Leadership Qualities of General Electric's Top Managers

General Electric
Report

Contents
INTRODUCTION.....................................................................................................................................3
TASK 1.......................................................................................................................................................3
Various managerial skills and leadership qualities demonstrated by top managers of General Electric. .3
Strengths and weaknesses of the respective leaders in different situations..............................................4
CONCLUSION..........................................................................................................................................6
REFERENCES..........................................................................................................................................7

INTRODUCTION
Managers and leaders play crucial functions and roles within an organization and help it
in attaining its goals and objectives effectively. The leader within a company is responsible for
setting a clear vision of the organization so that the employees have clarity of their goals and
objectives. Managers on the other hand, perform the functions of planning, organizing, staffing
and controlling the employees as well as their performances (Bolman and Deal, 2017). The main
aim of managers within a company is to ensure that the customers’ needs are met and they are
satisfied. Organization chosen for this report is General Electric, which is an American company
headquartered in Boston, United States. The company was founded in the year 1892 and is one
of the leading digital industrial companies globally. The report examines the different managerial
skills as well as leadership abilities of the company’s top managers and also analyzes their
particular strengths as well as weaknesses in different situations.
TASK 1
Various managerial skills and leadership qualities demonstrated by top managers of General
Electric
General Electric is one of the oldest companies in the world that has been able to
maintain its overall performance as well as level of productivity till date. The company, in its
overall life span, has gone through various market, structural as well as competitive changes. It is
known for having a strong culture that shapes leaders from within. Jack Welch was the CEO and
Chairman of General Electric from 1981 to the year 2001. He was famous for having a
management style that was candid and talent-centric. Jack Welch is said to be a true leader
because he was always seen filled with positive energy (Epitropaki and et. al., 2017). He always
encouraged his team members to act on what the company already had in hand and eliminate any
kind of assumptions. Welch is known for having getting rid of bureaucracy within the company
and rather coming up with effective strategies so as to accomplish tasks more efficiently.
While assessing leaders for the company, Jack Welch used to look for people who
wanted to see other succeed. He believed that successful leaders coach their subordinates or
employees, provide them with appropriate tools and help them to grow (Jack Welch on How to
Manage Employees, 2020). One of the best skills possessed by Jack Welch was to execute a plan