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Winning: the Answers Confronting 74 of the Toughest Questions in Business Today

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ISBN-10: 0061241490

ISBN-13: 9780061241499

Edition: 2007

Authors: Jack Welch, Suzy Welch

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In Winning, their 2005 international bestseller, Jack and Suzy Welch created a rare document, both a philosophical treatise on fundamental business practices and a gritty how-to manual, all of it delivered with Jack's trademark candor and can-do optimism. It seemed as if "no other management book," in the words of legendary investor Warren E. Buffett, would "ever be needed." Instead, Winning uncovered an insatiable thirst to talk about work. Since the book's publication, the Welches have received literally thousands of questions from college students and seasoned professionals alike, on subjects ranging from leadership and global competition to tough bosses and building teamwork.…    
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Book details

List price: $12.95
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date: 10/31/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 272
Size: 5.50" wide x 7.38" long x 0.68" tall
Weight: 0.550
Language: English

He joined GE in 1960. In 1981, he became the eighth chairman & CEO. He lives in Fairfield, Connecticut.

Suzy Welch is the former editor-in-chief of the Harvard Business Review, where she worked from 1995 to 2002. She is the author of numerous articles about leadership, managing change, and corporate culture, and the editor of several books on related topics.

Introduction
Global Competition: On the Brave New World
Taking on China...and Everyone Else
Is China for Everyone?
Regarding Russia
Why Paris Burned
Vive l'Europe-Just Not Yet
Outsourcing Is Forever
Getting Global Before It Gets You
The Home Field Advantage
Leadership: On Being a Better Boss
Are Leaders Born or Made?
The Leadership Mind-Set
Tough Guys Finish First
The Ultimate Values Test
When to Cut the Cord
The Courage to Become a Change Agent
Wrestling with Resisters
Building Trust from the Top Down
The Perilous Promotion Trap
Keeping Your People Pumped
How to Get Elected Boss
Winning the Whining Game
New Job-Old Team?
The Smarter They Are...
Management Principles and Practices: On Running a Business to Win
Getting the Best People
The Fight Against Phoniness
The Limits of Candor-or Not
The Case for Differentiation...Even in Sweden
Strategy for Big and Small Alike
The Consultant Conundrum
The Danger of Doing Nothing
How Healthy Is Your Company?
The Real Job of HR
Staff Functionaries...and Other Filters
Stopping Job Cuts Before They Happen
No More B.S. Budgeting
Not Invented Where?
Making Sense of Matrixes
The Uses and Abuses of Gut Instinct
What Becomes a Salesperson Most
The Slippery Slope of Open Books
Preventing a Corporate Katrina
What's Holding Women Back
Paying Big-Time for Failure
Careers: On Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of a Promotion
What Should I Do with the Rest of My Life?
Picking the Right Path
I Am Who I Am
Does an MBA Really Matter?
Dear Graduate
Big Company or Start-up?
It Starts with Self-Confidence
The Truth About Mentoring
The Bad Boss No-Brainer
We've Just Been Acquired and I Hate It
From Hero to Zero
Am I an Entrepreneur?
A Case of Embedded Reputation?
Why Can't I Get Hired?
They're Telling You Something
Welcome to the Government, Kid
Knowing When to Fold 'Em
Are You a Boss Hater?
Looking for a Second Act
Can You Hear It?
Privately Held: On Working for the Family
But What About Tomorrow?
The Nitty-Gritty on Nepotism
The Consequences of Cashing Out
Bringing the Outside In
Winning and Losing: On Why Business Is Good
The Wages of SOX
The Cocktail Party Conspiracy Theory
What to Tell the Grandchildren
Good-Bye, Genghis Khan
And the Losers Are...
What's Right About Wal-Mart
The Real Verdict on Business
What Do You Call Winning?