Jack Welch is one of the most successful and controversial business leaders in the world. He took over General Electric, the benchmark American corporation, at age 45, becoming the company's youngest executive. Welch completely transformed the previously conservative company. His activism left a bright mark on the history of corporate America. General Electric's business was completely transformed: some activities were discontinued and hundreds of new ones emerged. Fortune magazine called Welch "America's toughest boss." General Electric became less bureaucratic and complacent, becoming a company with a flexible policy and structure, ready to respond to any challenge in the corporate world. This extraordinary change program has become a model for 21st century business. How does Welch do it? The new, revised book, The Business Way: Jack Welch, not only reveals the secrets of his extraordinary success, but also reveals universal lessons and identifies strategies that apply to any business or career. By cutting through bureaucracy and communicating openly, investing in people and leading (or leaving) the market, the secret to phenomenal success is in your hands.