Thursday, March 22, 2007

Generating leaders GE style


For more than one hundred years General Electric (GE) has been quietly transforming the world one invention at a time. And it’s also been transforming the way corporate America thinks about training and developing its executive talent.

Harry Elsinga, Manager of Executive Development at GE, reveals to HRM how leadership skills and a fusion of talent and imagination has built one of the most widely renowned executive teams in business today. By Leslie Knudson

From the quiet hum of a refrigerator to the illustrious launch of the Mars Observer spacecraft, GE has continually lived up to its slogan: Imagination at Work. Embodying the spirit of imagination and philanthropy with its aim to invent products and services that help the world live and operate better, it’s no wonder that GE consistently ranks as the most admired and respected company in the world.

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