Under Pressure. Leadership Lessons from the CEO of General Electric
Jeff Immelt succeeded the legendary Jack Welch as head of General Electric four days before September 11, 2001, when two GE-engine-powered Boeing 767s destroyed insured GE buildings. In 2008, the global economic crisis hit, and in 2011, there was an...
accident at the Fukushima-1 nuclear power plant, all six reactors of which were designed by GE engineers. The company's leadership had to respond quickly and correctly to these situations to avoid GE's reputational and financial collapse.
"Under Pressure" is an honest account of the difficult overcoming of these and other problems and the search for the right solutions that strengthened GE. Jeff Immelt answers important questions: what qualities make a person a leader, how to face the blows of fate to emerge victorious from difficult and slippery situations, how to deal with criticism, how to find the weak spots in a company's work and eliminate them, how to build relationships with subordinates, maintain the company's good name, and increase its capital even in unstable times.
Jeff Immelt succeeded the legendary Jack Welch as head of General Electric four days before September 11, 2001, when two GE-engine-powered Boeing 767s destroyed insured GE buildings. In 2008, the global economic crisis hit, and in 2011, there was an accident at the Fukushima-1 nuclear power plant, all six reactors of which were designed by GE engineers. The company's leadership had to respond quickly and correctly to these situations to avoid GE's reputational and financial collapse.
"Under Pressure" is an honest account of the difficult overcoming of these and other problems and the search for the right solutions that strengthened GE. Jeff Immelt answers important questions: what qualities make a person a leader, how to face the blows of fate to emerge victorious from difficult and slippery situations, how to deal with criticism, how to find the weak spots in a company's work and eliminate them, how to build relationships with subordinates, maintain the company's good name, and increase its capital even in unstable times.
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