The Welch Way

I am still stuck up on the ‘podcasts’. This one is by Jack and Suzy Welch.

If you don’t want to spend much time to read both his books [1. Straight From The Gut 2. Winning] read only second one. If even that’s lot more investment in terms of time and money, try this.

Take out two hours and Click on the following link.
More than a dozen 10 min long posts by Mr. and Mrs. Welch talk about-

1. Is ‘outsourcing’ around forever?

2. What is the secret of success behind Wal-Mart?

This post makes you ponder on-

God Forbid, will Wal-Mart go the GM way ?

Will there be unions in BPO industry in India?

3. Should everyone invest in China?

4. With advent of India and China, what is future of Europe?

5. What are the ‘top 3′ characteristics of successful companies?

On Career:

6. What will create an unique impression on my boss?

7. What will makes a good sales person?

8. What kind of executive coaches are good?

9. Boss Haters—How many bosses can you count whom you didn’t hate for some reason or other?

10. How do I deal with a smarter employee/junior?

I did have an opportunity to listen to Mr. & Mrs. Welch at LSE. Possibly LSE saw one of the longest queues that day. Not that everything i heard made perfect sense to my day to day life as a middle manaager but then it was great to hear first hand someone who has run one of the biggest corporations of America for decades.

That reminded me of my b-school—

While one heard the big names in India’s corporate circles at IIM-A, at least i haven’t heard of lectures by CEOs of GE,MS,Wal-Mart, Intel at R J Mathai center in IIMA. May be there is potential to get a bunch of these guys down there for a weekend lecture series.

But then every-time its not possible and now i think not worth spending so much of time/money in attending these events/lectures,esp while in job market. At times, it involves lot of work—buttering the most networked guy/boss in your office to get the event pass/tickets, travelling the public transport (unless you are already a director/VP), standing there in queue, trying to ask a question and not be sure if others would laugh at it and all of that.

Comparatively, it’s lot easy to click on the link , assume a reclining position on your couch and enjoy it. If you already have an ipod/mp* player, better still! Take Mr. and Mrs Welch along and listen them in your tube line/local train/metro/Bus or Riksha…