Reviews for Control your destiny or someone else will

The average rating for Control your destiny or someone else will based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2007-08-08 00:00:00 Thomas Wilson Heheh i have corrected the title so it's no longer inaccurate (who is the dufus in Amazon adding the word "own" in there - it's a quote from Jack's mom - have some respect! only Barnes & Noble got it right). i learned about the kind of thoughts and attitudes Jack Welch has that drive him to lead GE during different cycles/challenges - because times change, the challenges change, the world changed totally the day he stepped down (Sep 7, just the weekend before September 11th) - but there are lessons to be gleaned from his reign that leaders can use to deal with tough calls - especially useful is the "Timeline" at the back of the book that describes what's happening in the world and how it affected the company and how Jack dealt with it. BTW the copy of this book was signed by Jack Welch during his visit to Jakarta in Sep 30, 1999. It's one thing to read about the man, and to meet him in person. Everyone can see how passionately he is about people, when he inquired about me and where i went to school after learning that i was responsible for the volunteer pitch i taped on the wall. then during speech/cocktail time he mentioned to the guests that "what inggita wrote is better than the works of his ad agency back in NY" i wish i had that on videotape. and hope that everyone in that room who were or later became leaders can still remember that evening and learn first hand from the guy who coined the term "energizing" your teams.

Review # 2 was written on 2014-04-10 00:00:00 Vygintas Astrauskas This book covers the last few years of Jack Welch's tenure as CEO of GE and the reference are a bit dated. However, that does not detract from the themes of the book and the very sound management principles espoused by Jack. I met the author, Noel Tichy a few years ago and he is a brilliant management guru. I also read Jack Welch's book "Winning" some time ago and that was also an eye opener with respect to management at all levels. Jack focuses on the big picture with respect to corporate management. This book is a compendium of Welch management initiatives both successes and failures. Both of these yield learning and understanding if you are open to the experience and strong enough to live through them. One could not go wrong in spending some time with this book and carefully looking at what it says with regards to senior management.