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March 25, 2013August 7, 2025 andreweverett360 Book Review, Management

Winning

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Winning
by Jack Welch with Suzi Welch

Winning is a book about management by Jack Welch, CEO of General Electric from 1981-2001. There is a theme of cutting through the clutter. An entire chapter is devoted to the importance of candor. On strategy, he writes “the scientific approach to strategy… peddled by countless consulting firms” is unproductive.

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