THE TAGLINE IS: "Anyone can lead. But not everyone is a great leader." Jack Welch, one of the world’s most respected and celebrated business leaders of all time who Forbes Magazine coined the “CEO of CEOs.” Under his leadership as chairman and CEO of General Electric between 1981 and 2001, the company’s value rose 4,000%. And during that time, Jack built one of the most successful Human Resource departments the world has ever seen. He used a very “simple” framework to evaluate talent; a framework still being used today based on the following five traits: energy, an ability to energize, edge, an ability to execute and passion—more commonly referred to as the “4Es and a P” of leadership. Winning - Jack Welch Regards, Abdi J. Putra (ABIE) GM Digital Lifestyle Sales & Care Planning Telkomsel

1. JACK WELCH
LEADERSHIP FORMULAE
ABOUT 4E’S & 1P
Abdi J. Putra – GM Digital Lifestyle Telkomsel

2. 3. EDGE
Know when to make tough calls
even when all the information is
not present. A competitive edge
and a will to win.
4. EXECUTE
Putting decisions into action
and pushing them forward to
completion, through resistance,
chaos, or unexpected obstacles.
1. ENERGY +
Starts the day with enthusiasm
and ends the day with it also.
Rarely gets tired.
2. ENERGIZE OTHERS
Ability to get people revved up.
Inspires the team to take on the
impossible. People want to work
with these people.
Abdi J. Putra (ABIE)
GM DLS Sales & Care Planning Telkomsel

3. ENERGY (positive energy): ability to go, go go - to thrive in action and relish change. Starts
the day with enthusiasm and ends the day with it also. Rarely gets tired. Doesn't complain
about working hard, in fact, they love to work hard. Loves life in general.
ENERGIZE (ability to energize others): ability to get people revved up. Inspires the team to
take on the impossible. People want to work with these people.
EDGE (courage to make the tough yes/no decisions): know when to make tough calls
even when all the information is not present. A competitive edge and a will to win.
EXECUTE (ability to get the job done): putting decisions into action and pushing them
forward to completion, through resistance, chaos, or unexpected obstacles. Winning is
about results.
PASSION: heartfelt, deep, authentic excitement about work. Care about colleagues
winning, Love to learn and grow, and love seeing people around them do the same. Tend
to be passionate about everything in life.
4E’S LEADERSHIP

4. Energy
People who move at 95 miles-per-hour in a 55
miles-per-hour world
Energizers
Know hot to spark others to perform, to
empower enthusiast
Edge
Those who have the courage to make tough
yes-or-no decisions (really difficult decisions)
Execute
The ability to get the job done. It means people
who know how to put decisions into action.
Passion
The ability to get the job done. It means people
who know how to put decisions into action.
4E’S & 1P

5. 1. Energy: High personal energy of the manager is important. Reminds me of a boss who used to watch the speed at
which you walked in the corridor! Sounds weird but someone who is mostly lethargic in walking up and down
does give off a “low energy” vibe.
2. Energize others: Do you brighten up a co-worker’s mood? Or do co-workers feel down after interacting with you?
3. Edge: Are you able to take tough decisions that are Yes/No without fear of being disliked?Welch found that many
managers have two or even three of the above “E’s”and yet did not seem to click to be put in the top 20% of the
curve. "Execution" was this missing 4th E which is this blog's favorite managerial and leadership ability.
4. Execution: Can you deliver ? Let us say that you are a supply chain manager who is responsible for engaging a few
small high tech innovative suppliers for a new component development for a new product project. You asked one
of your buyers to send out emails from the supplier data base and perhaps none of the suppliers responded.
When you show up for the new product top team meeting you just say that suppliers are not responding. Well
you are not “executing.”
To evaluate managers GE started a system of differentiating managers on performance but were
hard pressed to identify the characteristics that differentiated managers on the "Vitality" curve
which is essentially a “grading” curve or graph for managers.
The word "vitality" is confusing because it refers more to being vital or essential to the
organization rather than being "vital" in the "having high energy" sense. In fact,"Energy" is one of
the 4 E's but let's go over the 4 E's of GE leadership briefly:

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Abdi J. Putra
Gengeral Manager Digital Lifestyle Telkomsel