WelchCast - A weekly conversation on growing your career, leading teams, and winning in business.

In this episode of Welchcast, hosted by Jon Steinberg, Jack and Suzy Welch answer listener questions about how small businesses can determine a competitive advantage, pitch for funding, assess the prospect of an acquisition, and ultimately define what it means to win.  Get ahead with an MBA from Jack Welch. Visit - http://gameon.jwmi.com - to learn more today.  

Are you excited to go to work every day?  Jon Steinberg talks with Jack and Suzy Welch about how you can assess whether you're in the right career for you — and how to make the transition from a star individual contributor to a leader in your organization. Get ahead with an MBA from Jack Welch. Visit - http://gameon.jwmi.com - to learn more today.  

How can you get in the weeds without alienating your team? When is it right to get in the details, and when should you step back and let your people take the reins? Jack and Suzy Welch discuss one of management's ultimate paradoxes -- micromanaging -- with Jon Steinberg.  

Jack and Suzy Welch dissect Chipotle’s media nightmare with Jon Steinberg and share advice for how to manage through a crisis — no matter where you are in an organization. 

Are you coming to work in the new year ready to set your team on fire — with a renewed sense of engagement? Jack and Suzy Welch on the one metric that managers at every level can impact to up their game in 2016.  

In today’s new era of skills-based hiring, online technology and just-in-time learning, what is the future of education? Is a university brand still the be-all, end-all? Is an MBA still valuable to your career? How can you best position yourself for success? Jon Steinberg talks ed bubble with Jack and Suzy Welch. 

A leader’s number one job is to give their people a sense of purpose and build an atmosphere of energy, celebration and excitement — no matter how dull the work itself actually is. Jack and Suzy Welch talk with Jon Steinberg about how to turn your team on, even when the job feels like a grind. 

Should you ever negotiate with your boss for a higher salary? Ask for a title change? Lobby for more direct reports?  Jack and Suzy discuss “asks” at work with Jon Steinberg — when they're career suicide and when they're your best move. 

WelchCast listeners weigh in with their top frustrations at work. The rules of the game are stacked against you. Your company says one thing and does another. You feel stuck in the same job. You can’t stand your current projects — or your boss. You’re not getting paid what you’re worth. Here’s what to do — and what definitely not to do.     

They’re entitled. They’re demanding. They’re losers living in the basement. They’re coders killing it at start-ups. The myths about millennials are myriad.  So here you have it, the definitive podcast on Gen Y-ers — what it’s like to be one, what it’s like to manage them, and how they are transforming the way organizations everywhere operate (all while making the world a better place). Do these awesome people really deserve a bad rap?

Feeling jittery about stock drops? There could be a silver lining. Jon Steinberg talks with Jack and Suzy Welch about how you can make turbulence in the global economy an opportunity to refocus on your company’s mission, an antidote to insularity, and a chance to over-deliver in your career. Plus, get Jack’s read on China and the US market.

Jack and Suzy Welch talk with Jon Steinberg about the competitive advantages of small companies and why every organization — even large, growing ones — should aim to operate like the corner grocery store. Plus, hear their insights on the ideal size of teams and why Uber will take over the world.

What’s the best way to manage team members who are super smart but don’t play well with others? Can “black clouds” add value to your organization or do they just suck the life out of it? Plus, how all those totally “useless” meetings can make or break your career.  

Learning to communicate effectively in business can make or break your career. What’s the right way to pitch to your boss? How can you make your meetings more productive? This week, Jack and Suzy Welch talk with Jon Steinberg about how it’s time to ban jargon gymnastics and fancy PowerPoints because the simple, clear messages always win.  

Work is conflict and conflict is work.  What’s the right way to deal with issues? Should you have fights at work? Are intense debates harmful or can they be productive? Jon Steinberg talks with Jack and Suzy Welch about how getting conflict right can help you and your company win. Plus, hear why 360 reviews are ineffective and where email can go oh-so wrong.

Jack and Suzy talk with Jon Steinberg about how to pitch a budget to your boss, why big data can be your enemy, and the only two metrics that really matter. Plus, hear how top companies like Google, Facebook and Amazon balance earnings and profitability versus growth.

Jack and Suzy Welch talk with Jon Steinberg about the right way to share candid feedback with your boss, your peers and your reports — and why it’s so tough to do.     Get ahead with an MBA from Jack Welch. Visit - http://gameon.jwmi.com - to learn more today.

Jack and Suzy Welch talk with Jon Steinberg about how fear can be both a paralyzing force and a productive force in your organization, in deal-making and in your own career decisions. Plus, a discussion of bench strength, gut instinct and why you should always try to fire yourself.     Get ahead with an MBA from Jack Welch. Visit - http://gameon.jwmi.com - to learn more today.

Jon Steinberg talks job-hopping, career growth, and learning what it takes to get promoted in your company’s culture with Jack and Suzy Welch. Plus, hear what it’s really like to work at Google and what HR looks like in Silicon Valley.       Get ahead with an MBA from Jack Welch. Visit http://gameon.jwmi.com/ to learn more today.