Jack Welch a great leader? As they always say, leaders are not always leaders from birth but they are leaders too. Jack Welch is a shining example of the latter. Leaders also have a high level of empathy, vision, ethics, hard work mentality and respect for the past. Analyzing the passage, it was discovered that Jack Welch's immaculate leadership had some flaws. The strength of any strong building lies in its foundation and the same goes for leadership. From the passage it can be seen that Jack was very competitive and could not stand a raise of $1000, the same amount given to his colleagues and to prove this point he folded. He, however, was fortunate enough to gain a personal favor from Reuben Gutoff and was able to found a small company with the resources of a large corporation. In my opinion, not many leaders could receive providential help to scale heights and adversities along the way ennoble them. Their sole focus is not only business but also human well-being. Leadership also requires patience and an optimistic attitude. This also involves the belief in creating castles out of chaos. According to the text, it also seems evident that Jack eliminated the struggling TV and toaster, but later it was seen that the TV and toaster market is not dead. An intuitive, proactive and learning leader like Jack Welch could have gleaned nuggets from contemporary market leaders to revive the business. Jack's main goal was to make business done by people and not business by people. The fact translates into generating profits, consequently it has “rationalized the workforce” by 25%. In the face of inflation, it was a blow to poor Americans who lost their jobs. A leader always makes sure that the followers he has are nurtured enough for the next career. The Welch era was not without its setbacks, Welch's poor handling of socio-political issues, while the failed acquisition of Honeywell was one of them. Furthermore, to overcome Japanese competition and gain high revenue, GE polluted the Hudson River with PCBs and had to pay dearly to clean it up. It highlighted poor adherence to GE's corporate citizenship program. Furthermore, GE was not very supportive of women and minority executives, and was therefore clearly not an equal opportunity employer. Legalization of plagiarism was also a problem, as people were free to inculcate any non-patented best practices to increase productivity and profit..