Jack Welch's Five Levels Of Leadership

These past two weeks of class have been filled with numerous insights on leadership that I have helped me become a better leader. Understanding that great leaders are more than just someone who leads is extremely important. The main three topics that touched me were the list of things that a great leader is and does, John Maxwell’s five levels of leadership, and Jack Welsh’s 20-70-10 method of running a company. All three of these concepts on leadership are helping me recognize what my own leadership philosophy. “Great leaders add value to someone’s life everyday”. That is essential to being a great leader because when you add value to someone’s life, you could be that person that made their day or changed their entire life. Being kind is …show more content…
This is where he divides the people in his work place into three groups on a hierarchy. The top 20% were the employees who did over and beyond for the company. The middle 70% was a solid group of people who were valuable and hardworking, but not to the 20%. And finally there are the bottom 10%, who are not team players and have low energy, but they have a strength in another area. Welch’s method could be bad for some people, but I think that it would put a fire in me to be in the top 20%. While he was speaking on 20-70-10, one of the quotes that stuck with me was “you can’t shut down the noise from someone who is noisy”. To me, this means that you cannot stop somebody from doing something that they already are or do. I have had this experience in officiating volleyball. When you are taught to set a certain way and that way is not playable, all I can do is tell them it is not right. Most of the people I ref are older and they are set in their ways so when I try to offer them advice they ignore me. Welch was completely right in this quote. Leaders have to work with those types of people every day to try and help them open their mind to new