Hot Seat

A fascinating and candid memoir about successful leadership from the former CEO of General Electric, named one of the ';World's Best CEOs' three times by Barron's, and the hard-won lessons he learned from his experience leading GE immediately after 9/11, through the devastating 200809 financial crisis, and into an increasingly globalized world. In September 2001, Jeff Immelt replaced the most famous CEO in history, Jack Welch, at the helm of General Electric. Less than a week into his tenure, the 9/11 terrorist attacks shook the nation, and the company, to its core. GE was connected to nearly every part of the tragedyGE-financed planes powered by GE-manufactured engines had just destroyed real estate that was insured by GE-issued policies. Facing an unprecedented situation, Immelt knew his response would set the tone for businesses everywhere that looked to GEone of America's biggest and most-heralded corporationsfor direction. No pressure. Over the next