Introduction of Winning by Jack Welch with Suzy Welch

        Jack Welch has had a successful life. When he worked at General Electric for forty years, he was the reason General Electric was winning all across the world despite facing tough competition in the market. His management style is honest and has been thought of as a good standard in business. Highlights of his style are focusing on people, teamwork and profits. Welch retired as the company’s CEO and chairman in 2001, and has been touring different countries and giving talks all around the world. His audience engages with him on a number of topics and he likes their motivation to get good guidance, laying out the answers to tough questions. Welch wants to interact with people at every level of organization, in all sorts of companies, facilitating everyone from line workers to MBAs to their managers to CEOs, and wants to help everyone who strives for success. This paper is a research proposal about the winning philosophies of the Jack Welch and how it is different from other literature and previous studies regarding business, management and winning. The research would be based on secondary research through previous literature and journals (Welch & Welch, 2013 ).

        Welch wrote a book entitled Winning, starting it off with an introductory part ‘Underneath It All’, describing his business philosophy. He looks into the importance of different values and traits necessary for success. The theme of the book is about the reality of work, and is divided into three parts. The first  section deals with the company and all its aspects from its leaders to ensuring organic change. The second part deals with a company’s relation with the exterior world, focusing on markets and competition, merters , and Six Sigma. The final section deals with managing your own career. It is about finding the right job to ensuring a good work-life balance. Welch’s mindset could be described as optimistic, and has a sense of perfection and zeal. The book has Welch’s own incidents, as well as deep and original thoughts and advice on many work related problems.  (Welch & Welch, 2013 ).

References of Winning by Jack Welch with Suzy Welch

Welch, J., & Welch, S. (2013 ). Winning (Enhanced Edition). HarperCollins.