Article: The cult of Welch; After five years away from GE, Jack Welch has still got a powerful message that hits home for just about anyone in a leadership role.(Column)

Byline: John Hollon

When Jack Welch speaks, everyone listens.

At last month's World Business Forum on leadership at New York's Radio City Music Hall, a couple thousand executives paid a couple thousand dollars each to hear a who's who of leadership impart some words of wisdom. The lineup was impressive-Rudy Giuliani, Colin Powell, Tom Peters, Yahoo's Terry Semel and Richard Branson of Virgin were just some of the speakers-but Jack Welch was the only one who could generate an edge-of-the-seat, "I don't dare miss a word he's saying'' reaction from the business crowd.

But that made me wonder: Why is Jack Welch such a management superstar five ...

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