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Featured Article:

Jack Welch: "Don't Be a Victim"

By Kathy Gurchiek

NEW ORLEANS—Don’t be a victim, longtime HR champion Jack Welch told attendees during keynote remarks here at the opening general session of SHRM’s 61st Annual Conference on June 28, 2009.

The legendary chairman and CEO of General Electric Co. for more than 20 years, and the man Fortune magazine dubbed “Manager of the Century” in 1999, is a well-known proponent of HR.

“You have to have the guts and the stuff to make sure you’re important in the organization,” he told HR professionals at the world’s largest HR conference. And while he was somewhat heartened to see the number of hands raised when he asked how many in the audience were valued by their CEO as much as the chief financial officer, the numbers are still too low, he believes.

“Damn it, it’s not enough. We’ve got to fix that,” Welch said in an interview-style format with Claire Shipman, senior national correspondent for ABC News’ “Good Morning America.” Questions for Welch included those from SHRM members sent via Twitter and conference video.

For HR professionals to be taken seriously by other CEOs and senior leaders, they have to deliver, he said.

 “Get out of the picnics/birthdays/insurance form business,” and instead take action that makes a difference, he said to loud applause. “Nobody wants to see some crazy cheerleader in there while [the organization’s] leaking.” Read More 

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