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Just in case anyone's missed it, a portion of the book is excerpted in the current issue of Newsweek, along with some biographical info.

Posted by lem at April 1, 2005 1:12 AM

The excerpts and interviews on Newsweek are great. Can't wait to get my hands on a copy of the book!

Posted by Mark Juane at April 1, 2005 1:31 AM

Jack was effective in navigating and managing his way out of a tired marriage also - maybe his best recent triumph.

Posted by Sean at April 1, 2005 7:08 AM

I noticed that Amazon partnered it with Good To Great on a nice "twofor" deal.

Posted by Mike at April 1, 2005 3:07 PM

Welch, as in welch on a marriage. 'Success' yes. Full of himself? Yes again. A good example of why it's a 'woman's world' ...or not.

Posted by eric lapp at April 2, 2005 6:07 PM

OK, I'll break the mold-- I hate the bastard. He reeks of ego and arrogance. So what, he's rich and led a big company. As a human being he strikes me as a failure.

His popularity seems to flow from the same well that powers Rush Limbaugh & Gang... the appeal of cockiness and testosterone-imbalance... the delusion of ego.

Posted by AJ Hoge at April 4, 2005 5:54 AM

AJ - you miss the point - Clintons/Kerry-Heinz are all ego - Rush and Gang and Jack and Suzy are faith based - they defer to a higher power for their massive success and humanity. Jack and Suzy donate all book profits to charity. Clintons' profits to bail themselves out of jail - pay down legal debt. Only NYC "appreciates" the socialism of the Clintons.

Posted by Sean at April 9, 2005 8:01 PM

Jack Welch is all about winning... you know why - he always gets (and got) what he wanted. The problem is he didn't give a crap about what he knocked over on his way to the top (i.e., family, employees, etc.).

But that's fine... because Jack is a winner - and he wanted people to step up to his challenge of winning so he committed himself to mentoring, testing, encouraging others - especially the so-called Top 20 in his organizations.

However, in current times - the ability to "Work Hard and Play Hard" is different... unlike in the Happy Days-era of 1970s and 1980s when the "man" of the family only worked and everything revolved around him and his pursuit of success, we live in an era of 24-hour, 7-day a week access (i.e. Blackberry) that allows moms and dads to both work, yet still make sacrifices to make sure their kids get to soccer practice while still be connected to their work life and "get things done"!!!

It is these people who are truly winners. The old geezers have got to step aside and retire with their so-called, "institutional knowledge" and resistance to real change and ways of life.

Posted by Al Carbone at April 27, 2005 3:25 PM