The Jack Welch Lexicon of Leadership: Over 250 Terms, Concepts, Strategies & Initiatives of the Legendary Leader

Author: Jeffrey A. Krames
List Price: $19.95
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ISBN: 0071381406
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Trade (17 August, 2001)
Sales Rank: 35,200
Average Customer Rating: 4.6 out of 5

Customer Reviews

Rating: 5 out of 5
A real find!
This is an excellent book!

It is well written and contains a great deal of interesting information.

If not already familiar with Jack Welch, this book is a great introduction and overview of his many accomplishments and business techniques.

If you are already a Jack Welch fan, Lexicon of Leadership will provide you with new insights to the reasons for his continued successes, and does a much better job than previous "Jack Welch" books in capturing the essence of his business strategies.

For any individual in business, this book can be used as a roadmap to success. The concepts tht Jack Welch employed over his career are timeless, and Lexicon of Leadership has captured and explained these concepts in such a manner that they are immediately understood and can be transferred to today's business climate easily and effectively.


Rating: 5 out of 5
A Great Introduction to Jack Welch Strategies!
I have known who Jack Welch is but had never read any books on him. With all of the recent attention regarding Mr. Welch I decided it was time to read about him. But I wanted a book that would focus on his philosophies and strategies.

I found Jeffrey Krames' book to be an exceptional book introducing me to the business philosophies and strategies that Welch has brought into the world. Krames takes the time to clearly explain the concepts from impetus to actual practice and what the results were for GE.

Many of these strategies/philosophies can easily be applied to my position as a software salesperson. I know I will read other material on Mr. Welch, but the Lexicon of Leadership book will be kept in my office as a reference manual!


Rating: 1 out of 5
Trite
...I found this book to be very trite and not worth the money spent. What amounts to idol worship and an attempt to cash in on the celebrity of Mr. Welch is not worth reading. It will be interesting to see in a few years how Jack is looked at as a leader - will he be seen as a icon of corporate good or will be be the next Al Dunlap - only time will tell.

As far as this book is concerned, pass on it. If you are that interested in Jack pick up his own book or the Janet Lowe bio.

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