Jack Welsh, the former CEO of GE, pens an excellent piece on leadership today. He admits he's a Bush supporter but he critiques the Democratic candidates very fairly on his leadership rules which he used at GE. The Four E's:
Basically, my process assesses four essential traits of leadership (each one starting with an E, a nice coincidence). One, successful leaders have tons of positive energy. They can go go go; they love action and relish change. Two, they have the ability to energize others--they love people and can inspire them to move mountains when they have to. Three, they have edge, the courage to make tough yes-or-no decisions--no maybes. And finally, they can execute. They get the job done.It's hard to pull out a paragraph. I hate bloggers who say "read the whole thing" but I'd suggest it. Posted by jk at January 23, 2004 10:18 AM
I'm not a great fan of Jack Welch (or Welsh). His great claim to fame is the economic success of GE while he was CEO. Maybe he deserves the credit or maybe he doesn't, but none of what I've actually heard or read from him impresses me much. POTUS Welch? No thanks.
Posted by: johngalt at January 25, 2004 07:57 PMI don't know a ton about Mr. Welch. Maybe I spoke too soon. I have, however, enjoyed his TV appearances and this article. CEOs for President always interests me.
Posted by: jk at January 26, 2004 12:25 PMI just don't know that the skill set is the same for CEO's to become President. Leadership skills in spades, but possibly lacking in the power of persuasion? At the end of the day the CEO can just say to do it his way because he is the boss. Not so easy with an animal like the US Congress to deal with. Same reason in reverse that keeps Senators out of the White House, to many compromise skills, not enough leadership.
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