Jack Welch, The Former CEO of GE, Would Change the Way We View Business Management

Hiring and Employee Management Explained by Jackcompany has an intelligent, driven force behind it, the
Welch - Arguably the Best Manager Business Haslimitations are boundless. The best managers will lay
Ever Seendown goals for their team, but regardless of whether
"If you pick the right people and give them thethey be broad or specific, they will allow their team
opportunity to spread their wings and putto go about solving the puzzle in the way that suits
compensation as a carrier behind it you almost don'tthem best. A lesser known fact, Jack Welch almost
have to manage them."quit GE soon after joining because he firmly disagreed
- Jack Welch, former Chief Executive Office Generalwith the management style. Luckily, another manager
Electricconvinced him to stay onboard. From a young child
The majority of Jack Welch's tenure at Generalwho had a stuttering problem, Jack Welch grew into
Electric was spent searching within the company forbecoming a pioneer in HR and management technique.
the smartest, most driven people. As a matter ofAnother company where employees are given full
fact, during one of his first quarterly investment callsreign to use their creativity and innovation in order to
at GE, instead of just reading the numbers, he spokemake their company better is Apple. Because Steve
about a utopia where people were given promotionsJobs is the face of this highly successful and cutting
based on their ideas and their work ethic as opposededge company, it can be easy to forget about the
to favoritism. Interestingly enough, the analysts didpeople who work for him and how much they
not seem to care about his management style andcontribute. The company hates the word "office" so
the stock dropped significantly after that earnings call.much that they refer to their headquarters as a
We believe, however, that what matters most is notcampus. If you look at the iPhone and iPad, the
the product or service your company has, but thecreativity that goes into every single little detail of
people behind it. Managers are frequently tooeach device can only be the result of a free thinking
overbearing with their employees and do not utilizeorganization which accepted ideas from anyone who
them to their fullest potential. The best kind ofhad something to contribute, regardless of whether
managers understand the worth of their employeesthey are the head of development or work in the
and hire very smart people. They are also willing tomailroom.
pay them for what they are worth. When a