"Fun must be a big element
in your
business strategy.
No one should have a job they don't enjoy. If you don't wake up
energized and excited about tackling a new set of challenges, then
you might be in the wrong job."
"A
CEO's
job is to make sure that his/her team is
having fun
– while they're being productive."
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Jack Welch's
5 Strategic Questions
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Never allow your company to take itself too seriously
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"As I went to bigger pieces of
GE, I found bigger
bureaucracies, layers and all that stuff and it wasn't friendly,"
writes
Jack Welch. "Business was very serious-turf-boxes. Business isn't
that. Business is
ideas and
fun and
excitement and celebrations, all those things."
Ultimately,
Welch's book
Winning
is about making business more fun: “There are several themes you’ll hear
again and again: the
team with the best players
wins, so find and retain the best players; don’t overbrain things to the
point of inaction; no matter what part of a business you’re in,
share
learning relentlessly; have a
positive attitude and spread it around; never let yourself be a
victim; and for goodness sake – have fun.”
Take swings, have
fun
Welch's "Authentic Leadership Model" included such
success factors and traits as having a sense of humor,
having fun, and having infectious enthusiasm. Welch's ultimate
advice to those who want to be managers: “Err on the side of the bold. …
Take swings, have fun.”
Find job that challenges
you
"Seek out jobs and assignments that
challenge your mind. You will never find out what you are truly capable
unless you have job that
inspires you."
When asked to give one important piece of advice for the new generation
of managers, Welch answered, "Do your thing. I mean have fun. Do what
you like. If you're doing something you don't like, get the hell out of
it. Go live and do things and reach for the moon all the time. Have fun
doing it and don't be afraid. Don't live in a box." |
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Remove Depressants
Remove anything that
makes people less excited about going to work.
Business should be about
passion
and winning and
creating new things. It
doesn't have to be about slogging through bureaucracy and approvals and
all the other things that make work so depressing.
Celebrate success
“Business is ideas and
fun and excitement and celebrations, and all those things.”
Business
has to be fun.
For too many people, it's "just a job". Celebration is also a great way
to
energize an organization. |
