Succeeding in Business

Today I had the opportunity to listen to a presentation from a high level GE executive about how to succeed in business.  Being from the technology side, I appreciated his ability to speak to the crowd personally instead of telling us how to design, build, and sell product in order to meet fiscal goals.  Don't get me wrong, those things are all important, just need to be targeted to the right audience.

Generally, his key points which he wanted us to focus on as individuals were:

• Have fun at what you do.
• Develop domain specific skills.
• Communicate effectively with others.

He also had interesting thoughts about health care, the U.S. economy, and where we are likely headed regardless of who wins the upcoming election.  Considering this person is responsible for many thousands of employees, and a major segment of GE, it was a great experience to have him out to talk to the 50 to 100 of us.