The Bottom Line
Stephen Baum’s new book What Made Jack Welch Jack Welch is practical and inspiring. The perfect leadership development guide for business students and would-be leaders.
Pros
- Well Written
- Practical, but engaging
- Motivating
Cons
- None. This is a good book
Description
- Subtitle – How Ordinary People Become Extraordinary Leaders
- Written by – Stephen Baum with Dave Conti
- Published by – Crown Business
- 273 pages
Guide Review - What Made Jack Welch Jack Welch
In his new book What Made Jack Welch Jack Welch author and CEO advisor Stephen Baum delves into the lives of ordinary people in an effort to determine how they become extraordinary leaders.
The book focuses on the life-shaping experiences that great leaders have in common versus traditional traits like education, wealth, and talent. Baum writes that these archetypal shaping experiences are critical to a future leader’s success.
Each chapter of What Made Jack Welch Jack Welch begins with an interesting story and concludes with tips that will help the reader grow. Leaders like Jack Welch, Arthur Martinez, Chuck O’Dell, Cathie Black, and Shelley Lazarus are profiled and key moments in their lives are examined.
I would recommend this book to anyone because no matter who you are, you can take something away from Baum’s words of wisdom.
The book focuses on the life-shaping experiences that great leaders have in common versus traditional traits like education, wealth, and talent. Baum writes that these archetypal shaping experiences are critical to a future leader’s success.
Each chapter of What Made Jack Welch Jack Welch begins with an interesting story and concludes with tips that will help the reader grow. Leaders like Jack Welch, Arthur Martinez, Chuck O’Dell, Cathie Black, and Shelley Lazarus are profiled and key moments in their lives are examined.
I would recommend this book to anyone because no matter who you are, you can take something away from Baum’s words of wisdom.
