Wrestle with the business challenges 12/17/13
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One of my friends said, after sensing my excitement with Jack Welch leadership principles, "perhaps you are doing hero worship". I think it goes far beyond that for me. I see Jack as an inspiring phenomenon, one of those rare people who clearly stand out of the pack and make me think deeper and with greater clarity.
Jack's extraordinary passion for business is something that must be seen to be believed. He is constantly encouraging us - his students, to become better at grappling with current business challenges every day.
Here is what I learned from Jack Welch at JWMI today.
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Stay current in learning - Read and Live the Wall Street Journal
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Read WSJ editorials as a learning experience.
Be aware of what companies are doing to each other.
Does it work or not ? => If you do that, you will constantly upgrade your skill base.
Marry the core principles learned in course work with fresh ideas.
Watch and learn from the CEOs from different companies.
See Leadership from different angles.
What can you learn from them ?
This is as valuable as the coursework.
What can you grab from WSJ's current insights ?
Put yourself in their situations - what would you do in this case?
Do you buy into it ?
Should Verizon have bought Vodafone and put $80B of new debt on the company?
Wrestle with these problems.
Grab life - business life - by the collar and wring out every bit of information from it - it is such fun.
Play the game of business.
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For me, this is truly a brush with greatness
Dr DP
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One of my friends said, after sensing my excitement with Jack Welch leadership principles, "perhaps you are doing hero worship". I think it goes far beyond that for me. I see Jack as an inspiring phenomenon, one of those rare people who clearly stand out of the pack and make me think deeper and with greater clarity.
Jack's extraordinary passion for business is something that must be seen to be believed. He is constantly encouraging us - his students, to become better at grappling with current business challenges every day.
Here is what I learned from Jack Welch at JWMI today.
***
Stay current in learning - Read and Live the Wall Street Journal
***************************************************
Read WSJ editorials as a learning experience.
Be aware of what companies are doing to each other.
Does it work or not ? => If you do that, you will constantly upgrade your skill base.
Marry the core principles learned in course work with fresh ideas.
Watch and learn from the CEOs from different companies.
See Leadership from different angles.
What can you learn from them ?
This is as valuable as the coursework.
What can you grab from WSJ's current insights ?
Put yourself in their situations - what would you do in this case?
Do you buy into it ?
Should Verizon have bought Vodafone and put $80B of new debt on the company?
Wrestle with these problems.
Grab life - business life - by the collar and wring out every bit of information from it - it is such fun.
Play the game of business.
***
For me, this is truly a brush with greatness
Dr DP
