vision; and build the service business to maintain double digit growth.
From the Back Cover
-Strategies Welch used to pull off the largest acquisition in GE's historythe stunning $48-billion purchase of Honeywell
-How Welch is using e-communication to energize and revitalize every corner of GEfrom the mailroom to the boardroom
-The inside story on Six SigmaWelch's sweeping quality initiative that is the foundation of GE's success
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"Get Better or Get Beaten", 2nd edition, is a thorough revision of one of the best selling Jack Welch books ever published. First published in hardcover in 1994, that book sold close to 100,000 copies through all channels. Unlike other books on Welch, this is a short, fast-paced book that reads like a "manager's little instruction book". This book, which Welch has told us "he" refers to when he has to give a speech, includes the principles and techniques that helped make GE one of the world's most competitive companies. General Electric's Jack Welch is the pre-eminent CEO of our time. Taking over as CEO in April 1981, Welch has steered the company that Thomas Ellison founded to over US$100 billion in sales and US$10 billion in earnings. He built GE into the most successful American corporation of the late 20th century by forging and then implementing a series of business strategies that can easily be applied to all businesses, big or small. We spelled out those strategies in detail in the national bestseller "Jack Welch and the GE Way" (1998) and "The GE Way Fieldbook" (2000). But long before those books were published, "Get Better or Get Beaten" was the trailblazing book that tens of thousands of managers referred to in order to get a quick course in Jack Welch management. This practical, updated guide will inspire and motivate any manger who wants to know how Jack Welch got things done. The new edition will tap the source of Welch's courage, innovation and success with such deceptively simple leadership secret as: managing less is managing better; be ready to rewrite your agenda; aim for speed, simplicity and self confidence; and remove the boundaries. Since so much has happened since the first edition was published (ie. Welch's sweeping six sigma initiative), the new edition will contain many secrets not included in the first edition, including: ignite an e-business revolution; live and breathe quality - and make it the job of every employee; have global brains and vision; and build the service business to maintain double digit growth.
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Over a dozen new chapterson everything from Workout to Six Sigma to
e-Business
How to Think, Talk, and Lead Like Jack Welch, History's Most Celebratedand SuccessfulCEO
"If leadership is an art, then surely Welch has proved himself a master painter."
BusinessWeek
"Wall Street and Main Street have been spoiled by Mr. Welch and his extraordinary performance."
The Wall Street Journal
"Perhaps the most admired CEO of his generation."
Fortune
Since it first hit business bestseller lists, Get Better or Get Beaten has shown over 100,000 executives how to understand the secretsand emulate the successesof GE's legENDary CEO Jack Welch. Now completely revised and updated with rules for managers in today's transformed economy, this fast-paced classic provides proven leadership imperatives for every situation, regardless of industry.
From Secret #1 ("Harness the power of change") to Secret #29 ("Use e-Business to put the final nail in bureaucracy"), Get Better or Get Beaten is today's most straightforward, easy-to-follow blueprint for real-world success. Read it, learn from it, and use it to follow in the footsteps of corporate history's most honored CEOGE's Jack Welch.
"Slater distills Welch's business philosophyan amalgam of Zen-like axioms, bromides, and tough-minded pragmatismin a way that will reward managers at all levels who seek to create a learning environment and transform learning into action."
Publisher's Weekly, on the national bestseller Jack Welch and the GE Way
Jack Welch built GE into the most successful American corporation of the late 20th century. He accomplished this by focusing on quality, insisting on innovation, and forging a series of innovative business strategies that transformed GE from an overly bureaucratic, slow moving, and self-satisfied dinosaur into a lean, agile competitor.
Like Jack Welch himself, Get Better or Get Beaten, 2nd Edition, continues to carve its own path and call its own shots. Updated to reflect the realities of today's 24/7/365 global e-conomy, this classic management manifesto gets in your face and tells you what you need to know. For virtually every business situation, it answers one overriding question"What would Welch do?"with clarity, purpose, and a singular focus on achieving bottom-line results.
Small enough to fit in your coat pocket, yet bursting with Welch's leadership secrets on every page, it paints a compelling picture of how to teach employeesand yourselfto accept nothing but the best. Look inside to discover:
-Strategies Welch used to pull off the largest acquisition in GE's historythe stunning $48-billion purchase of Honeywell
-How Welch is using e-communication to energize and revitalize every corner of GEfrom the mailroom to the boardroom
-The inside story on Six SigmaWelch's sweeping quality initiative that is the foundation of GE's success
Jack Welch is a no-nonsense leader and has acknowledged that, when preparing for a speech, he has frequently peeked into Get Better or Get Beaten. Hard-hitting and honest, it is today's most entertaining and enlightening book on climbing to the top of today's corporate ladderand doing what it takes to stay there.
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