Speak Like a CEO: Secrets for Commanding Attention and Getting Results

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The Authenticity Gap: Why the Real You Must Shine Through

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“What we’re all striving for is authenticity, a spirit-to-spirit connection.”

—OPRAH WINFREY, Talk Show Host

JACK WELCH SHOOK UP the culture of GE and became one of the most admired CEOs throughout the world, and a large part of his success was the fact that people regarded him as authentic. Welch grew up as the son of an Irish American railroad conductor, and he was known to be brutally honest and outspoken. In his autobiography, Jack, Straight from the Gut, Welch indicates that when he got promoted, he considered conforming to corporate norms. As a newly minted vice chairman, he showed up at one of his first board meetings wearing a perfectly pressed blue ...