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Leadership: No One-Hit Wonders Need Apply

BY John Baldoni
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“What would have really pissed me off is if Jeff had said, ‘We’re just one hit away.’ He never said that…” That is Jeff Immelt talking about another Jeff -- Zucker of NBC Universal. “[Zucker] took all the right ...READ»

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Sustainable Strategy Goes Mainstream

BY Lewis Perkins
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During this week after such an historic presidential election, many are commenting, predicting and posting about what the next four years might hold. Let me share mine … A very strong conversation is going to build upon its fledging ...READ»

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GE's Two CEOs

BY Scott Kirsner
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The same day that ex-GE chief exec Jack Welch was getting hitched to Suzi Wetlaufer in Boston, I was up at Dartmouth College for the school's annual Greener Ventures entrepreneurship conference, where the featured speaker was current ...READ»

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Image Management

BY Heath Row
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Inspired by a recent Web exclusive about Jeffrey Immelt, CEO of GE, Fast Company reader Danit Ran-Schreiber wrote a response piece taking another approach to the idea. As a "corporate and executive image coach," Ran-Schreiber ...READ»

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GE Smackdown!

BY Scott Kirsner; Keith H. Hammonds
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Jeff Immelt and Jack Welch go toe-to-toe.READ»

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Immelt, Insolvent?

BY Heath Row
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Not too long after a Wall Street Journal article about how a CEO's public persona can help temper and weather public perception of a company's performance, GE chief Jeffrey Immelt takes a hit today for bouncing a $2,000 ...READ»

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GE's Immelt May Have “ecomagination,” but He Needs Project Managers for Jumbo-Sized Ideas

BY Greg Spotts
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In a wide-ranging interview in Harvard Business Review (June 06), General Electric CEO Jeffrey R. Immelt talks about the hybrid locomotive and other "imagination breakthrough" projects that will take the company into a new era of ...READ»

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Feedback: Things Leaders Do

BY Fast Company
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Fast Company's readers are leaders. So we turned to you to learn more about the successful characteristics, qualities, and skills of leaders.READ»

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Reading List: The New Capitalists

BY Lucas Conley
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Ordinary investors are holding more sway, write the authors of The New Capitalists.READ»

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Things Leaders Do

BY Fast Company
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GE's Jeff Immelt on the 10 keys to great leadership.READ»

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The Fast Company Interview: Jeff Immelt

BY John A. Byrne
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A candid conversation with the CEO of General Electric about leadership, creativity, fear -- and what it's really like to run the world's most influential company.READ»

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Jack Welch, A Proponent of Conscious Capitalism?

BY Lewis Perkins
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Right now, denizens of young corporate leaders and entrepreneurs who are fighting the good fight –getting investors and their corporate leaders on board with new and more sustainable ways to view business – are perking up at the recent words from former GE Chairman and CEO, Jack Welch. If you have been reading my blog, you have followed my discussions of sustainability as a part of corporate consciousness for the past months. Today, I was pointed towards the latest word from Mr. Welch, publically stating that it was “a dumb idea” for executives to focus so heavily on quarterly profits and share price gains. Wait, wasn’t it Welch who originally created the “shareholder value movement” in the early 80s? READ»

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Stuff of the Month

BY Fast Company
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Book | Memo to CEOs: It Is All About You Michael Maccoby's new book, The Productive Narcissist: The Promise and Peril of Visionary Leadership (Broadway Books), is either a case of really bad timing or a prescient manifesto packed ...READ»

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Leading Well

BY Fast Company Staff
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"Every leader needs to clearly explain the top three things the organization is working on. If you can't, you are not leading well." --Jeff Immelt, chairman and CEO, General Electric From Fast Company's recently ...READ»

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Leading Well

BY Fast Company Staff
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"Every leader needs to clearly explain the top three things the organization is working on. If you can't, you are not leading well." --Jeff Immelt, chairman and CEO, General Electric From Fast Company's recently released book, The ...READ»

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Leading Well

BY Fast Company Staff
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"Every leader needs to clearly explain the top three things the organization is working on. If you can't, you are not leading well." --Jeff Immelt, chairman and CEO, General Electric From Fast Company's recently released book, The ...READ»

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Rule #3: Leadership Is Confusing As Hell

BY Tom Peters
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You think the past five years were nuts? You ain't seen nothin' yet! It's only going to get weirder, tougher, and more turbulent. Which means that leadership will be more important than ever -- and more confusing (see rule #3).READ»

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Craft, the Wisdom of the Hand

BY Gadi Amit
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It's nice to know that Jeff Immelt, GE's CEO, and I think alike. Just as I was writing this piece, I happened to read his comments on the business culture in this country: "I believe that a popular, 30-year notion that ...READ»

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Jeff Immelt and managing in the 21st century

BY Peter Lucash
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When Jeff Immelt took over as CEO of GE, he followed a tough act. Jack Welch had been the legendary CEO of GE for some 20 years, setting high marks for earnings growth and establishing a reputation for grooming the best managers. ...READ»

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Re:Conference III

BY Heath Row
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Company of Friends member Naomi Moneypenny reports on MIT's Emerging Technologies Conference late last month. Among the highlights: Idea Factories Leave invention to those who are best at it. Reinvent Venture Capital In line with ...READ»

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iFive: BP Under the Cosh, Spotify Goes for TVs, Customize Google, World Cup Countdown, and Gates Foundation Goes to Haiti

BY Addy Dugdale
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While you were sleeping, Tony Hayward was nibbling his nails. And innovation? Well, innovation uses nail clippers--and never sleeps.1. BP's shares tanked as the London stock exchange opened, later recovering somewhat. But the U.S. is ...READ»

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GE's New Healthymagination Campaign Will Boost EMR Sales

BY David York
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Announced on May 7, 2009, the General Electric blitz has put Obama-era Healthcare initiatives front and center – and EMR software is an integral part of the mix.READ»

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Of Proteges and Pitfalls

BY Margaret Heffernan and Saj-nicole Joni
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A complete plan for getting the mentoring you need.READ»

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Bill Gates' American Energy Innovation Council Unveils "Business Plan for America's Future"

BY Ariel Schwartz
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Can a brain trust of seven people convince the U.S. government to spend upwards of $16 billion each year on research and development of clean energy technology? What about if that group includes Bill Gates, John Doerr, and Jeff ...READ»

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Innovation Wednesday: Wal-Mart Surpasses Goal to Sell 100 Million Compact Fluorescent Light Bulbs Three Months Early; CEO H. Lee

BY Ellen McGirt
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Wal-Mart, take your victory lap. Wal-Mart announced yesterday that the company has blown past an ambitious goal of selling 100 million compact fluorescent light bulbs by the end of 2007 -- three months early. This is no small deal ...READ»

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