July 2020
Beginner
288 pages
8h 23m
English
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The GE CEO selection process has historically been a grueling multiyear contest pitting business heads against each other in a rather public forum. Welch had delayed his retirement while the Honeywell deal was being reviewed, so the contest to select his successor was particularly intense and long. In hindsight, it may have led to a level of fatigue and burnout that post-Welch management seemed to exhibit at GE.
In any event, a few days before the tragedies of 9/11, Welch hit mandatory retirement and turned over the reins ...