Jack: Straight from the Gut
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Overview
In what is the most anticipated book on business management for our time, Jack Welch surveys the landscape of his career running one of the world's largest and most successful corporations.
Reviews (16)
Jack's Story
Written by Colleen on May 6th, 2008
- Book Rating: 4/5
I appreciated Jack actually reading the book as it made it more personal and understandable. He did a good job of teaching and sharing his experiences although he was covering a long period of time. He did mention so many names that they began to blend together, but, again, it reminded me that he was recounting his life in GE.
Annual Report
Written by Judith on March 30th, 2007
- Book Rating: 2/5
Boy am I glad I rented the abridged version. It read like an annual report of GE.
uplifting
Written by Anonymous on January 23rd, 2007
- Book Rating: 4/5
Uplifting to hear a big business guy talk about values that are not all about getting as much as you can and screwing everyone else. Not sure that I entirely believe that he achieved want he thinks he achieved - but he's dead right about understanding that businesses need to fast, flexible and fun. Having worked at a major corp. that tried to instill his values, now I see what they were aiming at, and why they failed so miserably.
Jack: Straight from the gut
Written by Anonymous on September 13th, 2006
- Book Rating: 5/5
Good lessons for any organization. The key learnings is that the right people are the first consideration of organizational success.
Where's the Beef?
Written by Anonymous from Livermore, CA on April 2nd, 2006
- Book Rating: 2/5
Jack skips over the business details of his career, leaving out useful information such as his ideas for improving GE, business philosophy ...etc. Instead he liberally focuses upon already known business concepts such as removing excessive bureaucracy along with non productive workers and investments. While I respect these ideas, there is nothing new about this concept, and they begin to wear thin in a book when they are mentioned over and over again. I found this book to be overly glib, dry and simply a repeat of well known business ideas.
More than I expected
Written by Dan Redfern on March 31st, 2006
- Book Rating: 5/5
This book was much more than I expected. I selected it due to the Jack Welsh and Larry Bossidy (Execution) connection hoping to glean more knowledge about the performace culture that both had been successful in cultivating at their companies. In Jack's story you hear how his ability to select the right people for the job was critical to his success as he climbed to the top of the corporate ladder at GE and less about how they created the people factory that GE is now famous for. Having Jack read the book added an element for the listener. In this case, Jack is telling his life story and by saying it his own words he is able to add emotional elements in all the right places. This book was very entertaining and I highly recommend it to those, like myself, who are fans of the game of business.
Jack!
Written by Michael Shaw on February 21st, 2006
- Book Rating: 5/5
I enjoyed this very much. Kept my attention and was very interesting.
Really a good book
Written by Larry Longtin on December 20th, 2005
- Book Rating: 4/5
Really a good book. I find myself quoting it to myself and others quite a bit, which is a sign that it has relevance. Along with the Clinton Autobiography, I found it to be one of the better contemporary biographies I listened to recently. Like the Clinton abio., it glosses over the rough spots a little, but what do you expect?
Jack: Straight from the Gut
Written by Anonymous on September 14th, 2005
- Book Rating: 5/5
I think this was one of the best Autobiographies I have ever read. Interesting to listen to and good career advise to boot.
Jack Welch tells his accomplished life story
Written by cinsuny on June 17th, 2005
- Book Rating: 5/5
Well read by Jack Welch himself. Amazingly entertaining and enlightening story of how Welch made GE into a hugely successful International business. A true American and terrific business manager with a genuine legacy to be proud of, as opposed to so many CEOs today.