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Title: Welch: An American Icon (Wiley Audio) by Janet Lowe, Jeff Riggenbach ISBN: 1-56015-256-7 Publisher: Audio Scholar Pub. Date: December, 2001 Format: Audio CD Volumes: 3 List Price(USD): $18.95

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Average Customer Rating: 3.11 (9 reviews)

Rating: 5
Summary: SPECIAL INSIGHT INTO THE WORLD'S GREATEST LEADER!
Comment: I really liked Janet Lowe's breezy, yet comprehensive writing style. She certainly captures not only the man but his impressive leadership traits and business acumen. I have the full Welch library but I would highlight this book out of the bunch simply because of her ability to tell a good story. Many of the other Welch books are dry and do not provide new insight. Clearly the author had connects into Welch and GE that allowed her to tell a rich story. I strongly recommend as a must-have to anyone in business.

Rating: 4
Summary: Strong Reading
Comment: I don't know what book some of these other reviewers read but I found the man fascinating and the presentation excellent. I would definitely recommend this for anyone interested in the evolution of a corporation in the latter part of the 20th century going into the 21st century.

Rating: 2
Summary: Don't bother to read it
Comment: Any book that has that many footnotes can't be good. The reader does not care if the author is completely accurate in their information, we just want to get to know the character of the book - what makes him tick, how he thinks, what are his habits, etc. In fact some of the best biographies I have read take liberties with the information to embelish the story and make it interesting. Just read some of Irving Stone's great biographies, Agony and the Ecstacy for example, to see what I mean. The author has plenty of footnotes, but no insightful information. She jumps from one topic to another, without ever giving the reader a good feel for any of the topics she covers. She would have been better off to cut the things she discussed in half and developed each idea more fully. Don't bother reading this book. Wait for Jack's own book. Hopefully we will get to know him better then.

PS: At least is was better than Robert Slaters fauning accounts of GE and Welch.

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