As usual, I like the topics you're addressing. Today's article sparked some comments if you allow.
1. Ambitious goals should, in my opinion, also be related to your own personal ambitions. If you don't think about that, related to your business, you most likely will run sooner rather than later into mental discrepancies which may influence your decisions (in life AND in business). Syncing your personal and business ambitions are key.
2. I hear that quote from Jack Welch often. What I (most of the time) miss is what he did about that at GE? He put pressure on GE employees to accept lower salaries on order to be competitive (other companies were performing better...), otherwise they were fired and replaced by people who do accept lower salaries. How do his ambitions relate to the ambitions of GE? Think about the consequences for the families of these employees, depending on a certain level of income (education, food, housing, etc.) In my opinion a questionable leader despite the fact that people found that he was a great leader...
Thanks for the thoughtful comments, Paul. Agree on the personal ambition as the key driver of ambitious business goals. I believe most leaders are flawed - many of the leaders of the world’s most successful companies today are either loved or despised. Either way, I think we can learn from them, particularly elements of their thinking and creation that others can build on. It’s in that spirit that the Jack Welch quote was shared.
As usual, I like the topics you're addressing. Today's article sparked some comments if you allow.
1. Ambitious goals should, in my opinion, also be related to your own personal ambitions. If you don't think about that, related to your business, you most likely will run sooner rather than later into mental discrepancies which may influence your decisions (in life AND in business). Syncing your personal and business ambitions are key.
2. I hear that quote from Jack Welch often. What I (most of the time) miss is what he did about that at GE? He put pressure on GE employees to accept lower salaries on order to be competitive (other companies were performing better...), otherwise they were fired and replaced by people who do accept lower salaries. How do his ambitions relate to the ambitions of GE? Think about the consequences for the families of these employees, depending on a certain level of income (education, food, housing, etc.) In my opinion a questionable leader despite the fact that people found that he was a great leader...
Thanks for the thoughtful comments, Paul. Agree on the personal ambition as the key driver of ambitious business goals. I believe most leaders are flawed - many of the leaders of the world’s most successful companies today are either loved or despised. Either way, I think we can learn from them, particularly elements of their thinking and creation that others can build on. It’s in that spirit that the Jack Welch quote was shared.