Brown: Jack Welch's hire-and-fire management fails to deliver predictable performance
Brené Brown · Live From The HIBT Summit: Brené Brown · Aug 12, 2021 · at 6:44
Author and researcher Brené Brown discusses with Guy Raz why corporate leadership paradigms have shifted away from the aggressive management style championed by former GE CEO Jack Welch.
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“You know, the Welchian approach to performance is higher fire, and there's just carnage from that, but there's not just people's lives that are ruined. There's no consistent, predictable performance.”
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