Book Review: Jack Straight from the Gut

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Jack Welch led General Electric for over 20 years. He was arguably one of the best CEOs in the country at that time. After blowing the roof off of one of the factories, he went on to lead the company through some very profitable years. This book might be seen as self-promoting and maybe it is. Then again, aren't all autobiographies a little self-promoting?  Jack takes the opportunity to tell us where he made mistakes and what he wishes now he had done to avoid them. This isn't exactly a "How To" book on being a CEO or leading a company. But, it does provide the reader a little insight into what went on at GE and what the upper level managers were doing to make it happen.

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My policy on book reviews is to give you my honest opinion of the book. From time to time publishers will give me a copy of their book for free for the purpose of me reading the book and writing a review. The publishers understand when they give me the book that I am under no obligation to write a positive review.

If you will look at all my reviews, you will see that there have been occasions when I have written a negative review after having been given a book.

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I obtained this book through the Wharton County Library. whartonco.lib.tx.us

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