Jack Welch was the former CEO and Chairman of GE ... and presented a vision of "growing fast in a slow-growth economy," the title of a speech he gave in 1981, soon after he became chair.

"Jack, there's a story going around that you beat Greg Norman in a golf match." Welch responded: "That's pretty clever." Once the laughter and clapping ended, conversation reverted back to ...

Bartlett, Christopher A. "GE's Two-Decade Transformation: Jack Welch's Leadership TN." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 300-019, August 1999. (Revised June 2000.) ...