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Topic: Jeffrey Immelt

  
Ivan Glickman
LEADERSHIP   |  Comment

Leadership: No One-Hit Wonders Need Apply

BY John Baldoni
Relevancy Score: 100
Wed Jun 27, 2007 at 1:00 PM

“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»

SUSTAINABILITY   |  2 comments

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

BY Greg Spotts
Relevancy Score: 100
Sun Jun 11, 2006 at 10:44 PM

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»

CONFERENCES   |  3 comments

GE's Two CEOs

BY Scott Kirsner
Relevancy Score: 100
Mon Apr 26, 2004 at 12:42 PM

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»

LEADERSHIP   |  Comment

Image Management

BY Heath Row
Relevancy Score: 100
Thu May 6, 2004 at 1:49 PM

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»

LEADERSHIP   |  Comment

GE Smackdown!

BY Scott Kirsner; Keith H. Hammonds
Relevancy Score: 100
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 7:44 AM

Jeff Immelt and Jack Welch go toe-to-toe.READ»

LEADERSHIP   |  Comment

Feedback: Things Leaders Do

BY Fast Company
Relevancy Score: 100
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 12:50 AM

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

FINANCE + INVESTING   |  1 comment

Immelt, Insolvent?

BY Heath Row
Relevancy Score: 100
Tue Jul 18, 2006 at 4:30 PM

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»

Ivan Glickman
CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY   |  2 comments

Sustainable Strategy Goes Mainstream

BY Lewis Perkins
Relevancy Score: 100
Thu Nov 13, 2008 at 10:28 AM

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»

BUSINESS BOOKS   |  Comment

Reading List: The New Capitalists

BY Lucas Conley
Relevancy Score: 97
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 8:14 AM

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

LEADERSHIP   |  Comment

Things Leaders Do

BY Fast Company
Relevancy Score: 90
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 12:48 AM

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

EMPLOYEE RETENTION   |  Comment

The Fast Company Interview: Jeff Immelt

BY John A. Byrne
Relevancy Score: 89
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 7:57 AM

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»

Ivan Glickman
CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY   |  8 comments

Jack Welch, A Proponent of Conscious Capitalism?

BY Lewis Perkins
Relevancy Score: 86
Wed Mar 25, 2009 at 2:24 PM

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
Relevancy Score: 75
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 12:40 AM

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»

BOOK DISCUSSIONS   |  3 comments

Leading Well


Relevancy Score: 74
Wed Jan 18, 2006 at 10:52 AM

"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»

BOOK DISCUSSIONS   |  3 comments

Leading Well


Relevancy Score: 74
Wed Jan 18, 2006 at 10:52 AM

"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»

BOOK DISCUSSIONS   |  3 comments

Leading Well


Relevancy Score: 74
Wed Jan 18, 2006 at 10:52 AM

"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»

LEADERSHIP   |  3 comments

Rule #3: Leadership Is Confusing As Hell

BY Tom Peters
Relevancy Score: 66
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 12:25 AM

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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THE NEW DEAL   |  Comment

Craft, the Wisdom of the Hand

BY Gadi Amit
Relevancy Score: 62
Mon Apr 6, 2009 at 2:05 PM

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»

INNOVATION   |  1 comment

Re:Conference III

BY Heath Row
Relevancy Score: 54
Wed Oct 1, 2003 at 6:58 PM

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»

ENTREPRENEURSHIP + SMALL BUSINESS   |  Comment

Jeff Immelt and managing in the 21st century

BY Peter Lucash
Relevancy Score: 54
Wed May 7, 2008 at 11:00 AM

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»

ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORDS   |  Comment

GE's New Healthymagination Campaign Will Boost EMR Sales

BY David York
Relevancy Score: 51
Thu May 21, 2009 at 1:06 PM

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»

LEADERSHIP   |  Comment

Of Proteges and Pitfalls

BY Margaret Heffernan and Saj-nicole Joni
Relevancy Score: 50
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 7:55 AM

A complete plan for getting the mentoring you need.READ»

INNOVATION   |  7 comments

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

BY Ellen McGirt
Relevancy Score: 44
Wed Oct 3, 2007 at 2:00 AM

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»

LEADERSHIP   |  15 comments

The World's Most Respected Leaders: Do You Agree?


Relevancy Score: 42
Tue Nov 23, 2004 at 6:31 PM

The Financial Times and Pricewaterhouse Coopers has just published a list of the ten most respected business leaders today. And the envelope.... Bill Gates (Microsoft) Jack Welch (GE) Carlos Ghosn (Nissan) Warren Buffett ...READ»

Ivan Glickman
INNOVATION   |  Comment

Leadership at the Summit

BY Kate Sweetman
Relevancy Score: 38
Sun Dec 28, 2008 at 12:09 PM

A recent gathering of top business leaders at Harvard Business school shows a strong shift toward greater corporate transparency and responisbility on a number of fronts.READ»

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