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...honestly don’t think [those complaints] had any role in his decision,” captain Noah Welch said. “We had meetings and stuff and at the end of the discussions, the athletics department always stood behind him and so did the team...
...first offered a job and realized the offer he’d received was from Green Bay, I was a little surprised because [that would be such] a tough job to let go and we were expecting to have our whole coaching staff back next season,” Welch said. “But as soon as this job came up, I knew it was going to be tough for him to say no. As a player I wanted him to stay, but as his friend, I know he made the right choice...
...succession race at GE was grueling and public. Nardelli, who has the forceful bearing of an offensive lineman, has compared it to playing in the Super Bowl--"the last two minutes for two years." He lobbied Welch for the chance to run his own unit, then took GE's weakest business--making electricity-generation equipment--and quadrupled its sales. But Jeff Immelt, who was known for his polish and intellect and ran GE's cutting-edge medical-systems business, won the top job. The other contender, Jim McNerney at GE Aircraft Engines, entertained an offer from 3M before the race...
Nardelli found a company that made decisions based on emotion rather than data and that desperately needed direction. He centralized management and introduced some Jack Welch--style discipline. Before he arrived, stores were not even connected by email. One resulting inefficiency: individual stores had tried myriad ways to keep plants in the garden sections watered properly, but "no one could tell you what worked and what didn't work," Blake says. Now several outlets are methodically testing solutions...
Nardelli says his new projects are what keep him up at night now, not the disappointments of the past. "I moved on," he says. "I couldn't be happier." He even attended Welch's April wedding in Boston. "I don't have to prove myself to Jack Welch," he says. "My shareholders, my customers, my associates don't care what happened in the past." But it would be a mistake to think Nardelli isn't still pushing himself. "Am I competitive?" he asks. "I was there, and I am here." It's a new game, and Nardelli is determined...