Jack Welch

Women and Work: How Goes the Revolution?

Dr. Peggy Drexler | Posted 04.28.2012

Read More: W, Megan Basham, Jack Welch, Stephanie Coontz, Claudia Goldin, The Quiet Revolution, Millennials, Carrie Lukas, New York Times Sunday Review, Catalyst, Wall Street Journal, Women News

In 30 years, women are settled in everywhere from the CEO's office to the Supreme Court to the battlefield to earth orbit. The term "first woman" that signified every breakthrough has lost its news value. There is just not that much of note to break through these days. With one exception.

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Amid Scrutiny, Strayer University To Buy Jack Welch Program

The Huffington Post | Posted 11.14.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Strayer University, the Northern Virginia-based for-profit college, is getting bigger even as its profits are down. Strayer, with more t...

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Late Returns: New Palin Video Promotes Palin Bus Tour That Was Not Supposed To Be About Promoting Palin

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 08.09.2011

Read More: 2012 Speculation, 2012 Speculatron, Sarah Palin Bus Tour, Elections 2012, Randall Terry, New Hampshire Debate, Gary Johnson, 2012, Newt Gingrich 2012, 2012 Election, Jack Welch, Sarah Palin, Sarah Palin 2012, Tim Pawlenty, Tim Pawlenty 2012, Newt Gingrich, Gary Johnson 2012, Video, Politics News

Sarah Palin's PAC is up today with a three-minute movie promoting Sarah Palin's bus tour, which promoted a longer movie titled "The Undefeated" promot...

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After Bin Laden's Death, Wall Street Breathes Tentative Sigh Of Relief

HuffingtonPost.com | Lila Shapiro | Posted 07.02.2011

Read More: Berkshire Hathaway, Pledge of Allegiance, Gas Prices, Terrorist Attack, Jack Welch, Sept. 11, 2001, Bin Laden Death, Warren Buffett, Federal Reserve, Food Prices, Ground Zero, Osama Bin Laden, Video, Business News

NEW YORK -- On September 11, 2001, the financial services industry suffered heavy fatalities when New York's World Trade Center was destroyed by two h...

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Sustainable Leadership: The Problem With Iconic Leaders

Ed Lawler | Posted 06.18.2011

Read More: Steve Jobs, Walt Disney, Polaroid, Ge, Herb Kelleher, Steve Jobs Apple, Jack Welch, CEO Succession, Sustainability, Bill Gates, Succession, Disney, Sustainable Leadership, Business News

There are many examples in the history of American business that demonstrate how hard it is to replace an iconic leader.

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Return, Reenergize, and Reinvent Your Business

Ron Ashkenas | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Productivity; Decision Making; Organizational Culture, Harvard Business Review, Breaking Habits, New Years Resolutions, Old Habits, Christmas Miracles, Jack Welch, Business News

At this moment in the new year, we all face a choice: We can fall back into our old patterns and habits; or we can reinvent those patterns and generate renewed energy for the coming year?

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Why Your Company Would Never Have Built eBay

Daniel Debow | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ebay, Christies Auction, Ladder, Alan Murray, Rypple, Jack Welch, Windows or Walls, Pierre Omidyar, Dan Debow, Lattice, Wall Street Journal, Sotheby's, Zappos, Netflix, Business News

As the old-line auction houses learned, the security walls provide an illusion. Companies that tear down walls and embrace trust will attract the best talent in the new century -- and thrive in the marketplace.

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2010 World Business Forum: Al Gore's Slides Can Save the Planet

Robyn Greenspan | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Economic Stimulus Package, Joseph Stiglitz, Economy, President Obama, World Business Forum, Al Gore, Capitalism, Global Warming, Recession, Radio City Music Hall, John McCain, David Gergen, Jack Welch, Groupthink, Environmental Policy, Environment, Business News

Abandoning the polluting 100-year-old technologies of the past to prepare for a sustainable 21st century could break our dependence, put people to work and save the economy, asserts Al Gore.

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How The Top CEOs Use Twitter

Huffington Post | Sara Yin | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Twitter, Oprah, Martha Stewart, Tony Hsieh, Jack Welch, Ceos, Richard Branson, Eric Schmidt, Mark Zuckerberg, Bill Gates, Slidepollajax, Doug Ulman, Business News

Should CEOs use Twitter? The ball's still in the court: for some it brings trouble, like when former Whole Foods CEO John Mackey discussed company sto...

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Jack Welch: Europe's Debt Crisis Will NOT Hurt America

Huffington Post | Sara Yin | Posted 05.25.2011

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Former General Electric CEO Jack Welch was nothing if not optimistic in an interview with CNBC early Wednesday. Welch, appearing on "Squak Box," said ...

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How Maria Bartiromo May Become the Best Teacher You've Ever Had

Michael Martin | Posted 01.20.2012

Read More: Success, Oprah Winfrey, Wall Street Crisis, Wall Street, Cnn, Jack Welch, Cnbc, Maria Bartiromo, Lou Dobbs, Bill Gates, Roger Ailes, Wall Street Bonuses, Bono, Books News

A great teacher will passionately help you discover the ability you have inside yourself and help you culture that pearl, so that your feelings and intellect become your allies.

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Don't Let the Robber Barons Fool You

John Perkins | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Celebrity, General Electric, Hudson River, April Fools' Day, Jack Welch, New York, Donaldtrump, Business News

During the past four decades we the people have sent a strong message of support to the modern equivalent of the robber barons.

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Who Wants Yesterday's Frameworks?

Paul David Walker | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: U.S. Economy, Living, Business, New Realities, Jack Welch, Walt Disney, Business Frameworks, Healthy Living News

One of my mentors had said to me years ago, "Do you want to be right, or win." My thought sounded like Jack Welch, "I want both."

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Jack Welch, Maria Bartiromo End BusinessWeek Columns

Posted 05.25.2011

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Two of BusinessWeek's more popular — and well-known — columnists are ending their columns now that Bloomberg LP has bought the magazine fr...

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Jack Welch Sounds False Note on Women in Corporate America

Julie Menin | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Women, Fortune 500, Corporate America, Jack Welch, Campbell Brown, Business News

We have a long way to go in providing opportunities for women in corporate America, but we'll never get there if the attitude is that a woman "can't" have it all.

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10 Ultra-Expensive CEO Divorces (PHOTOS)

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Most Expensive Divorces, Jack Welch, Marie Douglas-David, Slidepoll, Rupert Murdoch, Sir Martin Sorrell, Costliest Divorces, CEO Divorce, Craig McCaw, George David, Ted Turner, Business News

The world's best CEOs are accustomed to expensive lifestyles, jaunts in private planes and perks galore. But there may be no better evidence of the la...

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On the Matter of the M.B.A. Oath

Robert Teitelman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: College Students, M.B.A., Jack Welch, Financial TImes, Enron, Ethics, Michael Skapinker, Harvard Business School, Securities and Exchange Commission, Capitalism, Journalism, Business News

The real-life goal of management is to create wealth. The only MBA oath that makes sense should resemble that of doctors: do no harm.

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Jack Welch Launching Online MBA Program

Wall Street Journal | PAUL GLADER | Posted 05.25.2011

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Mr. Welch is paying more than $2 million for a 12% stake in Chancellor University System LLC, which is converting formerly bankrupt Myers University i...

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NYT's Sorkin Forced To Admit Successful Unionized Companies Exist

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: General Electric, Joe Scarborough, Video, Employee Free Choice Act, Jack Welch, Jon Stewart, Morning Joe, Andrew Ross Sorkin, The Daily Show, Unions, Eat the Press, Media News

On yesterday's Morning Joe, the New York Times' Andrew Ross Sorkin started a wee bit of a kerfuffle when he followed up a Jim Cramer "card-check-will-...

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Welch Criticizes Obama On Chrysler Bankruptcy

bloomberg.com | Tom Moroney | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Chrysler Bankruptcy, General Electric, Chrysler, Jack Welch, Chrysler Bailout, United-Auto-Workers, Barack Obama, Union, Chrysler-Bondholders, Chrys Creditors, Business News

May 20 (Bloomberg) -- Jack Welch, former chief executive officer of General Electric Co., criticized the government- backed bankruptcy of Chrysler LLC...

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Lucky Learns How To Count To 10-10-10!

Wendy Diamond | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Celebrity Dogs, Suzy Welch, Wall Street, Jack Welch, Lucky, Bo Obama, New York Stock Exchange, Animal Fair, Petsmart, Wendy Diamond, Healthy Living News

We both were thrilled to celebrate Suzy Welch's new book 10-10-10. Funny I didn't need Lucky's canine presence at the breakfast after listening to Suzy's take on falling in Puppy Love with Jack Welch.

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Former GE Chief Jack Welch Says Obsession With Short-Term Profits, Share Price Gains Was "Dumb Idea"

Financial Times | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jack Welch, who is regarded as father of the "shareholder value" movement, has said the obsession with short-term profits and share price gains that h...

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Morning Joe Breaks Out Into General Electric Infomercial (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: General Electric, Video, Joe Scarborough, Erin Burnett, Wall Street Crisis, Financial Crisis, Jack Welch, Mike Barnicle, Mnsbc, Eat the Press, Politics News

With General Electric's stock price hovering somewhere in the vicinity of seven and a half dollars, the possibility of the company becoming a fully-ow...

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AUTO CZAR: Who Will Be The Car Czar?

The Huffington Post | Nour Akkad | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Lee Iacocca, Automaker Bailout, Jack Welch, Business News, Car Czar, Business, Auto Industry, Paul Volcker, Kenneth Feinberg, Auto Czar, Business News

President Bush and the Congressional democrats have reached an agreement to send $14 million in emergency loans to the struggling auto manufacturers b...

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Sunday Watch 10-26-08: In Which Weariness Strikes

Todd Gitlin | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: John McCain, Meet the Press, This Week With George Stephanopoulos, George Stephanopoulos, Tom Brokaw, Jack Welch, Media News

With a this-hurts-me-more-than-it-hurts-you air, Brokaw plopped unfavorable poll results on a dogged but visibly weary McCain, and while he tried to show his game face, it was not his strongest performance.

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