Winning Book

Winning

Notes by Frumi Rachel Barr, MBA, PHD

Author: Jack Welch with Suzie Welch

Publisher: Harper Collins

Copyright year: 2005

ISBN: 0-06-075-394-3

Author’s Bio: Jack Welch began his career with the General Electric Company in 1960, and in 1981

became the company’s eighth chairman and CEO. During his tenure, GE’s market capitalization

increased by $400 billion, making it the world’s most valuable corporation. Mr. Welch is currently the

head of Jack Welsh LLC, where he serves as an advisor to a small group of Fortune 500 CEOs and

speaks to businesspeople and students around the world. Suzy Welch is the former editor of the

Harvard Business Review.

Author’s big thought: Jack Welch knows how to win. During his forty year career at GE, he led the

company to year after year success around the globe in multiple markets, against brutal competition.

His honest, be-the-best style of management became the gold standard in business, with his relentless

focus on people, teamwork, and profits. This book clearly lays out the answers to the most difficult

questions people face both on and off the job. The core of Winning is devoted to the real “stuff” of

work.

Part 1: Underneath it All

Introduction: “Every day there is a new question”.

As Jack has spoken around the world since his last book, he has been asked literally thousands

of questions. But most of them come down to this: What does it take to win? Jack thinks

winning is great. Not good – great. Because when companies win, people thrive and grow,

there are more jobs and opportunities.

Winning companies, and the people that work for them, are the engine of a healthy economy,

and in providing the revenues for government, they are the foundation of a free and

democratic society.

This book offers a road map. His main goal is to help the people with ambition in their eyes and

passion running through their veins, wherever they are in the organization.

People are everything when it comes to winning,...