What Winning Leaders Do
In Winning, former General Electric CEO
Jack Welch says he found that some ways of leading always seem to work in
creating a winning company – and that they became his “rules:”
- Leaders
relentlessly upgrade their team, using every encounter as an opportunity
to evaluate, coach and build self-confidence. Take every opportunity to inject
self-confidence into those who have earned it. Use ample praise, the more specific the
better.
- Leaders
make sure people not only see the vision, they live and breathe it. There were times I talked about the
company’s direction so much in one day, that I was completely sick of
hearing it myself.
- Leaders
get into everyone’s skin, exuding positive energy and optimism. Unhappy tribes have a tough
time winning.
- Leaders
establish trust with candor, transparency, and credit. Leaders never score off their
own people by stealing an idea and claiming it as their own.
- Leaders
have the courage to make unpopular decisions and gut calls. Don’t run for office. You’re already elected.
- Leaders
probe and push with a curiosity that borders on skepticism, making sure
their questions are answered with action.
“We’ll look into it,” says Welch, is the all-too-common
business head fake.
- Leaders
inspire risk taking and learning by setting an example. There is no edict in the world that will
make people take risks or spend their time learning.
- Leaders
celebrate.
Celebrating makes people fell like winners.
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