Author’s Biography:
Jack Welch started his career with the GE in 1960, and in 1981 became the company’s 8th chairman and CEO. During his term, GE’s market assets got increased by whopping $400 billion, making it most valuable corporation of the world. His honest,unique style of management and rules became the desired standards in business, with his continuous focus on people, teamwork, and profits. This book answeres most difficult questions people face both on and off during their job. Why to Read the Book
 This book evolved from thousand of questions asked to Welch when speaking to audiences around the world.
 This book does not contain the same old stuff of what management should do. It is based on the true practical view which is faced by the company a nd every people related thereto.
 It offers original thinking, and nuts-and-bolt advice that can change the way the people think about work.

Chapters
This book basically deals with four parts which are:
1. Underneath it all-which includes
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Mission and values
Candor
Differentiation
Voice and Dignity

2. Your company-which includes
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Leadership
Hiring
Managing people
Parting ways
Change
Crisis management

3. Your competition-which includes
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Strategy
Budgeting
Organic growth
Six sigma

4. Your career-which includes
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The right job
Getting promotions
Hard spots
Balancing between work and life

Summary and general perspective
Welch starts out by explaining what a mission statement is. Welch believes an effective mission statement should answer one question, "How do we intend to win in this business?" Once the mission is formed , a company should define its values. The corporate values are behaviors, how the mission is to be carried out to win.
Jack has talked about candor. Candor is the state or quality of being frank, open, and sincere in speech or expression. He feels that lack of candor blocks creative ideas, fast action, and good people contributing all the stuff which can be helpful for company growth.
Some important aspects that has been discussed with good examples are:

Hiring
First, candidates should pass three screens:
 Screen #1: Do they have integrity - tell the truth and keep their word.
 Screen #2: Are they intelligent - having sufficient curiosity and "breadth of knowledge" to lead other smart people.

 Screen #3: Are they mature - able to handle stress and sfalures, respect other's emotions, be confident without being arrogant and have a sense of humour.
Second, look for four E's and a P.
 Positive Energy - thriving on action, relishing change, making friends easily, loving work, play and life.
 Can Energize Others - "It takes a deep knowledge of your business and strong persuasion skills...."
 Has Edge - the ability to make tough decisions, even when all the information isn't in.
 Can Execute - to take the decision and make it happen, overcoming all obstacles to complete the task.
 Passion - They're excited about their work, learning and growing, and helping those around them win.
Crisis Management
 With big crises, don’t ever forget you have a business to run
 Almost no crisis ends without damage. There will be change in people and processes.  The organization will survive for the better in a long run.
Your Strategy : Competition
 When it comes to strategy, think less and do more, if you want to win.
 Put the right people in the right positions to drive growth.
 Execute the best practices for to obtain sustainable competitive advantage. Budgeting
The right budgeting process helps winning easier. The 2 dynamics of budgets are
 Negotiated settlement(minimize the risk and maximize the bonus)
 Phony smiles(make acquisition, develop new products, give the correct amount of investment)

Six Sigma
 It helps in improving a company’s operational efficiency, raising its productivity, and lowering its costs.
 It builds customer loyalty and promotes building great leaders.
Find the Right Job
 First, get a job and learn something about yourself. What do you like or dislike about it? What are you good at and bad at?
 Second, get another job that's more in line with the strengths and desires you discovered in your last job.
 Third, repeat the process until you find yourself in a job you love.

Getting Promoted
 Basically, getting promotion takes requires to do more than asked
 Do deliver exceptional performance, far beyond expectations, help your juniors.  Don’t let failures break your stride.
 Don’t ignore company values ,live on them.

Conclusion
 Set different priorities in your life. When you are home, just be 100% at home. When you're at work, should be 100% focussed.
 Once you've set your life priorities,feel confident to say "no" to things that would take away from those priorities.
 Don't make your life without priorities