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Jack Welch Fires an Ineffective
Business Architect
Robert Slater, the author of
Jack Welch and the GE Way,
writes that once Jack Welch, the
legendary former CEO of GE,
requested a meeting with the
head of a particular GE
business. The business had
produced
profits, but it certainly
was not setting any records, and
Welch had a strong feeling that
it could do much better.
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But his message was lost on the
manager. He had no idea what
Welch wanted. "Well, help me
with that," he pleaded. "Look at
my earnings. Look at my return
on investment. All the things
I'm doing, all the people I've
taken on. What the hell do you
want me to do?"
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"I don't know," Welch told him in all
honesty. "I just know your business could be doing better."
Welch wanted the man to get some
vision. To get some enthusiasm for his work and
re-energize his
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The man still didn't get it. He
did not understand that Welch
wanted him to rewrite his
agenda, take a new look at the
business plan, and see things
with a fresh eye. The CEO of GE
didn't think that was asking too
much of the man.
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But the junior executive was
clueless.
He
didn't get Welch's insistence
that he become excited about his
work, and that he figure out how
to energize his troops.
Six months later the executive
no longer worked for GE.
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