Writing in 1999, Ram Charan argued that when General Electric’s legendary Jack Welch (pictured) committed the company to achieving six-sigma quality a few years ago, he evaluated how the beliefs of high-level executives aligned with six-sigma values. He confronted those who weren’t on board and told them GE was not the place for them.
Obviously Welsh gets the importance of an aligned or coherent corporate culture.
Charin quotes Welsh: “We spend all our time on people. The day we screw up the people thing, this company is over.” Welsh gets the connection between aligned culture and sustained productivity improvement. Do you?
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