Winning - by Jack Welch & Suzy Welch

About the Book

Described as America's #1 manager, Jack Welch now lays out the real "stuff" of work in this new title that is destined to become the bible of business for generations to come. "Winning" clearly and succinctly lays out the answers to the most difficult, important questions people face both on and off the job.

Book Synopsis

A champion manager of people, Jack Welch shares the hard-earned wisdom of a storied career in what will become the ultimate business bible

With Winning, Jack Welch delivers a wide-ranging, in-depth, no-holds-barred management guidebook about the tough strategic, organizational, and personal challenges that face people at every stage of their careers. Loaded with candid personal anecdotes, hard-hitting advice, and invaluable dos and don'ts, Jack explains his theory of business, by laying out the four most important principles that form the foundation of his success.

Chapters include: How to Get Promoted, How to Think about Strategy, How to Write a Budget that Works, How to Work for a Jerk, How Find Work-Life Balance and How Start Something New. Enlivened by quotes from business leaders that Welch interviewed especially for the book, it's a tour de force that reflects Welch's mastery of execution, excellence and leadership.

From the Back Cover

Jack Welch knows how to win. During his forty-year career at General Electric, 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.

Since Welch retired in 2001 as chairman and chief executive officer of GE, he has traveled the world, speaking to more than 250,000 people and answering their questions on dozens of wide-ranging topics.

Inspired by his audiences and their hunger for straightforward guidance, Welch has written both a philosophical and pragmatic book, which is destined to become the bible of business for generations to come. It clearly lays out the answers to the most difficult questions people face both on and off the job.

Welch's objective is to speak to people at every level of an organization, in companies large and small. His audience is everyone from line workers to MBAs, from project managers to senior executives. His goal is to help everyone who has a passion for success.

Welch begins Winning with an introductory section called "Underneath It All," which describes his business philosophy. He explores the importance of values, candor, differentiation, and voice and dignity for all.

The core of Winning is devoted to the real "stuff" of work. This main part of the book is split into three sections. The first looks inside the company, from leadership to picking winners to making change happen. The second section looks outside, at the competition, with chapters on strategy, mergers, and Six Sigma, to name just three. The next section of the book is about managing your career--from finding the right job to achieving work-life balance.

Welch's optimistic, no excuses, get-it-done mind-set is riveting. Packed with personal anecdotes and written in Jack's distinctive no b.s. voice, Winning offers deep insights, original thinking, and solutions to nuts-and-bolts problems that will change the way people think about work.

Review Quotes

"He considers a broad range of topics gleaned from questions posed on the speaking circuit, such as the challenges facing working mothers or how to operate in China's autocratic business culture. He even reflects on his mistakes and comments on current events. All of this is offered in the breezy, blunt style that was his hallmark at GE. The result is a guide that's more candid and accessible than earlier works by or about Welch." - The Arizona Daily Star
"Jack obviously is one of the leading businesspeople in today's society." - Ed Rodriguez, Nationwide Insurance
"He is everybody's model of the quintessential CEO." - Jeffrey A. Sonnenfeld, Yale School of Management
"Revlon honcho Ron Perelman told The Post that his fave read is Winning by Jack Welch." - New York Post
"His blunt, in-your-face writing style makes for brisk reading. It also offers an inside look at Welch's unique and sometimes controversial approach to managing." - The San Juan Star
"Welch is still seen by many as the Mr. Wizard of business strategy and organizational effectiveness." - The Boston Globe Magazine
"Jack brings so much to the table that the table belongs to him. [...] His experience, his pure pitch not only for business but every nuance around it, is unequaled." - Barry Diller
"There is a lifetime of wisdom about business, and life, packed into Jack Welch's Winning. It is unquestionably the best management book to come along in a while-breezy, concrete, spiced with the right amount of humility and refreshingly void of management hokum." - The Washington Post
"Winning is more than just questions and answers; its an organized and readable how to manual." - U.S. News & World Report
"In Winning Welch dispenses the sharp-edged business acumen that earned him a reputation as a daunting corporate leader. He is giving back what he learned, and not just to fellow CEOs. He is able to write a book that might just reach the rest of us." - USA Today
"Welch's book, written with his dealy beloved newish wife, Suzy, is already being called the bible of business for generations to come." - W Magazine
"Welch was full of words of wisdom adn the kind of straight-from-the-gut message that made him a tough and incredibly successful boss at GE." - Salem News
"Welch's management philosphy has been clearly laod out in his new bestselling book, Winning, co-authored by his new, thrid wife, Suzy. [...] Collecting brainiacs works. 'Suzy helped me codify what I knew instinctively, ' Welch says. She drew out his reality-tested concepts about candor, rewarding performance and eliminating mediocrity." - LA Times
"Pick any chapter of Winning, former General Electric Corp. Chairman and Chief Executive Jack Welch's latest distillation of philosophical and practical business and life wisdom, and you'll come up with a winner. Already gaining plaudits from many reviewers, Winning covers every essential area of running a winning business in Welch's characteristically lucid, straight-from-the-gut style." - Fort Worth Star Telegram
"All in all, an engaging, free flowing book that every executive should read." - Business Today
"[Welch] keeps the interest level high by interweaving common-sense strategies with dynamic examples and personal reflection." - BusinessWeek
"Jack Welch is back with a far-reaching book on all things business." - Fast Comany
"It's snappily written and no one can argue with the author's footing." - Forbes
"Now is the time." - New York Times
"When you talk with Jack about management, his energy and passion fill the room." - WARREN E. BUFFETT, chairman, Berkshire Hathaway
"Manager of the Century" - Fortune