How top #entrepreneurs and leaders get new #hires off to the right start

October 20, 2013, 6:30 am

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BRW’s Momentum seminar in Brisbane: (left to right) Michael Burke, Peter Skene, Phil Di Bella, Andrew Northcott and James Thomson. Photo: Paul Harris

Andrew Northcott , the founder and chief executive of recruitment and labour hire group LSA Recruitment, was speaking as part of a panel at a BRW Momentum series seminar which focused on how to recruit, manage and retain great people. The event, sponsored by GE Capital, is part of BRW’s extensive coverage of the mid market in 2013. Joining Northcott on the panel were Young Rich list member and Di Bella Coffee founder Phil Di Bella , Aussie Farmers Dairy chief Peter Skene, and Michael Burke, executive general manager of equipment financing at GE Capital. Every member of the panel agreed that hiring should be primarily about cultural fit and attitude. But once a staff member comes on board, the hard work of inducting them into the culture really begins.

Reel #Intern: Inspiring #Careers – Matt Susser

October 27, 2013, 6:30 am

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Meet Matt Susser, and follow him as he takes on his new role at GE Capital Real Estate as Chief Financial Officer. The video takes a unique day-in-the-life approach, telling the true story of life as a GE employee. Matt is a 15 year company veteran. As CFO, Matt leads a global finance team based in 16 countries around the world. GE Capital Real Estate recently posted one of the strongest quarterly earnings periods in its history and has been a key contributor to growth of the company and GE Capital net income this year.

Reel Intern is a contest run by GE in which interns around the globe compete to get the most social shares of videos highlighting GE. An internship or co-op at GE gives you hands-on experience, working on challenging projects with some of the best minds in business. This is a superb opportunity to give your career a head start while making valuable contacts. If you’re interested in an internship at GE, visit ge.com/internship.

Watch the video at GE Works. For all of the entries see the Reel Intern list.

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Exclusive interview with Susan Peters, GE

November 17, 2013, 6:30 am

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Exclusive interview with Susan Peters, GE

See tremendous opportunities for women, says Susan Peters, Senior VP-HR at GE. Watch the exclusive interview here.

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The #jobs of the future belong to data #scientists and user experience #designers

November 30, 2013, 6:30 am

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GE and design may not seem to go together, but as it connects its industrial products, medical devices and home appliances to the internet and rethinks its business for the connected age, the company is focusing on user interfaces and data. Onstage at the Roadmap 2013 conference in San Francisco, Beth Comstock, SVP and CMO at GE explained how the company is designing processes and interfaces that optimize the skills that machines and people each bring to a job.

How I #Hire: There Is No Lone Genius; Hire a Team With these Four Types

December 8, 2013, 6:30 am

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Portrait of American businessmen and engineers Steve Jobs (left) and Steve Wozniak, co-founders of Apple Computer Inc, at the first West Coast Computer Faire, where the Apple II computer was debuted, in Brooks Hall, San Francisco, California, April 16th or 17th, 1977. (Photo by Tom Munnecke/Getty Images)

“Diverse teams drive more innovation,” says Beth Comstock, CMO at GE. “Hiring people with different styles, backgrounds and experience increases the success of teams. My sense of what makes a successful team is constantly evolving, but these days I look for these four types when I hire.”

Grooming leaders for changing challenges and development according to corporate values

December 14, 2013, 6:30 am

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Janice Semper, (global leader, executive development in GE), who is responsible for the performance management, talent management and other corporate leadership development processes, said GE, which has more than 300,000 employees globally, sees development of their leaders as a business imperative. “We have to respond to a world that is constantly changing and facing challenges that has become diverse and just like any other company, has faced challenges. We embrace these challenges by providing leadership training across the board and prepare our talents to adapt to the changing environment,” said Semper who has been with GE for 17½ years.

If you want workers to welcome change, communicate: #Immelt

December 27, 2013, 6:30 am

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GE's Jeffrey Immelt talks about his methods during an interview in Tokyo.

Jeffrey Immelt, General Electric’s chairman & CEO, recently spoke with The Nikkei about his management philosophy and the evolution of global manufacturing. Q: How has GE been so successful in hiring talent? A: Every three months, I spend a day at college campuses to meet with students and tell GE’s story. I can see what they like and don’t like. I try to be a part of their world. We hire a lot of engineers. In the U.S., more people want to work with their hands, and I see many more manufacturing leadership programs today than any time in the past 30 years. People want to relate in a different way with how physical assets are put together.

Once You Find It, the Journey of #Innovation Never Really Ends

January 3, 2014, 6:30 am

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Beth Comstock is a torch bearer of generation flux and a master of building business through strange, serendipitous connections. She’s an innovator–but it hasn’t always been that way. “When I began my job I’m not sure I even thought about what innovation was,” she says. “Now I look at innovation as just an ongoing journey.”

Susan Peters on How GE Churns Out World Class Business #Leaders

January 4, 2014, 6:30 am

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If there’s a constant thread running through the 34 years that Susan Peters has spent at GE, it’s been the company’s ability to churn out world class business leaders. A few months ago, GE Chairman Jeff Immelt announced Peters — who has served across businesses ranging from plastics to appliances to NBC — as the $ 147 billion conglomerate’s human resource chief. In India recently, Peters chatted with CD on GE’s leadership template, its new leadership experiments, and the infamous S curve.

How GE Management Practices Have Changed

January 6, 2014, 6:30 am

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Karl Moore of the Desautels Faculty of Management at McGill University, covers management for The Globe and Mail. He recently spoke with Tom Gentile, CEO of GE Healthcare Systems, about how GE’s management differs from 10 years ago.

Where Do You Want to Live in #2025? Top 10 Talent Capitals of the World

January 16, 2014, 6:30 am

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If you’re planning to build the next big [fill in the blank], you might want to consider locating in one of these top 10 cities for competitiveness in the world—as identified by the Economist Intelligence Unit. Factors contributing to global competitiveness and, thus, to attracting outstanding talent include physical capital, financial maturity and social/cultural character.

#Productivity Hacks: How To Make Time for What You Love

January 30, 2014, 6:30 am

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'This post is part of a series in which LinkedIn Influencers share their secrets to being more productive.

“Almost everyone remembers Venn diagrams, those circles with the shaded areas where they overlap,” said Beth Comstock, GE CMO. “For me, they’re more than a throwback to high school; they’re the key to how I can make the best use of my time. When I think of my schedule, I picture three interlocking circles: what I love to do, what I have to do and what I hate to do. My creative challenge is finding the intersection between what I have to do and what I love to do. And turning the hate to do into something more tolerable (especially when it can’t be outsourced).”

#President #Obama Speaks at General Electric’s #Waukesha Gas Engines Factory

January 30, 2014, 8:17 am

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President Obama will visit General Electric’s gas engine facility in Waukesha, Wis., today at 12:20 p.m. to emphasize the importance of strengthening the nation’s job training programs. The plant – which has operated here for 106 years and was acquired by GE in 2011 – produces gas engines for oil and gas field operations as well as factories and utilities in the U.S. and overseas. The company has invested $35 million in the operation in the past three years and increased the number of hourly employees from 270 to nearly 400.

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Beth Comstock: The Top 100 Most #Creative People in Business

January 31, 2014, 6:30 am

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Beth Comstock is passionate about change and innovation. She leads GE’s growth efforts via marketing, sales, licensing and communications, and oversees GE Ventures. Her current priorities include partnering with and investing in startups, developing new markets in analytics, energy and affordable health through GE’s industrial Internet, ecomagination and healthymagination initiatives, and making connections that spur a culture of inventiveness and grow brand value.

Q&A: Debbie Riley, Senior Managing Director at GE #Capital

February 1, 2014, 6:30 am

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Debbie Riley (Photo: Stephen + Anne Truppe)

At last month’s Commercial Real Estate Finance Council January conference, Mortgage Observer met with Ms. Riley, who runs capital markets for North America for GE. She filled us in on her current responsibilities and the evolution of her career and shared valuable pieces of advice for women early in their own.