How is it that Jack Welch, who sits atop a company which employs nearly 340,000 people worldwide, asserts such an overall positive influence? As he reveals firsthand for the first time, Welch does it through the sheer force of his personality, together with a passion for and a keen attention to details. He does it because he encourages near-brutal candor in the meetings he holds to guide the company through each work year. With one of the most successful and influential careers in business ever, Jack Welch reveals the strategies and philosophies that put him at the top.