LEADERSHIP SECRET 17REMOVE THE BOUNDARIES!

FROM THE FILES OF JACK WELCH

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Our people must be as comfortable in New Delhi and Seoul as they are in Louisville or Schenectady …

When Jack Welch came on board, General Electric had hundreds of boundaries.

Those boundaries kept people within the company from communicating easily with one another. And by extension, they kept GE personnel from communicating with outside constituents.

When Jack Welch assumed command, he tried to identify all the debilitating boundaries within GE. He knew that if he could eliminate boundaries, it would go far toward creating the open, informal business environment that he ...

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