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Title: Get Better or Get Beaten by Robert Slater ISBN: 0-07-137346-2 Publisher: McGraw-Hill Trade Pub. Date: 26 February, 2001 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $22.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.5 (6 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: More of the Same from Robert Slater
Comment: I previously read "Jack Welch and the GE Way", also by Slater and published in 1999, but I never read the original version of "Get Better or Get Beaten". This newer version of "Get Better..." contained a substantial amount of material that was already covered in more detail in "the GE Way" book. Except for some of the material covering events since 1999, I think "the GE Way" was a better choice of the two, especially if you're looking for more detail and analysis. In many ways I felt like I was just re-reading the other book. On the other hand, if you're looking for sort of the 'Cliff Notes' version and want some good insight into Six Sigma, this newer, smaller work by Slater is certainly satisfactory. There's only marginal benefit to reading both of these.
Rating: 5
Summary: Simple, strategic and to the point
Comment: This is the first GE's Jack Welch book I ever read. I bought it because the title is so far the best amongst its keens, "Get Better or Get Beaten", which is a norm in today's competitive world. Remarkably, the content is of the same quality as its title. It is so well written that I finished it in 1.5 day.
In fact, the core concepts or the secrets are nothing new. Quality and Re-engineering gurus like Peter Drucker, Philip Crosby, Tom Peters etc had stressed the importance of quality, customer orientation, corporate culture, employee involvement blah blah blah for decades. It's just that Jack Welch has been so successful a real life practitioner and advocate that nobody can neglect. Think about the 6 sigma phenomenon and you know what I mean.
In case you just want to know the secrets without the elaboration, or that you cannot afford one, go to the table of content (Thanks to Amazon) and have a look. All the secrets are already there. (Sorry, Mr. Slater). However, I still think it is a good collectible for your personal library.
p.s. I had worked in an acquired subsidiary of a Fortune 20 company. I am sorry that what happened there was far from what Mr. Welch preached. The result is: The leader five years ago (when it was acquired) is now the fifth in the market.
Rating: 5
Summary: Get Better, And Then Get Even Better
Comment: This is one of the few best books on leadership I have read in a long, long time. The others, which compliment this book are Jack Welch's book, "Jack", and Norman Thomas Remick's book on the philosophy behind all the good advice from Mr. Slater and Mr. Welch called "West Point". Read "Get Better" to get better, then read the others to get even better yet. And what's nice about it, they're all available right here on Amazon.com.
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Title: Jack: Straight from the Gut by Jack Welch, John A. Byrne ISBN: 0446528382 Publisher: Warner Books Pub. Date: 11 September, 2001 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Title: 29 Leadership Secrets From Jack Welch by Robert Slater ISBN: 0071409378 Publisher: McGraw-Hill Trade Pub. Date: 28 September, 2002 List Price(USD): $9.95 |
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Title: Jack Welch & The G.E. Way: Management Insights and Leadership Secrets of the Legendary CEO by Robert Slater ISBN: 0070581045 Publisher: McGraw-Hill Trade Pub. Date: 31 July, 1998 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: The Jack Welch Lexicon of Leadership: Over 250 Terms, Concepts, Strategies & Initiatives of the Legendary Leader by Jeffrey A. Krames ISBN: 0071381406 Publisher: McGraw-Hill Trade Pub. Date: 17 August, 2001 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Control Your Destiny or Someone Else Will: Revised Edition by Noel M. Tichy, Stratford Sherman ISBN: 0060937386 Publisher: HarperBusiness Pub. Date: 21 August, 2001 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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