Leaderocity ™

Introduction

This book had its genesis in my time as an executive with General Electric, the company that has long been acclaimed for its leadership development. Venerable behemoths like GE, IBM, P&G, and McKinsey have historically been viewed as CEO factories; indeed, 20.5 percent of all CEOs appointed at the S&P 1500 firms from 1992 to 2010 came from 36 CEO factories such as these, with GE being the largest (Botelho and Kos, 2020). GE’s famed Crotonville Learning Center in NY has been developing GE leaders since the 1950s. Twelve thousand employees are trained each year in an array of leadership development programs. CEO magazine named GE one of the “Best Companies for Leadership” in 2016.

GE recognized that some of its leadership development ...