What I Didn't Learn in Business School: How Strategy Works in the Real World

July 5, 2010, Harvard Business School Press

Jack Welch MBA curriculum developer Trish Clifford dishes actionable advice on the human side of strategy to MBAs in her new book, What I Didn't Learn in Business School: How Strategy Works in the Real World. Clifford's engaging business novel "reveals the limitations of strategy tools and demonstrates tactics for navigating the messy, human dynamics that can make or break a company's strategy efforts, using the power of story to present potent lessons for anyone seeking to excel at strategy management." Look for it on shelves October 12th. Learn More...

Global Economy Not as Bad As Pundits Think: Jack Welch

June 16, 2010, CNBC

In this recent interview with CNBC, Jack Welch argues that the European currency crisis will not interfere significantly with economic recovery in the US, dispelling critics who claim the falling value of the Euro could send America back into a double dip recession. Also, read Welch's latest commentary on the BP crisis. Learn More...

Inspirational Shame in the Era of Behavior

April 13, 2010, BusinessWeek

Dov Seidman, CEO of LRN and Subject Matter Expert at the Jack Welch Management Institute, makes the case for staying accountable to shared company values in an era where behavior is everything. "What we do and how we do it is under greater scrutiny than ever before," says Seidman, who believes that candor -- even in the form of shaming -- can actually be healthy for a company. Learn More...

The Superstar Effect

April 3, 2010, The Wall Street Journal

Offering Jack Welch as one example of the ultimate tough competitor, WSJ correspondent Jonah Lehrer examines the nature of competition across fields ranging from sports to business. Superstars like Welch, Muhammad Ali and Tiger Woods "strike fear in the hearts of their opponents," causing their intimidated rivals to give up rather than fight, Lehrer posits. Employee performance can then be optimized not by having people compete against absolute metrics but by measuring their success against one another, as in Welch's practice of differentiation. Learn More...

Diagnose and Develop the New Leadership Demand

March, 2010, BusinessWeek

This journal article revisits the compelling people management research pioneered by Claudio Fernandez-Araoz, a curriculum writer at the Jack Welch Management Institute. In his landmark study of 227 executive leaders, Fernandez-Araoz discovered that emotional intelligence often trumps IQ as a determinant of leadership success -- a revelation that has influenced how HR departments operate across the globe. Learn More...

Jack Welch Management Institute Offering MBAs Online

June 16, 2009, Education in Review

"If you can’t work for one of the most influential CEOs in American business, then you can take his classes," writes Edu-in-Review, heralding the launch of the Jack Welch Management Institute. According to this blog, the online MBA program will allow Jack Welch, who developed multitudes of managers and executives as CEO of GE, to "groom a new generation of talented business leaders." Learn More...

Jack Welch Launches Online MBA

June 22, 2009, BusinessWeek

Business Week introduces the Jack Welch Management Institute as a new player in the online education market, highlighting the program's flexible scheduling, attractive tuition package and one-of-a-kind curriculum, driven by Welch's proven management philosophy. Learn More...

The Jack Welch MBA Coming to Web

June 22, 2009, The Wall Street Journal

Paul Glader predicts the Jack Welch MBA will infuse quality and star power into the emergent industry of for-profit online education. Learn More...